08-24-53 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 24TH, 1953 Be it remembered that the common Council of the City of South Bend, met in regular session in the Council Chamber, Monday, August 24th, 1953, at 8:10 P.M., with all members present except Councilman Alford. President Erler presided. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MINUTES To the Common Council of the City of South Bend: Your Committee on the inspection and supervision of the minutes, would respectfully report that they have inspects the minutes of the previous meeting of the Council and found them correct. They therefore recommend that the same be approved. Meeting of August 10th, 1953. WALTER C. ERLER SR. ) STANLEY C. KORPAL ) Committee W. A. HAHN ) Councilman Muszynski made a motion that the report be accepted. Councilman Glass seconded the motion. Motion carried. PETITION STATE OF INDIANA ) SS: BEFORE THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION CITY OF SOUTH BEND ) IN THE MATTER OF THE REZONING OF THE SOUTH HALF ) OF LOT 14 IN COTTRELL'S ADDITION TO SOUTH BEND. ) PETITION FOR REZONING The undersigned property owners allege: 10 That they are the owners in fee simple of the property set after their names, which said several parcels of property are situated and comprise the following described real estate situated in St. Joseph County, Indiana: South one -half (S2) of Lot numbered Fourteen (14) in Samuel L. Cottrellts First Addition to Lowell, now within and a part of South Bend, 20 That said real estate is located in the entire one -half square block bounded on the West by Notre Dame St., on the South by Colfax Ave., on the East by Francis St., and on the North by Edmund Court and a fourteen foot alley. 3. That said real estate is presently zoned as "B" Use District and "B" Height and Area District* 4. That the entire block immediately to the West of said real estate is zoned as "C" Use istrict and "D" Height and Area District. 5. That part of said property is vacant and the remainder cannot be put to its most advantageous use under the present zoning.classification. That said.pr.,pperty could become more productive to petitioners and to the general public of this city if the honing were changed so that commercial uses might be made of said property. 7. That for the foregoing reasons petitioners request the rezoning of said property as "C" Use District and "D" Height and Area District. WHEREFORE petit1 "oners pray that the Plan Commission: FIRST: Enter upon an appropriate investigation of the matters presented hereby; (Continued)