Special Exception - 918 Oliver Plow Court & Adjacent to and East of 918 Oliver Plow Ct.

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4 allow them to continue to maintain their existing outdoors storage area. The reason a Special Exception is required, is that the Ordinance that went into effect in 2005, now states that any industrial use which has more than 50% of their gross land area used for outside storage must have a Special Exception approved for that exterior storage of materials.. This is a result of the fact that the property lines between Parcels "A" and "B" are being adjusted. This is also the reason that several variances will be required as well. The second Special Exception is required due to the fact that a "Passive Park" is allowed under the "GI" General Industrial District only as a Special Exception Use. Again, due to the fact the property lines are being adjusted between Parcels "A" and "B" to place the Oliver Plow smoke stack on parcel "B" this approval is need. There will also be Variances required for the.Passive Park as well. Based on the above explanation, the Petitioners would ask the following for Parcel "A ". They would ask for approval of a Special Exception as allowed under Section 21 -04 -02 (2)(B)(iii) of the City of South Bend Zoning Ordinance to allow for an outside storage area of 162,000 square feet (i.e. 3.72 ac.) which exceeds the maximum allowed outside storage area of 103,237 square feet or 2.37 ac. (i.e. 50% of the proposed lot property area of approximately 4.74 acres) for property located at 918 Oliver Plow Court, South Bend, Indiana per Section 21 -04- 02 (2)(B)(iii) of the City of South Bend Zoning Ordinance. The Petitioners would state that they have maintained the outside storage area shown for the last several years. At the time they purchased the property, there was no requirement . that limited the amount or location of the outside storage areas. They desire to be allowed to keep the outside storage as it is an integral part of their business to have the materials on hand that their clients use for projects in South Bend and Northern Indiana. The availability is very important to keep projects on schedule. They would hope the Board Members would approve the request of the Special exception for the outside storage. They 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 Petitioners are requesting, is from the requirement of providing required perimeter landscaping of one (1) deciduous tree at a minimum spacing of 40 feet on- center along the North, East, South and West property lines to providing no perimeter landscaping. The