02-13-12 Council Agenda & Packet

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Area Board of Zoning Appeals---January 4, 2012 MR. RICHARD CARLSON: I live at 54475 Terrance Lane which is about 500'from this establishment they're trying to get a variance for. I'm totally opposed to this. Number one reason is we have a lot of young couples moving in the neighborhood with small children. This is not the right environment for them. Secondly the parking, if you could see the layout, it's totally inadequate. My personal opinion is that when the other establishment or business surrounding them close at night they're going to utilize their parking places and then the overfill is going to go their causing a lot of undesirable effects. Secondly or thirdly I guess, we were told that this property was tried to be sold several years back and they couldn't get it sold because of the contamination in the ground from the cleaners dumping their fluids instead of disposing of them properly. Now my question would be how are they going to put in water and restroom facilities if you're sitting on contaminated ground? This is a septic system but I understand they've already tapped into the City water. But this doesn't alleviate the problem that's the building sitting on. And also if you put in two pool, tables and 8 tables there won't be nobody room for anybody to walk in the front door. This is a small drycleaners or was. I mean where they going to put them. So I thank you for considering our request. MRS. LORRAINE CARLSON: I live at 54475 Terrace Lane. I'm opposed of the development of this Alibaba Cafd. It's going to cause a lot of problems in the neighborhood, additional traffic and additional noise. And it's not going to be an asset to the community. MR. DAN OSBERGER: I'm a CPA and I have a financial services practice at 17903 State Road 23. So my lot is two lots to the east of this property. I have similar concerns regarding the parking. Also I have a concern as a property owner that I never received a notice of this meeting. So I'm trying to get up to speed as to what's going on. Thirdly I'm concerned about the petitioner being calling itself a cafd and then we're talking about a pool hall coming into the area because immediately you can see from the diagrams and maps that you have, immediately north of this property is a residential home and then residential properties all along it. So parking is the main concern but the nature of the business is very much a second concern to me. MR. JAMES MASTERS: My office address is 211 W. Washington St., Suite 1800, here in downtown South Bend. I'm here this afternoon on behalf of Armand Murat properties. Armand Murat properties owns the commercial development at the northeast corner of Ironwood and State Road 23. The address is 54500 S. Ironwood. Excuse me north Ironwood. They're asking for a number of variances all of which should be denied. They're asking for a Special Use which you should send to, I believe is going to be the Common Council, with an unfavorable recommendation. They're asking to eliminate buffers from the yards. They're allowing encroachments on the residences nearby. They're asking to allow a reduction of the setback. They're eliminating landscaping. How any of this can be considered to be compatible with the existing uses is beyond me. And I'll take issue with your staff s recommendation and suggestion that this is compatible with the comprehensive plan. If you look at the notes of your staff under the petition for Group 90 one of their comments is, one objective of the comprehensive plan was to insure that the multi family and commercial development is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood characteristics by requiring setback that are consistent with the existing buildings. None of these, if these setbacks were approved, none of this would be consistent with the existing buildings. I mean this can't possibly be compatible with the neighborhood. And there ought to be said of this this should just be summarily denied. Thank you. 27