03-12-01 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 12, 2001 Mr. John Byorni, Assistant Director, Area Plan Commission, Room 1140, County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana, presented the report from the Commission. Mr. Byorni advised that the petitioner is requesting a zone change from "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area to "C" Commercial, "F" Height and Area to allow for an employee parking lot. The property currently is vacant. Access to the site is from Main Street. The total site to be rezoned is nine thousand nine hundred (9,900) square feet. Of that, the parking and drives will occupy eighty - nine percent (89 %) of the site and eleven percent (11 %) of the site will remain as open space. The site plan is preliminary. This rezoning would allow an expansion of an existing parking lot which is located to the north and south of this property. Mr. Byorni noted that the Area Plan Commission conducted a Public Hearing on February 20, 2001 and sends this petition to the Council with a favorable recommendation, subject to a final site plan. Mr. Bruce Bancroft, Attorney at Law, Barnes & Thornburg, 600 1St Source Bank Center, 100 North Michigan, South Bend, Indiana, representing the Petitioner, Memorial Hospital of South Bend, made the presentation for this bill. Mr. Bancroft indicated that Memorial Hospital of South Bend, Inc. is requesting this zoning change in order that the property may be used as a parking lot by Memorial Hospital employees. Mr. Bancroft noted that the hospital owns the property on both sides of this parcel. He also advised that the houses that were located on this property were offered to the Historic Preservation Commission and the Park Avenue Neighborhood Association before they were demolished and neither accepted the offer. Councilmember Coleman advised, for the record, that he has a relationship with Memorial Hospital but it does not pose a conflict of interest. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this bill, Councilmember Aranowski made a motion for favorable recommendation to full Council concerning this bill. Councilmember Kelly seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. BILL NO. 4-01 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 109 S. ST. LOUIS AND 616 E. WASHINGTON IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember White reported that the Zoning & Annexation Committee met on this bill and sends it to the Council with a favorable recommendation. Councilmember Coleman made a motion to consider the substitute version of this bill. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. Mr. John Byorni, Assistant Director, Area Plan Commission, Room 1140 County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana, presented the report from the Commission. Mr. Byorni advised that the petitioner is requesting a zone change from `B" Residential, `B" Height and Area to "PHC" Professional/Health Care to allow for general offices, a fitness center for employees and storage, and record retention supporting their adjacent corporate offices. The property contains a vacant office building and a residential structure. Access to the site is from both Washington Street and St. Louis Boulevard. The total site to be rezoned is twenty five thousand two hundred sixty five (25,265) square feet. Of that, buildings will occupy eighteen per cent (18 %) of the site, the parking and drives will occupy sixty -five per cent (65 %) of the site and seventeen per cent (17 %) of the site will remain as open space. The site plan is preliminary.