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5 Criteria (per IC 36-7-4-603): <br />1. Comprehensive Plan: <br />Policy Plan: <br />City of South Bend -City Plan, November 2006 <br />Land Use Objective 2.2: Purse a mix of land uses along major corridors and other locations <br />identified on the Future Land Use Map. <br />The rezoning is consistent with the Comprehensive Plans land use policy. <br />South Bend and St. Joseph County Indiana, April 2002 <br />Goa12: Objective C: Policy X: South Bend will cluster future commercial development in <br />commercial activity centers along major transportation arteries. <br />The rezoning is consistent with the Comprehensive Plans economic policy. <br />Land Use Plan: <br />City of South Bend -City Plan, November 2006 <br />The Future Land Use Plan calls for this area to be Commercial (Office & Retail). <br />South Bend and St. Joseph County Indiana, Apri12002 <br />The Comprehensive Land use Plan was adopted in Apri12002 before the alignment of U.S. <br />31 was established. <br />2. Current conditions and character: <br />The site is currently vacant land. The area is commercial in character. <br />3. Most desirable use: <br />The most desirable use for this property is commercial. <br />4. Conservation of property values: <br />The surrounding commercial property values should be conserved with the CB rezoning. The <br />eastern single family house may be conserved with the landscaping and alley as a buffer. <br />5. Responsible development and growth: <br />It is responsible development and growth to allow the infill of commercial sites within well <br />established commercial corridors. <br />Recommendation: <br />Based on information available prior to the public hearing, the staff recommends that the petition <br />be sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation. <br />Analysis: <br />It is responsible development and growth to allow the infill of commercial sites within well <br />established commercial corridors. The rezoning is compatible with the surrounding commercial <br />zoning and land uses. On October 20, 1998, the Area Planning Commission supported the <br />rezoning of this site from R Residential to C Commercial, but the rezoning was withdrawn by the <br />petitioner. <br />Mary & Joseph Litka <br />#2408-06 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />