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Staff. Report <br />4/3/2013 <br />Commitments: <br />No commitments are proposed. <br />Criteria to be considered in reviewing rezoning requests, per IC 36 -7 -4 -603: <br />1. Comprehensive Plan: <br />Policy Plan: <br />City Plan, South Bend Comprehensive Plan (November 2006) <br />Objective LU 1: Plan for the future of the community's districts, neighborhoods, and <br />corridors., <br />Objective LU 2.2: Pursue a mix of land uses along major corridors and other locations <br />identified 'on the Future Land Use Map. <br />Land Use Plan: <br />The future land use map identifies this area along Western as commercial. <br />Plan Implementation/Other Plans: <br />Western Avenue Commercial Corridor Revitalization Action Plan (June 1999): The Market <br />Development objectives include attracting developers, merchants, and small business owners, <br />and encouraging new development. <br />A Vision Plan for the Commercial Corridor of The Western Avenue of South Bend, Indiana <br />(February 2003): Items in the Mission Statement include improving the business climate and <br />improving the appearance of property and infrastructure on Western. <br />2. Current Conditions and Character: <br />Western Avenue is a traditional commercial corridor, with a niK of businesses serving the <br />adjacent neighborhoods. <br />3. Most Desirable Use: <br />The most desirable use along this commercial corridor is a commercial use. <br />4. Conservation of Property Values: <br />The expansion of the existing business, when properly buffered, should have a minimal effect <br />on surrounding property values. <br />5. Responsible Development And Growth: <br />It is responsible development and growth to allow for a variety of adaptive reuses along a <br />well- established commercial corridor. <br />Staff Comments: <br />This is a combined public hearing procedure, which includes a rezoning, a special exception <br />use and a number of variances from the development standards. The Commission will <br />forward the rezoning and the Special Exception Use to the Council with or without a <br />recommendation, and either approve or deny the variances. <br />The rezoning is from MU Mixed Use District to CB Community Business District. <br />The Special Exception Use is for automobile sales and service. <br />The petitioner is requesting the following variances: <br />1. From a maximum 4' fence to 7' in the front yards (south and east); <br />2. From the required Type B landscaping on the north to a 7' high chain link fence with <br />corrugated metal; <br />3. From the required 15' parking setback to 5' on the south and east; <br />4. From the required 20' rear residential bufferyard to 7'; <br />APC # 2668 -13 Page 2 of 3 <br />