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Ignition Park PUD Zoning Ordinance Preliminary Plan �v�s�d�. Not�eirnber 3; �b10 Petitioner: City of ,South Bend Redevelopment Commission Introduction Petitioner, City of South Bend Redevelopment Commission, requests the rezoning of approximately 84 acres from the GI - General Industrial District to the PUD — Planned Unit Development District to provide for a high tech industrial park to be known as Ignition Park. Ignition Park is intended to be a launching pad for technological innovation. Ignition Park, in combination with Innovation Park, creates a two -site, single, State Certified Technology Park within the City of South Bend. It is anticipated that development within Ignition Park may include, but not be limited to: research and development facilities; education; office; prototyping facilities; and, support uses. The land uses to be contained within Ignition Park shall be those set forth below for each category identified on the Master Plan fled with this PUD petition. It is acknowledged that the Master Plan filed with this PUD petition for Ignition Park recommends general land uses for real estate which is not subject to rezoning at this time and that the final development of Ignition Park in substantial compliance with the Master Plan will be subject to Petitioner's ability to obtain zoning and development rights to such additional real estate in the future. The Master Plan does, however, provide a framework from which to review the land use pattern proposed for Ignition Park in much the same way as a Comprehensive Plan identifies land use patterns for a community as a whole. The Master Plan vision for Ignition Park is to provide for a campus -like setting within a single multi -use PUD District. The primary objective of this PUD District is to encourage development which achieves a high degree of: (i) excellence in overall site design; (ii) integration of individual parcel site design within the overall development; and, (iii) innovation, creativity and quality in building design. The PUD District provides flexibility and procedural economy by permitting a broad range of high -tech industrial land uses and related support uses in a single district, while maintaining adequate land use controls to protect adjoining properties. In order to encourage innovative building and site designs capable of enhancing the quality of the Ignition Park built environment, an applicant may propose alternate development standards for: yards and building setbacks; use of minimum yards and residential bufferyards; maximum building height; minimum building height; maximum gross floor area; parking; loading; outdoor operations; architecture; landscaping; lighting; or, signs, subject to approval by an Ignition Park Architectural Review Board and the Area Plan Commission. Architectural Review Board and Executive Director approval is required to establish any land use or development within the Ignition Park PUD. BDDSO] 64080641 Draft Date: November 3, 2010