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5 Criteria (per IC 36 -7 -4 -603): <br />1. Comprehensive Plan: <br />Policy Plan: <br />City Plan, South Bend Comprehensive Plan, November 2006 <br />Objective H 4: Ensure well- designed, infill housing on vacant land in the city's <br />neighborhoods. <br />Land Use Plan: <br />The future land use maps identifies this property as high density residential, with the rest of <br />the lots on Hill Street as medium density residential. <br />Plan Implementation /Other Plans: <br />Northeast Neighborhood Development Area. .Plan <br />The projected land use plan identifies this immediate area as Single Family Home <br />Ownership Preservation. <br />2. Current conditions and character: <br />The area between Corby and Crescent is mixed with single family homes and vacant lots. The <br />institutional uses to the west front on Niles. <br />3. Most desirable use: <br />The most desirable use is single family residential to match the rest of the block. <br />4. Conservation of property values: <br />Since the majority of surrounding property is also zoned SF2 Single Family and Two Family <br />District, this rezoning should not affect property values. <br />5. Responsible development and growth:. <br />It is responsible development and growth to continue the single family zoning along Hill Street. <br />Recommendation: <br />Based on information available prior to the public hearing the staff recommends that the petition <br />be sent to Common Council with a favorable recommendation. <br />Analysis: <br />Returning this site to single family is in keeping with the Northeast Neighborhood Development <br />Plan, and will help strengthen Hill Street as a single - family area. <br />Northeast Neighborhood Revitalization Organization <br />#2637 -12 <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />