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Area Board of Zoning Appeals—November 2, 2011 COREY CRESSY The petition of Corey Cressy seeking a Special Exception to allow for Outdoor Recreational Uses in a"CB" District and for a variance from the required 135 parking spaces to 29 spaces; from the required faeade landscaping to no landscaping on the south faeade and from the perimeter landscaping to landscaping as shown on the site plan,on property located at 1145 Northside Blvd. and vacant land northwest of 1145 Northside Blvd., Portage Township. Zoned"CB". MR. COREY CRESSY: My address of my office is 3930 Edison Lakes Parkway, Suite 200, Mishawaka. Hopefully you all just got the handout there. There's a site plan and an aerial and I labeled five parcels, A,B,C jD & E. And I'm going to reference that and hopefully that will make things clearer. Parcel C, which is 1145 Northside Blvd., is currently zoned Light Industrial and there's a tenant in there doing enzyme research but I have that parcel under contract and my intention is to convert that to a reception hall. And I would acquire this property probably at the end of this year. That tenant would remain in there through July of next year and they'd I begin the conversion. But my request for a parking variance from 135 to 29 is practically, I should also point out Parcel B, I have that parcel under contract. It is currently owned by Koontz-Wagner and originally I was going to acquire that and put parking there but meeting with the YMCA, which is hopefully labeled there on your drawing. The YMCA uses Parcel A for their playing fields for their youth program and they would love to see more playing fields so we have agreed to, although we haven't finalized the agreement, to basically swap and A and B. So I would end up with A and C. And the YMCA would acquire B and convert that to playing fields. They could continue using Parcels A for playing fields for exchange they're going to allow me to park on D and E. D has 36 parking spots that they just paved and they almost never use. And E has 97 parking spots. Also in your packet is a license agreement that is just over one page. We haven't finalized that yet. They're still working on it. It has to go to their Board of Directors and Board of Trustees but Dan the CEO at the YMCA also has written a letter in support of my proposed parking variance. And I also point out their primary parking is to the south of their building. There is a lot there, I'm not sure how many parking spots that has, maybe 45, but I'm not intending to use that at all. I'm also requesting a Special Exception for outdoor recreation on Parcel A. That is the one that the YMCA currently owns but I will be acquiring and it's zoned Mixed Use right now which allows playing fields but I'll be going for rezoning to get that to Community Business to make it consistent with Parcel C for a reception hall. So I need to get a Special Exception in order for the YMCA to use that Parcel A to continue to using it as they are using it now which is playing fields. And then finally I'm requesting, if you look at the site that shows Parcel C, the building there. The building is kind of angled compared to Northside Blvd. so it's kind of up for debate where the front of the building is. I believe the west side is the front and that's where I'm going to make the main entry. So I'm asking for a variance not to require landscaping on the south side of the building. There's currently a ramp there and what looks like six parking spots. So I'm requesting that variance and then also that the perimeter landscaping be as shown on the drawing. Right now you can see the railroad tracks go right there and they're way up high and it's very overgrown and I don't want the YMCA to have to modify that. Parcel A is basically going to stay the way it is. So hopefully you followed that and if you have any questions, please let me know. MR. FEDDER: If I understand your request for Special Exception only deals with Parcel A? 11