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5 have been approached by representatives of the Diocese of Ft. Wayne, who desire to purchase the Petitioner's properties and build the new St. Joseph High School Campus, ,athletic fields and parking areas for staff, students and visitors. The attached site plan depicts the proposed layout of the main campus school building and athletic fields to be located in the block bounded by Cedar Street on the north, Notre Dame Avenue on the east, LaSalle Avenue on the south and St. Louis Street on the west. There will be a small parking lot for some staff and visitors located at �he northeast corner of the main campus site. The remaining parking areas proposed to service the campus are located to the west of the main campus on the block bounded by Cedar Street on the north, St. Louis Street on the east, Hill street on the west and on either side of Madison Street as shown. The Diocese through its representatives is also in discussions with the owners of the property located at the northwest corner of. St. Peter Street and LaSalle Avenue to acquire that real estate which will allow for the athletic fields to be fully developed as shown. Once that property is acquired, a Rezoning will be requested on that property to downzone the real estate to the "SF2" Single Family and Two Family zoning classification. The Petitioners are in the process presently of Rezoning the main campus site from "O" Office and "MU" Mixed Use Districts to the "SF2" Single-family and Two Family District. From a planning perspective, the City's "SF2" District appears to best match the proposed school project. Representatives of the conti.ngent purchaser met with the staffs of the Area Plan Commission and the Building Department to review the site plan for the school and to determine the processes required for the projects' approval. Based on those discussions, it was determined that this proposed project would require a Rezoning for the main campus as stated above, along with several Variances for the location of site improvements and landscaping. The off-site parking areas to service the school would be required to have Special Exceptions approved along with Variances for the location of parking spaces and landscaping. The northwest parking area will also require approval of an Alley Vacation Petition for the existing Alleys that bisect the block containing the proposed parking. The request for the Alley Vacations has also been submitted to the City for approval. . The preliminary site plan, which is attached to this Petition, shows the location of the main school building, the small parking lot to be located on-site, the proposed delivery areas and the associated athletic fields and proposed accessory buildings and structures. . Based on the development standards in the City' s "SF2" District the following Variances and Special Exceptions are being requested. The first Variance being requested is from the maximum allowed height of 40 feet to a maximum height of 53 feet for the proposed