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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 />Urban Design Policy UD 1.6: Respect the scale, design, and aesthetic quality of <br />established neighborhoods when undertaking infill development projects. <br />The rezoning as proposed, conflicts with the Comprehensive Plans Urban Design policy. <br />South Bend and St. Joseph County Indiana, April 2002 <br />Goal 3. Objective C. Policy v: Residential developments should be designed to include <br />adequate open spaces in either private yards or common areas to partially provide for <br />residents' open space and recreation needs. <br />The rezoning conflicts with the Comprehensive Plans neighborhood policy. <br />Land Use Plan: <br />City of South Bend -City Plan, November 2006 <br />The Future Land Use Plan identifies this area as Low-Density Residential. <br />The rezoning conflicts with the Comprehensive Plans future land use plan. Although the <br />rezoning conflicts with the comprehensive plan the staff believes the history of the site and <br />its unique shape are not conducive to detached single family residential development. <br />South Bend and St. Joseph County Indiana, Apri12002 <br />The Comprehensive Plan make no specific recommendation for this site. <br />2. Current conditions and character: <br />The site is currently an abandoned community pool. <br />3. Most desirable use: <br />The most desirable use for the site is low to medium density residential. <br />4. Conservation of property values: <br />The surrounding residential property values may not be conserved with the rezoning. <br />5. Responsible development and growth: <br />It is responsible development and growth to allow in the infill and redevelopment of abandoned <br />property. <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 subject to a written <br />commitment that the project not exceed 7.5 units per acre; however if the petitioner does not <br />wish to commit to a maximum density requirement of 7.5 units per acre, the staff recommends <br />unfavorable. <br />Patrick J. Matthews & Aimee G. Matthews <br />#2417-07 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />