18-56 Petition of the Area Board of Zoning Appeals for the property located at 340 E Colfax Ave

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. ..� 'ED - CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETITION FOR VARIANCE and/or SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE SEP 14 2018 PROPERTY INFORMATION: The property Tax Key Number(s) is/are: 018-5001-000203, 018-5001-001301, 018-5001-000501, 018-5001-0013, 018-5001-0005 The property address: Address: 340 East Colfax Avenue, South Bend, Indiana 16601 If the application only includes a portion of the property listed above, provide the Legal Description for the petition area and the total site area: That part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 37 North, Range 2 East, City of South Bend, Portage Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana which is described as: Lot# 1 of the proposed Plat of"Seitz Park Minor Subdivision. Containing 1.75 Acres more or less. Subject to all legal highways, easements and restrictions of record VARIANCE INFORMATION: List each variance being requested. The variance request must specifically list the requirement and the desired request(e.g. From the required[enter requirement]to[enter request going to])Additional examples can be found on our website. Please conact the Staff if you need assistance. 1)Insert list of variances: For Parcel "A": 1). From the required 5 ft. mininmm Side yard setback along the North property to 2 ft.; 2). From the minimum Front Fagade Height-in elevation view from the street fronatge, twenty-two (22)feet to a minmiunrn often (10)feet for both shown buildings; 2)A statement on how each of the following standards for the granting of variances is met: (a) The approval will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community: The Petitioners desire to make major improvements to the property presently known as Seitz Park. The property is located between the St. Joseph River on the West and South, with the East Race Waterway on the East, new Commercial/Residential development on the North and the Stephenson Mills Apartment building located to the Northeast of the petition site. Also proposed on this property is a unique use being proposed by the University of Notre Dame which is a private hydro-dam electric utility facility. This facility will be under the proposed park improvements. The University will have a long-term lease agreement to operate the facility on the Park's Department property. The two building structures shown on the site, will be used by the proposed uses. The building along the North property line is for use of equipment related to the proposed hydro-dam electric nrtility .facility. The building shown at the Northeast corner of the site will be a new restroan facility for the park. Representatives for the owner and the University met with the Plan Commission staffto discuss the project to determine the process required for its approval. Based on those discussions it was determined that a few Variances would be needed for the proposed buildings and a Special Exeption would be required for the proposed private hydro-dam electric utility facility. (b) The proposed variances are to cover the two buildings shown on the attached site plan. For the request for the Side yard setback from the required 5 f1. the building is shown at 2 fi. 777is location for the building works for the proposed in frastructure for the underground water channels,funneling waterfront the river to the turbines generating power for the facilty. This is part of an overall development for the park site as iwell as an adjacent parking lot shown to the North of the park site. This parking lot will serve the Stephenson Mill Apartment building. The plan shows that to the North of the proposed building will be a parking lot aisleway and curbing which will provide access to the parking spaces.As part of this overall development new lot lines will be created as shown. If required, a maintenance easement will be placed to asure that all sides of the proposed building can be maintained The second variance is to allow for a height variance for the two proposed buildings from the mininnumn required 22 feet to 10 feet.