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<br /> sometimes there is a narrow strip of property that runs along the river. Again, it only applies to
<br /> that property. So, the next property back, even though you might regard it informally as being
<br /> riverfront property, it doesn't technically have direct access and so that fifteen(15) feet would not
<br /> apply to that property. The setback would remain at zero (0) feet. Here, we see it broadly
<br /> (referencing a slide in the presentation). The blue lines are where that setback would apply City-
<br /> wide. You can zoom in a bit with some examples. So, for example the Crowe and Press Ganey
<br /> area,informally people regard those as riverfront property,and there is actually a City-owned piece
<br /> of property along the river. That trail is there. The setback applies to that City-owned piece of
<br /> property and it would not affect the Crowe or Press Ganey properties. We also see this along the
<br /> East Bank townhomes where there is a small parcel owned by the City of South Bend along the
<br /> edge. Again, from an informal perspective, it might feel like riverfront properties but to this
<br /> technical definition,they are not. So, this rule would not apply there.
<br /> He went on, We wanted to look at if there is something out there that is built that would not meet
<br /> that fifteen(15) foot setback. If you look at here (referencing the presentation), St. Joseph Station
<br /> at LaSalle Street. There is a tiny corner of The Pointe that gets into the East Race setback.
<br /> Obviously, a project of that scale,we can design around so you don't get those two (2)or three(3)
<br /> feet that fall within that setback.The Emporium Building, also, appear at a few points to be within
<br /> that fifteen(15) feet. The island structure, the one(1) corner would be clipped by the setback. But
<br /> again, if you shift that three (3) feet north, it's probably not a problem. A portion of the Century
<br /> Center is, as well. The river-level suites are, of that building. I think if you also ask people what
<br /> the biggest issue is from a design perspective, the issue you always hear is the interface and the
<br /> access at the river edge. The island is left to serve that function because the building itself doesn't
<br /> have that setback. So, again you have buildings like St. Joseph Station which is a great building
<br /> but, if it was done today, we probably wouldn't build a wall all the way up to the river.
<br /> Angela Smith, Zoning Administrator for the Department of Community Investment with offices
<br /> located on the 14th floor of the County-City Building,stated, I have a couple quick things.Another
<br /> concern raised was with HVAC equipment and the provision there. Again, we adopted what we
<br /> implemented in the Mixed-Use District and it worked very well. We have not had any issues with
<br /> it. There are a couple of things I wanted to highlight for the Council. The definition of front yard
<br /> and front building line. In many of the instances where there was concern of what could and
<br /> couldn't happen, the ones on the left in the picture there (referencing a slide in the presentation),
<br /> technically the sign is a structure, so, it probably could happen. That is not,ideally, what we want
<br /> but we are hoping to tighten that language in 2020. The image on the right, that would be allowed
<br /> under the proposed ordinance. There would be no concern or conflict with that, at all. Some other
<br /> things we are trying to accomplish in the ordinance were the downtown design guidelines. Right
<br /> now, and previous to this, they were very vague. We didn't have anything we could measure or
<br /> quantify and there were two(2) sets of rules for developers to look at. So,this would help establish
<br /> and unify those rules.
<br /> Mr. Divita stated, So, you might have some of these vague statements there like, `Blank,
<br /> monotonous walls are not permitted."There are other things regarding facade that are really hard
<br /> to administer. So,instead of those rules where we can't have any numerical value,in the proposed
<br /> ordinance there are now numerical metrics. This is now more easily met and measured.
<br /> Mr. Corcoran stated, This (referencing a slide in the presentation) explains some of the setback
<br /> rules. So, what we have is a minimum-maximum setback of zero (0) to ten (10). The orange area
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