10-14-02 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 14, 2002 bill, Councilmember Coleman made a motion for favorable recommendation to the full Council concerning this bill. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. BILL NO. 62 -02 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 103 NORTH ST. LOUIS AVE., 615 & 619 EAST WASHINGTON STREET, IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember Kuspa reported that the Area Plan Commission conducted a Public Hearing on this bill and has submitted a favorable recommendation and that the Zoning & Annexation Committee also met on this bill and sends it to the Council with a favorable recommendation. Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand advised that the Council will be considering the substitute ordinance which has already been accepted. 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 Petitioners are requesting a zone change from `B" Residential, `B" Height and Area to "A -3" Mixed Use Multi- Family Residential and Commercial District, "G" Height and Area to allow an off - street parking facility. The property is currently vacant land. Mr. Myers further advised that located to the north are single family homes and a multi family dwelling unit zoned `B" Residential, `B" Height and Area; to the east across St. Louis Avenue are single family homes, a multi - family dwelling unit and an office zoned `B" Residential, `B" Height and Area; to the south across Washington Street is an office zoned "A -3" Mixed Use, "G" Height and Area and to the west is a commercial business zoned "C" Commercial, `B" Height and Area. Access to the site will be from the alley west of the site. Water and sewer are available to the site. The drainage has been addressed by the petitioner. The total site to be rezoned is ten thousand eight hundred ninety (10,890) square feet. Of that, the parking and drives will occupy ninety per cent (90 %) of the site, and ten per cent (10 %) 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. A petition to rezone a portion of this site from `B" Residential, `B" Height and Area to "A -3" Mixed Use, "G" Height and Area was approved by the Common Council on May 13, 2002 to allow an off - street facility. However, a final site plan has not been approved to finalize the zoning. The Area Plan Commission, at its Public Hearing held on September 17, 2002, sent this petition to the Council with a favorable recommendation subj ect to a final site development plan. This site will serve as an off street parking facility for the office and laboratory facility to the south. With proper buffering for the surrounding residential uses through the use of screening, as currently shown on the site plan, it is the Area Plan Commission's opinion that the proposed use is reasonable for this site. However, it is recommended that the parking lot be made available for public use after hours of operation. Mr. Mike Danch, Danch, Hamer & Associates, 2422 Viridian Drive, Suite 201, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill representing the owner and petitioner, Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc., 110 South Hill Street, South Bend, Indiana. -3-