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Staff Report <br />APC # 2365-06 <br />Owner: Rohan Family Ltd. Partnership <br />Location: 929 Lincolmvay East <br />Jurisdiction: City of South Bend <br />Requested Action: <br />The petitioner is requesting a zone change from "O" Office to "CB" Community Business to <br />allow an office, retail, wholesale, and warehouse. <br />Land Uses and Zoning: <br />On site: On the 1.173 acre site is a vacant building zoned "O" Office. <br />North: To the north is the Eddy Street on-ramp. <br />East: To the east is the St. Joseph River. <br />South: To the south is Sign Designs which is zoned "LB" Local Business, and to the <br />southwest is a heating and plumbing contractor business zoned "LI" Light <br />Industrial. <br />West: To the west is Quality Glass and a vacant building zoned "GB" General Business. <br />District uses and development standards: <br />The "CB" Community Business District is established to provide a location for high volume and <br />high intensity commercial uses. Activities in this district are often large space users which may <br />include limited amounts of outdoor sales or outdoor operations. <br />Site plan description: <br />The site is located at the northeast corner of Lincolnway East and Eddy/Sample Streets. The <br />building is 25 feet in height, and 6,200 square feet covering 12% of the site. Acces to the site is <br />from a southern driveway on Eddy Street. There are 28 existing parking spaces with the paved <br />area covering 31 % of the site. Landscape-open space covers 57% of the site. <br />Zoning and land use history & trends: <br />Prior to the adoption of the 2004 zoning map, this site was zoned "C" Commercial. Quality Glass <br />located west across Lincolnway East was rezoned from "C" Commercial to "GB" General <br />Business. Sign Designs located on the southeast corner of Lincolmvay East and Sample Street <br />was down zoned from "D" Light Industrial and "A" Residential to "LB" Local Business. <br />Traffic and transportation considerations: <br />The intersection of Lincolnway East, Sample Street, and Eddy Street is one of the busiest in <br />South Bend. Over 19,000 vehicles per day pass a point east of Eddy Street on Lincolmvay East. <br />The Old Sample Street bridge counted 6,576 vehicles per day in 2002. <br />Utilities: <br />Municipal water and sanitary sewer serve the site. <br />Additional information: (Agency comments) <br />A rear setback variance will be need for the existing deck. <br />Rohan Family Ltd. Partnership <br />#2365-06 <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />