Zoning - property located at the Southeast corner of Ewing Ave & Ironwood Rds

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STAFF REPORT June 10, 1991 Mervin and Deloris Purser 1407-91 Location: the southwest corner of Ironwood Road and Ewing Avenue City of South Bend REQUESTED ACTION: The petitioners are requesting a zone change from "C" Commercial and "A" Residential , "A" Height and Area to "C" Commercial , "E" Height and Area to allow a service station with gas pumps, convenience store and car wash EXISTING LAND USE: The property contains a service station. SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: Located to the north across Ewing Avenue is a church zoned "A" Residential; to the east across Ironwood Road is a convenience store with gas pumps and single-family residences zoned "C-4" and "R-1" respectively in Mishawaka; to the south and west are single-family residences zoned "A" Residential in South Bend. ACCESS: Access to the site is from Ewing Avenue and Ironwood Road. WATER SOURCE/SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Water and sewer are available to the site. DRAINAGE: The drainage has been addressed by the petitioner. SITE DATA: The total site to be rezoned is 24,911 square feet. Of that , the buildings will occupy 5,212 square feet, or 20.9 percent of the site; the parking and drives will occupy 16,869 square feet , or 67.7 percent of the site; and 2,830 square feet or 11 .4 percent of the site will remain as open space. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA: A check of the Agency's maps indicates that no public wells, wetlands, flood or environmental hazard areas are present . SITE PLAN: The site plan is preliminary. AGENCY COMMENTS: The City Engineer made the following comments: (1) The widening of Ironwood will require additional right-of-way and the grade of Ironwood will change by 5 feet . (2) the existing 16 foot drive on Ewing will have to be relocated or eliminated; and (3) the two drywalls near Ironwood may need to be relocated at the time of the widening of Ironwood.