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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND ! OFFICE OF THE CLERK Councilmember Karen White arrived at the meeting at 5:06 p.m. Mike Divita, Principle Planner for the Department of Community Investment with offices located on the 14th floor of the County-City Building, stated, Again, the next two (2) quick fixes include the introduction of the SF-Three(3)District and the reform of our CBD District. We will look first (1st) at the SF-Three(3) District. It's really a means to address the missing middle housing. I know we've talked about it in some of our most recent planning initiatives. Missing middle housing are some of those house-scale buildings that have multiple units and are in walkable neighborhoods. We are talking about small multi-unit buildings that fit very well within Single-Family neighborhoods. So, these are mixed in, commonly, in areas built particularly prior to 1940. You may have seen this diagram(referencing a slide in the presentation)before. It is kind of a spectrum of housing types from Single-Family detached homes on the left and getting more intense getting up to mid-rise and then tower. In our current Zoning Ordinance, SF-One(1) and SF-Two (2)zones are the Single-Family zones. They sync pretty well to the detached Single-Family homes. They kind of address the duplex. Duplexes are allowed but they require a special exception to be in those districts. Then, to the right of the line on this (referencing a slide in the presentation) are MF-One (1), Multi-Family District. That consists of townhomes and as you get into some of the even more intense types of housing. Our ordinance doesn't speak to anything really in between. We want to make it easier for duplexes, triplexes, quads or bungalow cottages. Councilmember Karen White asked, Will the setbacks be the same when you look at this type of development? Mr. Divita replied, They can, and I will cover that in our presentation. The idea is to blend well into the neighborhood. Let's get a look at what that might look like. Referencing slides in the presentation, Mr. Divita showed pictures of different houses. He stated, It could be like this,a side-by-side duplex. An up-and-down stacked duplex.A triplex unit. A side- by-side-by-side triplex unit. A stacked triplex unit. You'll see the little piece in the back and this is something that has a lot of names. In a technical term,our current ordinance calls it an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU. Some places call it an ancillary dwelling unit. In everyday terms, you'd see it called a granny flat, a mother-in-law suite, a backyard cottage. Depending on the form, it could be a carriage house or a garage apartment. Mr. Corcoran interjected, In Australia, they called them Fonzie Flats because that's where Fonzie lived. Councilmember White stated, There has been a lot of interest in these tiny home concepts. Would those pertain to this type of zoning? Mr. Divita replied, Not to this one(1) directly. Some, it would depend on the arrangement. This is also an example (referencing a slide in the presentation), not a perfect but a local example, of a cottage court. That is on the south east side. You've probably picked up on it, but all the pictures shown have been from out of South Bend. The fact you didn't know it existed suggests that it fits well in the neighborhood. You could have a tiny house court in this arrangement. EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY j INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574 235 9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 2