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SiteScapes, Inc. 1816 North Main Street a Mishawaka, Indiana 46545 Landscape Architecture and Planning Telephone (574) 255 -4677 • FAX (574) 255 -4016 November 28, 2007 Board of Zoning Appeals City of South Bend 125 South Lafayette Street, Suite 100 South Bend, Indiana 46601 Re: Petitioner. FTC Properties, LLC Application for Special Exception at 1939 Charles Street South Bend, Indiana Members of the Board of Zoning Appeals, The Petitioner, FTC Properties, LLC seeks this Special Exception for the Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of South Bend to allow the use of the petitioner's property identified above to expand the employee parking area of the adjoining Wissco Irrigation Co., Inc. operation at 1820 South Bend Avenue, South Bend, Indiana. The properties adjoining to the east and west are jointly owned by common parties. It is the intent of the Petitioner to develop a paved, landscaped, fenced and screened parking area on Lot 20 of Pensinger's Subdivision to accomplish the expansion of the operations and to allow for the hiring of additional employees and their parking. Pursuant to this Application, the following standards for variances as set forth at I.C. 36 -7-4 -918.5 are addressed as follows: 1. The approval will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community because of the intended use of the property for the expansion of employee parking for the present Wissco Irrigation Co., Inc. operation at 1820 South Bend Avenue. 2. The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner because the improvements contemplated here will be paved, landscaped and fenced as necessary to ensure no deleterious effect on adjoining or surrounding parcels. 3. The need for the Special Exception for which the Petitioner applies arises from the peculiar condition of the property requiring its use to allow for the expansion of available employee parking for the property adjoining at the west and the fact that the property adjoining to the east is owned by a commoner owner. 4. The strict application of the terms of the Zoning Ordinance will result in unnecessary hardship on the common owner of the adjoining parcel arising from practical difficulties in the use of its adjoining property because additional -parking is essential to the ongoing and expanding operations of Wissco Irrigation Co., Inc. and the parcel comprised of the subject allows expansion of staff and employees to accommodate growth in the company. 5. The approval of the Petitioner's request will not interfere substantially with the comprehensive plan adopted under the 500 series of this chapter. We appreciate your kind consideration for this request. Sincerely, PaWSrown, ASLA President