08-27-01 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 27, 2001 Height and Area to `B" Residential, "A" Height and Area to allow a three (3) unit apartment building. The property currently contains a residential structure. Located to the north across Liston Street is vacant land zoned "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area; to the east is a church zoned "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area; to the south is vacant land zoned "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area and to the west is vacant land and a multi - family dwelling unit zoned "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area. Access to the site is from Liston Street. Water and sewer are available to the site. The drainage has not been addressed by the petitioner. The total site to be rezoned is five thousand one hundred fifty -six (5, 156) square feet. Of that, the buildings will occupy thirty -four per cent (34 %) of the site; the parking and drives will occupy twelve per cent (12 %) of the site and fifty -four per cent (54 %) 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. The City Engineer will require a drainage plan at the final site plan stage. The Area Plan Commission, at its Public Hearing held on July 17, 2001, sent this petition to the Council with a favorable recommendation subject to a final site development plan. This area was rezoned from "D" Light Industrial, "F" Height and Area to "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area on July 8, 1991 as part of the West Washington Chapin Revitalization Project. At that time, the subject property was a vacant residential structure. In most cases a rezoning to a more intensive use would be discouraged as it is not in keeping with the goals of the down zoning. However, in 1996 the property was rezoned from "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area to "A -1" Residential, "A" Height and Area. It is the Commissions opinion, as it was in 1996, that the rezoning and use would not be out of character for the immediate area. Mr. Sean Pierre Trotter, 2305 Kenwood Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this petition. Mr. Trotter stated that he has been working on this building for quite some time and he would like to make it into three (3) apartments. 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 Coleman made a motion for favorable recommendation to full Council concerning this bill as substituted. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. BILL NO. 45 -01 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND ESTABLISHING AN HISTORIC LANDMARK FOR STRUCTURE AND REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2716 VINE STREET, IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember White advised that the Zoning and Annexation Committee held a Public Hearing this afternoon on this bill and sends it to the full Council with no recommendation. Councilmember White thanked all members of the Special Advisory Committee for their work and efforts on this matter. She noted that the Zoning and Annexation Committee on July 16, 2001 established a Special Advisory Committee to provide an interim report on the old Nuner School. That report was submitted on August 13, 2001 and a final written report with recommendations was submitted today. The Committee held four (4) meetings for discussion and the result is a very well put together report which is available for the public. She noted that it was the committee's charge to look at whether or not the old Nuner School should be earmarked as a landmark. However, the committee decided that that was not indeed their role and instead looked at other options for the building with the intent to make a recommendation by which they would try to reach common ground. Mr. John Oxian, 742 Sancome Street, South Bend, Indiana, President, Historic Preservation Commission, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, Room 1123, South Bend, Indiana, advised that he