10/08/07 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETINGOCTOBER 8, 2007 Councilmember Kirsits, Chairperson, Zoning & Annexation Committee, reported that this committee held a Public Hearing on this bill this afternoon and sends it to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. th Ms. Christa Nayder, Staff Planner, Area Plan Commission, 11 Floor County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill. Ms. Nayder stated that this bill is initiated by the Area Plan Commission and amends Chapter 21 of the South Bend Municipal Code, Article 14, Subdivisions, Section 21- 14.05 Major Subdivisions to revise the approval process for major secondary subdivisions plats. This bill is sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation. Ms. Nayder advised that this change to the subdivision ordinance will reduce the amount of time that it now takes to receive secondary approval of major subdivisions. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. Councilmember Puzzello made a motion for favorable recommendation to full Council concerning this bill as substituted. Councilmember Dieter seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. BILL NO. 61-07 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ESTABLISHING AN HISTORIC LANDMARK FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1905 COLLEGE, IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember Dieter made a motion to hear the substitute version of this bill. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand read the procedures for tonight’s Council Meeting into the record. She noted that Chairperson White will ask for report from the Zoning and Annexation Committee, Councilmember Kirsits, Chairperson, will give the advisory recommendation to the full Council. A formal presentation will take place by the presenter. The formal presenter will at that time identify all individuals that will be speaking so that the Council will know when the close of that presentation takes place. The remonstrators will also be asked to identify who will be speaking. Neither the presenter nor the remonstrator will be subject to a time limitation. Members of the public will have the opportunity to address the Council. They will need to give their name and address and they will be limited to five (5) minutes each, to speak either in favor first, followed by those wishing to speak in opposition. Council Rules provide that the public portion of the committee that is not the formal presentation but just the public portion is limited to the time again, the remonstrators are limited in time to that which was spent for those that spoke in favor or 30 minutes which ever is greater. Following that the presenter will have an opportunity to give a total of five minutes in rebuttal to address any questions that might have been raised by members of the public or as part of that presentation. This evening the Council is here to entertain a proposed Historic Landmark Designation. A local landmarks is defined as follows: A building, site, landscape, structure, object or area that demonstrates the historic an or architectural significance of a period in time of South Bend, St. Joseph County, the region, the State or the Nation. The Council this evening is limited in their review when reviewing a local landmark designation to the following criteria: They are restricted to look at whether the proposal is of historic or architectural significance or both. As a part of that review they may look at whether the elements of architectural design, detail, material or craftsmanship represent architectural characteristic or innovation. They may look at the suitability for preservation and the identification of life of persons or individuals of historic significance 6