No. 2016 designating the NNDA, declaring the NNDA to be blighted, approving a development plan and conditions under which relocation payments will be made, and establishing an allocation area for purposes of TIF

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economically distressed area. The Northeast Neighborhood Development Area Plan sets forth an ambitious set of goals and strategies designed to bring about both economic growth and quality of life improvements through reinvestment for the resident population. The goals of the Development Area Plan include strengthening commercial uses and creating new employment opportunities, particularly at the center of the neighborhood. However, much of the new investment proposed for the Development Area is to be directed toward significant residential redevelopment and revitalization activity. The majority of land uses within the Northeast Neighborhood will remain residential. Tax increment financing allocation amounts are currently calculated only on commercial uses, thereby making TIF projections relatively weak in relationship to the goals outlined for the Area. The development program will require a long term, multi -year commitment by the Redevelopment Commission, the supporting neighborhood organizations and institutional partners. Tax increment financing allocation amounts will depend, in the early years, on the capacity of the Redevelopment Commission, neighborhood organizations, stakeholder institutions, major landowners and involved not -for- profits to leverage existing resources to encourage outside private investment. Realizing the constraints inherent in the lack of dedicated funding sources, the City, the NNRO and its member institutions, and the NENC have in fact committed to work in partnership and in an entrepreneurial spirit to locate funding sources, public and private, for projects and activities proposed in the Development Area Plan. Aspects of many of the redevelopment and revitalization strategies outlined in the Plan as well as aspects of the funding plan are contingent on the actions of other governing bodies, both regulatory and legislative. In order to facilitate initiating the proposed infrastructure improvements earlier in the term of the Development Area, tax abatements as an economic incentive for commercial development will not be encouraged or supported within the area. VII. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL A. Design Control Objectives The new zoning ordinance that will be implemented for the City of South Bend by the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County will eliminate the site plan approval process, introduce stronger building standards and establish new classifications sensitive to neighborhood preservation. In order to achieve high quality design, construction, rehabilitation and site development, a more detailed design/development review process will ultimately be established for the Development Area. Design Review Guidelines for the Northeast Neighborhood, 30