11-26-12 Council Agenda & Packet

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PETITION FOR A COMBINED HEARING City of South Bend, Indiana I(we)the undersigned make application to the City of South Bend Common Council to amend the zoning ordinance to grant a Special Exception as herein requested and to the Area Plan Commission to grant the following variance(s): 1) The subject property is located at: 3529 and 3527 Western Avenue, South Bend, Indiana 46619 2) The property Tax Key Number(s)is/are: Key#1: 18-4068-2518 Key#2: 18-4068-251801 3) Name and address of property owner(s)of the petition site: Parwinder Kaur&Singh Harjinder Barbara Dockery 3529 Western Avenue 3527 Western Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46619 South Bend, Indiana 46619 574-234-7870 574-287-0108 E-Mail Address N/A E-Mail Address N/A 4) Name and address of contingent purchaser(s), if applicable: Parwinder Kaur&Singh Harjinder 3529 Western Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46619 574-234-7870 E-Mail Address N/A 5) It is desired and requested that this property be rezoned: From: MU Mixed Use District To: LB Local Business District 6) This rezoning is requested to allow the following use(s): Convenience Store with a Gasoline Dispensing facility. 7) If applicable,a detailed description and the purpose of the variance(s)being requested: The Petitioners, Parwinder Kaur & Singh Harjinder have been the owners of the real estate at 3529 Western Ave. for the past few years as shown in the records of the Auditor's office.They desire to expand the services they can supply to their patrons at this location. They have been working with their neighbor, Barbara Dockery of 3527 Western Ave., owner of the property to the east of the existing Convenience store, to purchase her property and add a Gasoline Dispensing facility. Based on discussions with the Building Department and Area Plan Commission staffs, in order to add the gasoline pumps, the properties would be required to be Rezoned, a Special Use would be required to be approved for the pumps and several Variances would be needed to layout the property as shown on the attached site plan. The Convenience store has been in operation for the past several years and the site has been the home to a retail establishment of varying types for the past several decades. The addition of the gasoline pumps as noted requires a Rezoning, Special Use and Variances. Once the Rezoning is initiated,the properties included are required to be brought up to all the developmental standards of the zoning district being requested. In this particular situation,the Rezoning necessitates that several Variances be approved as well. Shown below are the Variances being requested for the property: