9654-06 Rezoning 505 E. Ireland, 4412 Fellows, and 4422 Fellows St. - District 5

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Staff Report APC # 2356-OS Owner: City of South Bend Redevelopment Commission, et al Location: 50~ E. Ireland Road and 4422 & 4412 Fellows Street Jurisdiction: City of South Bend Requested Action: The petitioner is requesting a zone change from "SFl" Single Family and Two Family to "CB" Community Business to allow allowable uses under "CB" Community Business. Land Uses and Zoning: On site: On site are one vacant lot and two single-family homes zoned "SF1" Single- Family residential. North:. _ __ Toahe. north are.single-family_homes zoned"SF 1 ".Single-Family residential.. East: To the east is the Erskine Municipal Golf Course zoned "SF1" Single-Family residential. South: To the south is asingle-family home zoned "OB" Office Buffer. On the southwest corner of Ireland Road and Fellows Street is Zikers Cleaners zoned "OB" Office Buffer. West: To the west is an office building zoned "CB" Community Business. District uses and development standards: The "CB" Community Business District is established to provide a location for high volume and high intensity commercial uses. Activities in this district are often large space users which may include limited amounts of outdoor sales or outdoor operations. Site plan description: The three lots encompass 30,863 square feet or 0.71 acres. A 5,600 square foot building is shown on the east side of the property and covers 18% of the site. Twenty parking spaces are required and twenty-nine parking spaces are shown covering 40% of the site. The open space/landscaping portion of the site covers approximately 13,000 square feet or 42% of the site. There is no foundation landscaping shown, but it will be required. The site will be accessed from one driveway off Fellows Street. A front and eastern side yard setback variance will be required. Residential bufferyard landscaping is shown on the northern boundary and a retention basin is shown just north of the building. Zoning and land use history & trends: In 2000, the Common Council approved rezoning the northwest corner of Ireland Road and Fellows Street from "A" Residential to "PHC" Professional/Health Care offices. In 2004, the same parcel was rezoned to "CB" Community Business with the adoption of the new zoning map. Over the past 30 years, this segment of Ireland Road between Michigan Street and Miami Street has changed from residential to office and commercial. [n the past the policy of the City was that the four corners of Fellows Street and Ireland Road should be reserved for offices that would better protect the residential uses to the north and south. Traffic and transportation considerations: Ireland Road is a four lane arterial street at this location. The MACOG traffic counting program counted 17,685 cars per day at a location on Ireland Road east of Fellows Street in 2002. Utilities: The site will be served by City of South Bend municipal water and sanitary sewer. City of South Bend Redevelopment Commission, et al #2356-OS Page 1 of 3