Zoning - Edison Road on either side of South Bend Ave (State Road 23)

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STAFF REPORT APC INITIATED- ANNEXATION AREA #873 -84 February 10, 1984 State Road #23 and Edison Road, South Bend REQUESTED ACTION: The purpose of this petition is to rezone land recently annexed by the City of South Bend from "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area to "C" Commercial and "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area. EXISTING LAND USE: This area contains various commercial operations along State Road #23 and a dairy equipment company on Edison Road. The balance of the property contains single family houses or is vacant. SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: Located to the north along State Road x`23 are several businesses zoned "C" Commercial, "A" Height and Area, and "C" Commercial (County); to the east along Ironwood Circle are offices, and along Ironwood Drive are retail uses, restaurants and vacant land, all zoned "C" Commercial, "A" Height and Area, and Village Terre Apartments off Rosemary Lane zoned "B" Residential, "A" Height and Area. Located to the southwest along State Road #23 are two retail uses zoned "C" Commercial, "A" Height and Area and Turtle Creek Apartments are located west of State Road #23 zoned "B" Residential, "A" and "B" Height and Area. The remainder of the surrounding area contains single family houses or vacant land zoned "R" Residential (County) or "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area. DATA: The total site to be rezoned is approximately 31 acres. The area proposed to be zoned "C" Commercial is approximately 17.3 acres and the area proposed to be zoned "A" Residential is approximately 13.7 acres. STAFF COMMENTS: This annexation originated in 1971 as Annexation Ordinance #5308 -71. The Area Plan Commission Staff was notified by the City Legal Department on May 28, 1980 that a recent court judgement had made this annexation effective. The Staff then prepared a zoning plan for the annexed area which was approved by the Common Council on July 14, 1980 (Ordinance #6803 -80). A later