Zoning - South East corner of the Intersection of bendix and the Indiana Toll Rd

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MAPLE LANE ASSOCIATES #891 -84 June 8, 1984 Bendix Drive and Indiana Toll Road, South Bend REQUESTED ACTION: The petitioner is requesting a zone change from "B" Residential, "A" Height and Area to "B" Residential, "A" Height and Area to allow for "approximately 48 - 4 plex apartment units ". EXISTING LAND USE: The property is vacant. SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: Located to the north is the Indiana East -West Toll Road, to the east is the Portage Place Apartment complex zoned "B" Residential, to the south are the first phases of the Maple Lane Fours complex zoned "B" Residential, and to the west is a single - family home on large acreage zoned "D" Light Industrial. ACCESS: Access to the site Is from Bendix Drive. DRAINAGE: Drainage has not been addressed by the petitioner. DATA: The total site to be rezoned is 31.46 acres. Of that, the buildings will occupy 126,480 square feet or 9.2% of the site, the parking and drives will occupy 259,342 square feet or 18.9% of the site, and 984,488 square feet or 71.8% of the site would be open space. The site plan is preliminary. AGENCY COMMENTS: The City Engineer states that the site plan does not show any drainage, that a radius of 116.7 feet on proposed Sugar Maple Lane does not meet the Ordinance, that there is no tangent between curves on proposed Sugar Maple Lane, and that the original discussions on the project showed connection to Portage Way Road. The City Engineer states that this concept be adhered to. STAFF COMMENTS: The Staff would note that this property is being rezoned due to the Area Plan Commission's action of July 19, 1983. In approving the Final Site Plan for Phase IV of the project as a minor change from the original concept, the Commission included the requirement that the area covered by this