Zoning - 1022 North Georgiana Street

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STAFF REPORT JAMES W. SHARPE #725 -80 November 6, 1980 1022 N. Georgiana, South Bend REQUESTED ACTION: The petitioner is requesting a zone change from "B" Residen- tial, "A" Height and Area to "C" Commercial, "E" Height and Area for the "expansion of retail rental store and industrial uses that are clearly incidental to the retail business of rental equipment to include outside storage of rental property. EXISTING LAND USE: The land is vacant. SURROUNDING LAND USE: Located to the north, east and west are single family homes to the south zoned "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area; and are two single family homes and the existing Aay's Rental Co., zoned "C" Commercial, "D" Height and Area. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS: All parking within 50 feet of a residential district must be properly screened. Storage facilities require 1 space per 2 employees, and retail uses require 1 space per 2 em- ployees and 1 space per 200 square feet of floor area. ACCESS: Two points of access are shown from Georgiana for the proposed use. DRAINAGE: Two 1,800 gallon drywells are proposed. DATA: The total site including the existing business is 17,168 square feet. Of that, the existing building and proposed addition take up 5,180 square feet or 30.20 of the site; the existing and proposed parking, drives, and open storage area take up 11,438 square feet or 66.6% of the site; and 550 square feet, or 3.2% of the site will be open space. SITE PLAN: The site plan is preliminary. AGENCY COMMENTS: The City Engineer has the following comments: 1. The drywells shown on the site plan are sufficient. 2. The existing 18' Drive on Georgiana be widened to 24'. 3. We are requesting that the existing drive on St. Rd. 23 be closed. 4. All radii at the drives have a minimum 10' radius. 5. The gate to be constructed at the northern most drive is to be located a minimum_of 20 ft. from curbline so as to allow a vehicle awaiting entry, space off of the narrow street.