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Staff Re ort <br />APC # 230-OS <br />Owner: Initiated by the Area Plan Commission <br />Location: <br />Jurisdiction: City of South Bend <br />Requested Action: <br />The petitioner is requesting a text amendment to the City Zoning Ordinance. Through the course <br />of working with the new ordinance, it has been determined that some new uses need to be added <br />in order to clarify the allowable uses. The following uses are being added as primary uses to the <br />"LI" Light Industrial District: distribution centers and truck terminals; bus, taxi, or limousine <br />terminal, with or without repair; and lumberyards. The following uses are being added as <br />primary uses to the "GI" General Industrial District: bus, taxi, or limousine terminal, with or <br />without repair; and lumberyards. Because of the structure of the ordinance, truck terminals will <br />also be allowed in the "GI" General Industrial District. <br />Recommendation: <br />Based on information available prior to the public hearing the staff recommends that this petition <br />be sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation. <br />Analysis: <br />It is important to ensure that the new Ordinance is updated to accommodate new uses and trends <br />in development. The goal of the Zoning Ordinance is to be more user friendly and to guide future <br />development in a positive direction. These additional uses are similar in intensity to the other <br />primary uses in the "LI" and "GI" Districts. Therefore, with the development standards as set <br />forth by the Ordinance, this text amendment meets the intent of the Ordinance and will clarify <br />some of the permitted uses in the Industrial Districts. <br />Initiated by the Area Plan Commission <br />#2305-OS <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />