Zoning - 261 ft. North of the Northwest corner of Bendix Dr & Elwood Ave

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STAFF REPORT February 11, 1991 Sam Enterprises Corporation 1395 -91 Location: 261 ft. north of the northwest corner of Bendix Dr. and Elwood Avenue City of South Bend REQUESTED ACTION: The petitioners are requesting a zone change from "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area to "C -1" Commercial and "C" Commercial, "E" Height and Area to allow office and retail uses. EXISTING LAND USE: The property is vacant. SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: Located to the north is a distribution facility zoned "D" Light Industrial; to the east across Bendix Drive is a concrete manufacturing facility zoned "E" Heavy Industrial; to the south is a. convenience store zoned "C" Commercial and across Elwood Avenue is a distributor zoned "C" Commercial; and to the west are single- family residences zoned "A" Residential. ACCESS: WATER SOURCE /SEWAGE DISPOSAL: DRAINAGE: SITE DATA: ENVIRONMENTAL DATA: SITE PLAN: AGENCY COMMENTS: Access to the site is from Bendix Drive and Elwood Avenue. Water and sewer are available to the site. The drainage has been addressed by the petitioner. The total site to be rezoned is 7.23 acres. Of that, the buildings will occupy 60,000 square feet, or 19.06 percent of the site; the parking and drives will occupy 158,975 square feet or 50.49 percent of the site; and 95,888 square feet or 30.45 percent of the site will remain as open space. A check of the Agency's maps indicates that no public wells, wetlands, flood or environmental hazard areas are present. The site plan is preliminary.