9736-07 Annexation & Rezoning Vaness & Willis & Burdette - District 4

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v x multi-family. The character of the area west of Burdette Street is single family and university athletic facilities. 3. Most desirable use: The most desirable use is for single family, multifamily, or a mixture of service/residential land use. 4. Conservation of property values: The surrounding commercial and multifamily property values should be conserved with the MU and MF 1 rezonings; however, the surrounding single family homes need to be appropriately buffered to protect their property values. 5. Responsible development and growth: It is responsible development and growth to allow sites to be appropriately redeveloped in keeping with the surrounding area. Recommendation: Based on information available prior to the public hearing, the staff recommends that the petition be sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation subject to written commitments that prohibit restaurant and retail uses and to prohibit access to Burdette Street from the hotel/ condo project. Analysis: The MF1 Urban Corridor Multifamily District is compatible with the existing multifamily zoning and :and use located on the south side of Vaness Street, and to the north between Burdette Street and Willis Avenue, and east of Willis Avenue. The MF1 district is consistent with recent Common and County Council rezoning decisions establishing multifamily in this area. The property on the north side of Vaness Street is located in a transitional area between the commercial corridor of South Bend Avenue to the south and east, the university use to the west of Twyckenham Drive, and multifamily zoning and land use north of the site and to the south of Vanes Street. Vanes Street is only a few blocks long, and it is an active pedestrian link between the University of Notre Dame campus and South Bend Avenue. The proposed condominium- hotel is residential in character, and will remain so with the recommended commitments. The site plan meets all residential landscape buffering requirements. The rezoning allows the use of mostly undeveloped property (there are only two existing houses covering 2.69 acres). It is unlikely that owners in this transitional area will invest in constructing single family houses as it is currently zoned. The South Bend City Plan recommends mixed use for the area. Carmine & Maria Martino #2403-06 Page 3 of 4