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BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS <br />. OF <br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br />PETITION <br />APPLICANT'S NAME Custom Homes By Petty <br />PHONE 574/876-4310 <br />ADDRESS 129 Napoleon Street, South Bend, IN, 46617 <br />ADDRESS OF PROPERTY 813 South Bend Avenue and Adjacent Vacant Lot <br />PRESENT ZONING OF PROPERTY MF-1 <br />OWNER'S NAME Custom Homes By Petty <br />PHONE 574/876-4310 <br />ADDRESS 129 .Napoleon, South Bend,IN, 46617 <br />COUNSEL OR CONSULTANT Charlotte Sobel, South Bend Heritage Foundation <br />ADDRESS 803 Lincolnway West, South Bend, IN, 46616 <br />PHONE 574/289-1066X214- <br />NATURE OF APPEAL, VARIANCE, OR SPECIAL EXCEPTION: <br />Custom Homes by Petty is seeking a special exception to build a single-family <br />home on a property currently zoned MF-l. <br />On August 21, 2007, Custom Homes by Petty purchased the property at 813 South <br />Bend Avenue, South Bend, IN, 46617 from the Northeast Neighborhood <br />Revitalization Organization (NNRO) for the purpose of constructing and selling <br />a new single-family home. The NNRO had purchased the property from the <br />University of Notre Dame on October 22, 2004 as part of its Northeast <br />neighborhood revitalization activities, which include purchasing deteriorated <br />and vacant properties. The NNRO demolished the property at 813 South Bend <br />Avenue and held the property until such time as neighborhood revitalization <br />activities interested a private developer(s). At the time of the original <br />purchase, an assumption was made by the NNRO that the land was zoned single- <br />family as that had been its prior use for over 50 years. <br />Custom Homes by Petty desires to build a new market-rate single-family home on <br />the property. The home will be approximately 2,000 square feet, will have a <br />wrap around front porch and will have a two car garage accessed from the rear <br />alley. All single-family yard setbacks will be met with the proposed siting of <br />the house on the lot(s). The predominant use of the existing homes on South <br />Bend Avenue is single-family. <br />The proposed use of 813 South Bend Avenue will aid in improving neighborhood <br />values and therefore will not be injurious to the public health and welfare. <br />The proposed use will assist in increasing neighborhood property values as it <br />