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Staff Report <br />APC # 2261-04 <br />Owner: [nitiated by the Area Plan Commission <br />Location: Text Amendment <br />Jurisdiction: South Bend <br />Requested Action: <br />The petitioner is requesting the following Text Amendment: to amend Chapter 21 of the South <br />Bend Municipal Code to correct the cross-references in Articles 12, 13, and 14; to amend Article <br />2, Residential Districts to allow public parks, active, as allowable uses in the Single Family and <br />Two Family and Multifamily Zoning Districts; to amend Article 8 Special Regulations, Section <br />21-08.02 Special Regulations for Controlled Uses; and to amend Article 7 General Regulations, <br />Section 21-07.03(f) Off-premise Signs. <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 />These amendments are necessary to ensure that the floodplain, subdivision, and historic <br />preservation sections cross-reference the correct section numbers in the new zoning ordinance; to <br />make the active parks in South Bend permitted uses in the new residential districts; to modify the <br />off-premise sign regulations to match those previously in place in the city; and to promote <br />downtown South Bend and the East Bank area as a regional business and convention center by <br />exempting certain controlled uses from the locational restrictions that apply to controlled uses. <br />Initiated by the Area Plan Commission <br />#2261-04 <br />Page 1 "of 1 <br />