Special Exception - Properties located 323 St Louis St, 325 St. Louis St, 327 St. Louis St, 618 Madison and 336 Hill St Repealing Resolution 4104-11

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7 lot landscape island per 15 parking spaces) to no interior parking lot landscape islands for the existing parking lot. The Petitioners are requesting to be allowed to keep the spaces as shown. If they were required to add the parking islands for the existing parking lot, several spaces that they count on for off- street parking would be eliminated. They do not believe approval of this Variance would adversely affect any adjacent properties. The last Variance request is from the required minimum 5 ft. wide Side-yard setback along the South property line to a minimum of 1 ft. for a storage trailer as shown. The present zoning of MU Mixed Use allows for either a 0 ft. setback or a minimum of a 5 ft. setback. The placement of the storage trailer at 1 ft. from the property line allows for the trailer and the existing parking spaces to be unaffected. The Petitioners do not believe approval of the placement of the storage trailer to 1 ft. off of the property line would affect any of the surrounding properties. The last portion of this Petition concerns the request to ask for approval of Special Exception Uses as allowed under Section 21-03.02 (2) (D) of the City of South Bend Zoning Ordinance to allow for an Accessory Use (Off-site Parking) and under Section 21-02.11 (b) (2) (B) (3) of the City of South Bend Zoning Ordinance to allow for a Storage Trailer for a Two (2) Year period of time as shown on Parcel "B". The request for the Special Exception for the off-site parking lot was approved previously. The only change has been to add one more parcel where the home was located on Madison Street. The request for approval of the Special Exception Use is due to the fact that these properties are presently zoned "MU" Mixed Use District. The Ordinance requires that parking lots which do not contain a primary use to be approved as a Special Exception Use. The second Special Exception request is to allow for the placement of a Storage Trailer for a Two (2) year period of time. This request is needed as the property is zoned MU Mixed Use and a storage trailer is only allowed as a Special Exception. The storage trailer will be used by the School to place athletic equipment at a location convenient to the athletic fields and in a secure structure. The Petitioners would ask the Board Members to agree that approval of the Special Exception Uses to allow for off-site parking lot for the School campus and the storage trailer for athletic equipment, would not be injurious to the public health, safety, comfort, community moral standards, convenience or general welfare, or injure or adversely affect the use of the adjacent area or property values therein, and that the proposed uses will be consistent with the character of the district in which they are located and the land uses authorized therein, and that the proposed uses are compatible with the recommendations of the City of South Bend Comprehensive plan, all of which is requested by the South Bend Municipal Code § 21-09.03 (i) .