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Area Board of Zoning Appeals—December S, 2012 IN FAVOR There was no one present to speak in favor of this petition. REMONSTRANCE MR. MARK ROCKWELL: 1144 E. Bronson Street, South Bend, Indiana. I'm in extreme opposition to this right next door to residential area like this. I mean it's one thing to say you're trying to grow downtown, it's another thing to say you're trying to grow a house I'm trying to fix up for my future family. I have a huge problem to it and I will vote accordingly to council members to decide either to oppose or against this. I'm currently fixing up 1144 E. Bronson Street which had a number of code violations against it so I'm familiar with the code violations of this property because I looked into every code violation that was against properties in this area around the house I was buying with my fiance. And I'm familiar with the code violations that they have against their building. I'm familiar with the buildings degradation and the look of it. I am totally opposed being a tattoo place. Like I said I grew up in the area. I grew up down Twyckenham Street. I rode my bike through this neighborhood. My friends and I went to Jefferson Elementary School. It being so close to a school doing tattoos. It being so close to a residential neighborhood. I'm vehemently opposed and I just feel it is completely wrong. MR. REDDER: Sir, as I told the other people, you understand now all this Board is going to do is give a recommendation... MR. ROCKWELL: I understand that, I understand that but my... MR. FEDDER: You may be getting another notice to come to the Common Council meeting. MR. ROCKWELL: I totally understand, I know you guys are only doing a favorable or not... MR. URBANSKI: Okay, thank you sir. MR. JOSHUA VISSER: I LIVE 1122 Belmont Ave. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. My wife and 1, Rachel moved 1122 Belmont seven years ago before we had any children. We Iove the area. Now we have three children, 6, 3 and 1 and we still love the area. We've been there for seven years as I mentioned. Prior owners, since our house was constructed,there are only two prior owners. They all lived there an average of 26 years. In part because this neighborhood they love. They enjoy it, And I'm sure the people that will speak after me have lived there much longer than seven years, know much more about that then I do, And in our community we have a neighborhood association which is very helpful and puts people together. But even more than that we already have street parties and barbeques. We joke that the longest part of our walks in the evening are that first block because everybody we see we stop because they want to see the kids,they want to talk to us about how it's going. And we could go about and go along with those stories all day but we're here to focus in on the zoning and the issues there and if I may I have two phots... 41