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Area Board of Zoning Appeals—December 5, 2012 by building the Sample viaduct. That limited access to the property and the brothers who had a gas station there in the `50's lost their business because ingress and egress were so limited. And since that time, since they lost their business it has had a succession of unhappy occupancies. I have the South Bend Police incident reports related to that property for the last two years and I have copies for all of you, you will see that these incidents are taking place roughly every other month. COPIES OF THE REPORTS WERE PASSED OUT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME MR. DETLEF: The Codes states that the function of a Local Business District should be to create a harmonious business relationship with the residents. We're not harmonious right now. We have collected in a couple of days to prepare for this meeting more than 100 signatures in opposition of the more than 100 people that we contacted. We had four refuse this. The Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, the entire congregation lined up to sign in opposition as did their pastor. Moreover the business owners on Mishawaka Ave. adjoining this property every single one signed the petition in opposition. That is within the 500' distance from the designated property. I have these petitions with me and they're broken down into business owners, church members and residents. THE PETITONS IN OPPOSITION TO THE SPECIAL USE WERE PASSED OUT TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME MR. DETLEF: Thank you very much for your attention. MR. URBANSKI: Thank you sir. MS. KAY PARKER: I live at 1206 Belmont Ave. I think like any other person in the neighborhood when I first heard this I was really upset. Didn't want a tattoo parlor at the end of my street. I've lived there for 23 years and so I decided to try and look into a little bit more. I goggled his name and on his Facebook page that he was already toting the business at 1107 Mishawaka Ave. and he was going to be selling everything from shot glasses to shower curtains. Now that does not sound like a nice gift shop, art place to me. So that kind of upset me and did not change my mind. It made me more determined not to have this in our neighborhood. Thank you. MR. URBANSKI: Thank you ma'am. MR. TOM PARKER: 1206 Belmont Ave. Couple of quick points here for you guys. Don't see anybody here with any artist with art on canvas or anybody representing a clothing line here. I think what we're all dealing with is a tattoo,piercing artist. The property itself at 1107 Mishawaka Ave. is very unique. One of the unique things about this is that there is more frontage on the Belmont Ave. side than on the Mishawaka Ave. side. I understand their talking about a buffer, but guys, I'd want the curb cuts removed, a permanent structure or barrier there. A single row of shrubbery is not going to come close. Yeah the building's terrible and there is talk about tanks in the ground. I find the building itself totally inappropriate for this application. 44