09-23-02 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 23, 2002 BILL NO. 64 -02 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL APPROPRIATING MONIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE CIVIL CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2003, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2003, INCLUDING ALL OUTSTANDING CLAIMS AND OBLIGATIONS, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL TAKE EFFECT BILL NO. 65 -02 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND APPROPRIATING MONIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE DESIGNATED ENTERPRISE FUNDS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2003 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2003, INCLUDING ALL OUTSTANDING CLAIMS AND OBLIGATIONS, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL TAKE EFFECT It is noted that no comments were made by Councilmembers at this time. BILL NO. 61 -02 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 505 SOUTH LOGAN STREET IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember White reported that the Zoning & Annexation Committee held a Public Hearing on this bill and sends it to the Council with a favorable recommendation. Mr. Jeff Myers, Staff Planner, Area Plan Commission, Room 1140, County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana, presented the report from the Commission. Mr. Myers advised that the petitioner is requesting a zone change from `B" Residential, "A" Height and Area, and `B" Height and Area to "C" Commercial, `B" Height and Area to allow a printing shop. The property currently contains a vacant commercial structure. Mr. Myers further noted that located to the north is the G.T.W. Railroad and single - family homes zoned "A" Residential, "A" height and area; to the east across Logan Street is a commercial business and a single - family home zoned "I -1" Light Industrial and a commercial business zoned "C -1" General Commercial in the City of Mishawaka; and to the south and west are single - family homes zoned "A" Residential, "A" height and area. Access to the site is from Logan Street. Water and sewer are available to the site. The drainage has been addressed by the petitioner. The total site to be rezoned is twenty one thousand seven hundred eighty (21,780) square feet. Of that, the buildings will occupy twelve per cent (12 %) of the site, parking and drives will occupy forty -seven per cent (47 %) of the site and forty -one per cent (41 %) of the site will remain as open space. A check of the Agency's maps indicates that no public wells, flood hazards, wetlands or environmental hazard areas are present. The site plan is preliminary. It was noted that in 2001, a petition to rezone this property from `B" Residential to "C" Commercial for a retail use was withdrawn prior to the Area Plan Commission meeting. The Area Plan Commission, at its Public Hearing held on September 17, 2002, sent this petition to -2- i n u