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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 ovember 2006 <br /> Objective LU 1: Plan for the future of the community's districts, neighborhoods, and <br /> corridors. <br /> Objective LU 2.2: Pursue a mix of land uses along major corridors and other locations <br /> identified on the Future Land Use Map. <br /> Objective LU 2.4: Provide buffer spaces between non-compatible uses. <br /> .Land Use Plan: <br /> City Plan identifies the areas along Western as Commercial and Mixed Use. <br /> Plan Implementation/Other Plans: <br /> Western Avenue Commercial Corridor Revitalization Action Plan June 1999 <br /> The Market Development objectives include attracting developers, merchants, and small <br /> business owners,and encouraging new development. <br /> A Vision Plan for the Commercial Corridor of The Western Avenue of South Bend Indiana <br /> (February 2003) <br /> Items in the Mission Statement include improve the business climate and improve the <br /> appearance of property and infrastructure on Western. <br /> 2. Current conditions and character: <br /> Western Avenue is a busy and traditional commercial corridor. Changing business patterns have <br /> negatively affected the properties, but new businesses are making an effort to locate within the <br /> corridor. <br /> 3. Most desirable arse: <br /> The most desirable use along this commercial corridor is a commercial use, <br /> 4. Conservation of property values: <br /> The expansion of the existing business, when properly buffered, should have a minimal effect on <br /> surrounding property values. <br /> 5. Responsible development and growth: <br /> It is responsible development and growth to allow for a variety of adaptive reuses along a <br /> commercial corridor. <br /> Recommendation: <br /> Based on information available prior to the public hearing, the staff recommends that the <br /> rezoning petition be sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation; <br /> Based on information available prior to the public hearing, the staff recommends that the special <br /> exception use petition be sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation; <br /> The staff recommends approval of variances #1, and 3-10 as referenced in Staff Comments, and <br /> would recommend variance #2 be amended to include additional shrubs on Western, and #11 be <br /> amended to refer to the additional landscaping as shown on the site plan for the Special Exception <br /> Use. <br /> Parwinder Kaur& Singh Harjinder <br /> #2645-12 <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br />