02-09-53 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGUTA R MEETING PETITION STATE OF INDIANA ) SS: ST. JOSEPH COUNTY j IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF LOUIS MAJOR FOR REZONING OF REAL ESTATE. FEBRUARY BEFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND TO: The Common-Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana: PETITION FOR REZONING REAL ESTATE The undersigned, Louis Major, respectfully petitions and shows this Honorable body the following: 1. That he owns the following described real estate situate in St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, which is now zoned and classified under the zoning ordinance of the said City of South Bend, being known as Ordinance No. 3702, as amended June 13, 1949, as C -1 Commercial district and D Height and Area District, to wit: A parcel of land described as beginning 184.5 feet South of the North one quarter corner of Section 8, Township 37 North, Range 3 East, being a point on the South line of U. S. Highway No. 20, thence South a distance of 165 feet, thence East a distance 192 feet, thence North a distance of 165 feet more or less to a point on the South line of said highway, thence West along the South line of said highway to the place of beginning. 2. That he also. owns the following described real estate in said County, adjoining the above described real estate on the south and east, which is now zoned and classified under said ordinance as A Residential District and A Height `and Area District, to -wit: A parcel of land described as beginning 349.5 feet South of the North one quarter corner of Section 8, Township 37 North, Range 3 East, thence South a distance of 106 feet, thence east a distance of 232 feet, thence North a distance of 263.85 feet more or less to a point on the South line of said U. S. Highway No. 20, thence West along the South line of said highway a. distance of 40 feet, thence South a distance of 165 feet, thence West a distance of 192 feet to the place of beginning. 3. Attached hereto and made a part hereof is a plat of all the real estate above described, indicating the portion thereof now zoned as C -1 Commercial by the designation "Area C -1 ", and the portion thereof now zoned as A Residential by the designation `Area A ". ') 4. That your petitioner desires to have the real estate described in paragraph 2 hereinabove (Area A) rezoned and reclassified by amendment of said zoning ordinance from the above classification to C -1 Commercial District and D Height and Area District. 5. That your petitioner intends to make the following use of the real estate first above described if this petition is granted" and said rezoning permitted& Your petitioner prop '6ses to erect a small retail shopping center on the above real estate which is now zoned C -1 Commercial (Area C -1) and to construct an off street parking lot and driveway on the portion of the above real estate for which this rezoning is requested (Area A). Said shopping center will consist of a grocery store, A hardware store, a bakery and a drug store. Your petitioner then plans, after the construction of said shopping center and said off street parking lot, to lease said individual retail stores to individual lessees for use by them as integral parts of said shopping center. 6. That the nature and location of the residential area surrounding said real estate indicates that the majority of the customers of sail proposed shopping center will utilize automobile transportation in their patronage thereof and will be in need of adequate parking facilities; that the use of the real estate designated Area A as an off street parking lot for the use of customers of said shopping center will - avoid excessive parking on U. S. Highway No. 20, on which highway said real estate fronts, and will thus avoid a serious traffic hazard in the proximity of said shopping center; your petitioner believesthat because of the modern trend in automobile shopping the commerical use of Area A is consistent with ' -and necessary to the commercial use of Area C -1 as a shopping center and will cause much latter commercial use t be more beneficial to the surrounding residential community and this city than it would be without such,off street parking facilities for said customers. 7VEREFORE your petition respectfully prays that the zoning ordinance of said City of South Bend may be amended to allow the rezoning hereinabove proposed. (Signed) LOUIS MAJOR Councilman Hahn made a motion that the petition be referred to the City Plan Commission. Councilman Korpal seconded the motion. Motion carried. PETITION To the Common Council City of South Bend South Bend, Indiana Gent lemen: Petition for change of zoning of Lot No. 36 in Gorsuch Addition, located at 822 So. Kosciuszko St., from "B" Residential and "A" Height and Area District to "C" Commercial and "E" Height and Area District. (19 Signatures) Councilman Korpal made a motion that the petition be referred to the Board of Zoning Appeals. Councilman Pinter seconded the motion. Motion carried.