Zoning - for Property located at 914 S Ironwood

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r w STAFF REPORT SARA TALBOT #1070-87 March 8, 1987 914 S. Ironwood City of South Bend REQUESTED ACTION: The petitioner is requesting a zone change from "A" Residential , "A" Height and Area to "C" Commercial , "A" Height and Area to allow the continued use of a jewelry store. EXISTING LAND USE: The property contains an existing jewelry store. SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: Located to the north are commercial buildings fronting on Mishawaka Avenue zoned "C" Commercial ; to the east is a single-family home zoned "A" Residential ; to the south is a single-family home zoned "A" Residential ; and to the west across Ironwood, is a gas station zoned "C" Commercial and a dental office zoned "A" Residential . ACCESS: Access to the site for parking purposes will be from the alley on the east side of the property. DRAINAGE: The drainage has not been addressed by the petitioner. DATA: The total site to be rezoned is 5,445 square feet. Of that, the building will occupy 1 , 160 square feet, or 21.4'%, of the site, the parking and drives will occupy 740 square feet , or 13.6% of the site, and 3,545 square feet or 65% of the site will remain as open space. SITE PLAN: The site plan is preliminary. AGENCY COMMENTS: The City Engineer made the following comments: "1. City water and sanitary sewers are available to (the) 1/2 Lot; 2. If they plan on using the alley as ingress/egress, then the alley must be paved per city standard; 3. Storm water drainage must be addressed for roof and paved areas at a rate of 30 gallons/100 square feet;