Special Exception - 1832 Campeau St. South Bend, IN 46617

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'Area Board of Zoning Appeals -October 6, 2010 MS. MICHELLE WILSON: I live at 1718 Bader Ave. which is about two blocks away from where the Crimmins live. I've been residing at that address for over 30 years. I'm a block captain for my neighborhood. I know everybody who lives in my neighborhood. Not only know their names, I know their pets names so I would just like to say that at this time that everybody that I've spoken to about the Crimmins addition have approved it whole heartily. We have a neighborhood that really, it` s a very mixed neighborhood but we are one community. We all are looking out for one another. Really and anyone who makes improvements to the homes in our neighborhood we are so grateful and so thankful that they are investing on the northeast side. I mean seriously when we have our windows open, sometimes in the summer you can hear gunfire and the fact that someone wants to make an investment in our neighborhood and wants to make improvements to homes in our neighborhood knowing that, you all know, I know you all are living in our community, you know what's going on like at Club 23. You heard about the holdups on Twyckenham. People who are even just walking home late at night on Twyckenham get held up. We all are looking out for one another and the fact that Joe and Kathy want to take care of their father, a member of the greatest generation, that they want to take care of their son so that he doesn't have to be put in group home or institutionalized, this is why they're making this improvement to their home so that when he gets older and granted he's still young, there's that option for them. They want to take care of their family and isn't that what we are all here, you know, really as a community to help and support one another. So I just, that's my feeling on it and I just wanted to express my feeling and most of my neighbors feel the same way as I do. REMONSTRANCE There was no one present to speak in remonstrance of this petition. A motion to send the Special Exception the City Council with a Favorable Recommendation with the condition that the two units would be considered as a single unit for purposes of allowable occupancy was made by Mr. Phipps and seconded by Mr. Hawley. The motion carried unanimously. A motion for approval of the variances subject to the Special Exception being approved was made by Mr. Phipps and seconded by Mr. Matthys. The motion carried unanimously. After hearing the evidence on the petition, the Area Board of Zoning Appeals find that you did satisfy the Standards as set forth in I.C. 36-7-4-918.5; therefore, the petition for Special Exception with conditions was sent to the City Council with a Favorable Recommendation and the petition for variances granted subject to the Special Exception being approved by the City Council. Based on the testimony presented, the Area Board of Zoning Appeals, after careful consideration, finds this Special Exception is sent to the Common Council with conditions with a Favorable Recommendation and the petition for variances granted subject to the Special Exception being approved by the Common Council and will issue written Finding of Facts. SPECIAL EXCEPTION SENT TO THE COMMON COUNCIL WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION WITH CONDITIONS PETTION FOR VARIANCES GRANTED SUBJECT TO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION BEING APPROVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL 42