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93AREA PLAN COMMISSION <br />OF ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, IN <br />Room 1140 County -City Building <br />May 20, 1981 <br />The Honorable Common Council <br />City of South Bend <br />County -City Bldg., 4th Floor <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />RICHARD S. JOHNSON <br />Executive Director <br />(219) 284 -9571 <br />RE: A proposed ordinance and site development plan of Jerry G. and Norma <br />Baughman, to zone from "A" Residential, "B" Height and Area to "B" <br />Residential, "B" Height and Area, property located at 605 Portage <br />Avenue, City of South Bend <br />Gentlemen: <br />The attached rezoning petition of Jerry G. and Norma Baughman was legally <br />advertised May 9, 1981. The Area Plan Commission gave it a public hearing <br />on May 19, 1981, at which time the following action was taken: <br />Upon a motion by Joseph Serge, being seconded by Joseph Simeri and <br />unanimously carried, the proposed ordinance and site development <br />plan of Jerry G. and Norma Baughman, to zone from "A" Residential, <br />"B" Height and Area to "B" Residential, "B" Height and Area, property <br />located at 605 Portage Avenue, is sent to the Common Council with an <br />unfavorable recommendation for the following reasons: 1. The pro- <br />posed use and required parking area would create an intrusion into <br />this residential neighborhood, and would encourage other conversions <br />from residential to office or commercial uses along this section of <br />Portage Avenue. 2. The use of the alley will introduce non - residential <br />traffic onto a residential alley. 3. This is a very small lot with <br />an irregular configuration. Parking and maneuvering room is very <br />tight. In the Staff's opinion, it does not now work. The parking <br />may not be able to be resolved. <br />If the Council should rezone this site, it shall have to be subject to the <br />submission of a final site plan. <br />The deliberations of the Area Plan Commission and points considered in arriving <br />at the above decision are shown in the minutes of the public hearing, and will be <br />Serving: South Bend, Lakeville, New Carlisle, North Liberty, Roseland & St. Joseph, County, IN <br />