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Staff Report <br />APC # 2632 -12 <br />Owner: Eugene Phillips <br />Location: 501 South Parry Street <br />Jurisdiction: City of South Bend <br />Requested Action: <br />The petitioner is requesting a zone change from SF2 Single Family & Two Family District to CB <br />Community Business District to allow two stall garage (Auto Repair- major). <br />Land Uses and Zoning: <br />On site: On site is a one stall residential garage, on a separate lot from the primary <br />residence. <br />North: To the north are three single family homes zoned SF2 Single Family and Two <br />Family District, and beyond them, a storage lot for the Robert Henry Corporation <br />zoned LI Light Industrial District. <br />East: To the east, across Parry Street, is Information Records Associates, a dance <br />school and a car repair business zoned MU Mixed Use District. <br />South: To the south are five single family homes, and, beyond them, the Marine Corps <br />League zoned SF2 Single Family and Two Family District. <br />West: To the west is a single family home zoned SF2 Single Family and Two Family <br />District. To the northwest is the Robert Henry Corporation zoned LI Light <br />Industrial. <br />District uses and development standards: <br />The CB Community Business District is established to provide a location for high volume and <br />high intensity commercial uses. Activities in this district are often large space users which may <br />include limited amounts of outdoor sales or outdoor operations. <br />Site plan description: <br />The site is 7,590 square feet. The proposed two stall garage is 1,360 square feet or 18% of the <br />lot. The seven parking spaces and drive aisle cover 2,580 square feet or 34 %. Residential <br />bufferyard landscaping is shown on three sides behind the building, and foundation landscaping is <br />shown in front of the buildings. Landscaping covers 1,150 square feet or 2 %. The use of the <br />remaining 2,500 square feet is unknown at this time. <br />Based on the site plan provided, the following variances will need to be obtained from the Area <br />Board of Zoning Appeals: <br />1. Side Residential Bufferyard from 20' to 0' for parking; <br />2. Front Setback from 15' to 0' for parking; <br />3. Aisle width from 24' to 20; <br />4. Parking screening landscaping from what is required by ordinance, to none. <br />Zoning and land use history & trends: <br />This property was zoned B Residential (Multifamily) under the prior zoning ordinance. When the <br />zoning ordinance was revised in 2004, the zoning changed to S172 Single Family and Two Family <br />District. <br />Traffic and transportation considerations: <br />Parry Street is a two lane street that runs from a former railroad right -of -way on the north to the <br />Cooper Bridge ramps on the south. The alleys adjacent to this site are not paved. <br />Eugene Phillips <br />#2632 -12 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />