11-24-58 Council Meeting Minutes

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KrluuLAt( ML'h ilLAT COMMUNICATION 7109 Stafford Avenue Huntington Park, California October 23, 1958 Honorable Edward F. Voorde, Mayor City of South Bend, Indiana I herewith submit my resignation as a member of the Common Council. This has been made necessary due to my change of employment and change of residence. Effective date of this action should be November I, 1958. Respectfully submitted, /s/ George W. Carr George W. Carr Councilman -at -Large Councilman Kroll made a motion that the Resignation be accepted. Councilman Muszynski seconded the motion. Motion carried. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE To the Common Council of the City of South Bend: Your Committee of the Whole, to whom was referred AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FROM THE GENERAL FUND $2,500.00 TO HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT NO. W -264 - AGED AND AGING HEALTH PROGRAM, ALL OF THE BUDGET FOR THE CIVIL CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR 1958, AND DECLARING AN EXTRAORDINARY EMERGENCY. Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion it should be reported favorable. /s/ W. A. Hahn, Acting Chairman Councilman Glass made a motion that the report be accepted and placed on file. Councilman Kroll seconded the motion. Motion carried. ORDINANCE NO. 4251 - -58 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FROM THE GENERAL FUND $2,500.00 TO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ACCOUNT NO. W -264 - AGED AND AGING HEALTH PROGRAM, ALL OF THE BUDGET FOR THE CIVIL CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR 1958 AND DECLARING AN EXTRAORDINARY EMERGENCY. The Ordinance was given third reading and passed by a roll call vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays. REPORT OF CITY PLANNING COMMISSION The Honorable Common Council City of South Bend South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen: November 10, 1958 The attached petition of Hartman Builders, Inc., to rezone the property located on the south side of Lincoln Way West, west of Sheridan Avenue and north of Elwood Avenue, containing approximately 3.5 acres, from "B" Residential Use District and "A" Height and Area District to "C -1 " Commercial Use District and "D" Height and Area District was legally advertised on 22 September 1958 and given public hearing on 2 October 1958. The following action was taken: After due consideration the Commission found that with the exception of the construction of the Beacon Bowling Alley at the city limits there had been no subsequent change of conditions since the unfavorable recommendation of the original petition, said petition being essentially similar to subject petition. The Commission noted that were the subject area zoned commercially it would be unreasonable and arbitrary not to change the frontage opposite in whole or in part on the north side of Lincoln Way West to commercial zoning were a petition so filed. The Commission noted that the petition constitutes undesirable strip zoning the granting of which would grant a special privilege to the petitioners at the economic and social expense of the general area. The Commission also noted the findings relative to the previous petition of 6 June 1957 which are as follows: 1. Because property is on a fairly heavily traveled street is not sufficient reason to invalidate residential zoning. 2. There is no documentation in present trends or historic fact that Lincoln Way West throught most of its length will eventually be commercial. 3. That in the immediate vicinity of subject property there exists to the east, approximately 2,400 front feet of commercially zoned property, of which approximately 660 front feet are vacant; and that immediately to the west of subject property there exists approximately 5,000 front feet of commercially or industrially zoned property, of which 3,820 front feet are vacant. 4. That all the property across Lincolnway West from subject property is zoned and used for single family residence and that all the property south of subject property is zoned multi- family residential and used for single or multi- family purposes. 5. That a public school and a parochial school is under construction in the area and that the best land use sur ing schools is residential. 6. The Commission therefore found that there is clearly. no need for an additional commercial zoning in the vicinity in as much as the land commercially zoned within the city since 1924 and still not used for commercial purposes is a clear indication of the lack of need for additional commercial zoning, and that the existing and future use of the land would best serve the general welfare if said land were used residentially. It was therefore duly moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the petition be recommended unfavorably to the Common Council, due to the above six findings, there being no substantial change in conditions since the filing of the original petition. Very truly yours, •' CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, Robert L. Huff, Director Secy. RH /mah"