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STAFF REPORT <br />PORTAGE PLACE ASSOCIATES #700 -80 May 2, 1980 <br />Portage Highway and Indiana Toll Road, South Bend <br />REQUESTED ACTION: The petition is to rezone from "A" Residential, <br />"A" Height and Area or "C -2" Planned Shopping Center, <br />"A" Height and Area, (Subject to a Final Site Plan) <br />to "C" Commercial, "A" Height and Area. The petitione <br />proposes "banks, gasoline stations and assorted re- <br />tail uses as permitted" on the site. <br />EXISTING LAND USE: The land is vacant. <br />SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: <br />APPLICABLE REGULATIONS: <br />Located to the north is the Indiana Toll Road and <br />properties north zoned "R" Residential; to the east <br />is vacant land zoned "C" Commercial, subject to a <br />final site plan; and to the south and west is <br />Portage Place Apartments, zoned "B" Residential. <br />The Ordinance requires one parking space per 200 <br />square feet of retail space, plus one space per two <br />employees. Banks are required to have one space <br />per 200 square feet. Any parking lots within 50 feet <br />of a Residential District must be properly screened. <br />ACCESS: The petitioner proposes to close the existing access <br />drive on the south edge of the site, and relocate <br />the access point to Portage Highway through the <br />site. <br />DRAINAGE: Drainage has not been addressed by the petitioner. <br />DATA: The total site is 191,526 square feet (4.4 acres) <br />in area. Of that 7.7 percent or 14,800 square feet <br />is devoted to buildings, 35.4 percent or 67,892 <br />square feet will be paved, 18.3 percent or 34,758 <br />square feet is proposed to be green area, and 38.6 <br />percent or 74,076 square feet is set aside for future <br />development. <br />SITE PLAN: The site plan is preliminary. <br />AGENCY COMMENTS: The City Engineer has the following comments: <br />1. City water and city sanitary sewers are avail- <br />able to this site. 2. City storm sewers are also <br />available to this proposed Portage Place Shopping <br />Center. 3. Parking appears to be in excess of <br />ordinance requirements. 4. This rezoning petition <br />shows that the existing driveway located on the <br />south property line serving the apartments and at <br />one time proposed to serve the retail is being <br />deleted, and a new entrance is proposed in the <br />center of the retail development. Approval of <br />the new entrance should be considered only if <br />