Special Exception - 3636 Gagnon St. - B & J Industry, Inc

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3 screening of said storage areas and the use of gravel instead of pavement. In regards to the Special Exception to allow for more outside storage areas, the Petitioner would state that in order to meet their clients needs and their delivery schedules, they are asking for approval of additional outside storage areas covering up to 84,975 square feet of the site. This will allow the Petitioner to compete effectively in a very competitive market and will hopefully allow for a larger presence in the automotive industry. The site is located in a well-established industrial park that contains several types of uses, many of which have varying sized areas of outside storage for materials. The Petitioner would ask the Board Members to agree that approval of the Special Exception to allow for additional outside storage as shown on the attached site plan, would not be injurious to the public health, safety, comfort, community moral standards, convenience or general welfare, or injure or adversely affect the use of the adjacent area or property values therein, and that the proposed use will be consistent with the character of the district in which it is located and the land uses authorized therein, and that the proposed use is compatible with the recommendations of the City of South Bend Comprehensive plan, all of which is requested by the South Bend Municipal Code ~ 21-09.03 (i). With regards to the Variance requests for Parcel "A", the first Variance the Petitioner is requesting, is to be allowed to use a gravel surface for the shown outside storage areas and adjacent drives instead of pavement. The Petitioner would state that using gravel allows for flexibility in placement of materials and access to the materials. The truck vehicles that deliver the materials and their associated weight would require that the outside storage areas and drives be paved with an extra heavy-duty pavement which requires an increase in pavement thickness as well as an increase in base material. This is an extremely high cost for an industry that is very sensitive to items that increase the cost of the final product. The Petitioner has been using gravel for a large portion of the existing outside storage areas and has found that they can maintain the areas easily and that it allows for better site drainage and it keeps their maintenance costs down. This allows keeps any excessive costs from being passed on to the end product user. The Petitioner would state the in the areas of the main drives and parking areas, they have paved those portions which are visible from the public street frontage. The Petitioner would hope that the Board Members would agree that approval of the use of gravel for this particular industrial use in the areas shown, would not be detrimental to any surrounding property or have an adverse affect on said properties. The second Variance is from the requirement of providing screening of outside storage areas and providing perimeter landscape deciduous trees at a minimum spacing of 40 feet on-center along the East, North, West and South property lines to providing no screening and landscaping along the North, West and South property lines, to using the existing vegetation as screening and landscaping along the West property line and to using an evergreen screen and a berm along the East property line