12-14-53 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 14TH, 1953 COMMUNICATION To the Common Council of the City of south Bend# Ind. My family and I wish to express our sincere appreciation for your kind thought of sympathy as expressed in the resolution. As you know, our mother was .quite old and had lived a long and full life, never the less she is greatly missed by us. Your sympathy lessens our feeling of loss.. Our most sincere thanks. F. R. N. Carter, M.D. HEALTH OFFICER FRNC:elw Councilman Hahn made a motion that the communication be accepted and placed on file. Councilman Korpal seconded the motion. Motion carried. PETITION Common Council City of South Bend South Bend, Indiana Gent lemon: Please consider this letter as an application for a change in zoning from A residential to C commercial on the follawi.ng described real estate- All of lots numbered seventeen (17), eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) as shown on the proposed Plat of Sunny Side Land Company's First Addition to the City of South Bend known as Jefferson Manor plus the west one half of the vacated 22nd Street which runs along the East side of said lots. Respectfully requested, (Signed) W. C. Gammons Councilman Hahn made a motion that the petition be referred to the City Plan Commission. Councilman Muszynski seconded the motion. Motion carried. PETITION Petition to reIzcne Lot No. 14 in J. M. Studebaker's Sub. of Lot 1, Harper and Ruckman's Survey from "B" Residenti to "C" Commercial. Councilman Hahn made a motion that the petition be referred to seconded the motion* Motion carried. PETITION M TO: HONORABLE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND. Ted Dudek, Petitioner the City Plan Commmission. Councilman Muszynski Comes now Albin J. Jez and Josephine T. Jez, husband and wife, who now respectfully represent and "show to the Honorable Common Council of the City of South Bend, the following, to -wit: That they are the fee simple owners of the following degoribea real estate situated in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, to wit : Lots Numbered Ninety -five (95) and Ninety -six (96) in Kaley's First Sub- division to the City of South Bend! That the said lots are located in a "C" use district and a "D" height and area district, by virtue of the Zoning Ordinance now in full force and effect,heing Ordinance No. 3702 Amendatory of Ordinance No. 2331. That the said lots are specifically located at the Northwest intersection of Fremont and Kenwood Streets in the City-of South Bend; that at the time the lots were originally zoned, they were a part of an overall plan for development of industrial, commercial and residential areas in and near the South Bend plant of the Bendix Aviation Corporation, and at the time the said lots were zoned it was reasonably expected that this area would develope as expected and the said lots and that the said lots would be required for commercial uses to serve the residential area then developing. That in truth and in fact the area did not develop as it was expected, and that the area in question has for a long time been used primarily for residential purposes, that at the present time there is no need for commercial areas where these particular lots are located, with the exception of one store building located directly East of the lots owned by your petitioners, but the said store building has been used primarily for residential purposes in the lust several years and it has been impossible for a successful business establishment to be situated in the said building by reason of its now poor commercial location. That the said lots have lost all their value as commercial real estate and have failed for that specific purpose, and the only real value of the said lots lies in their use for residential purposes, WIEREFORE, your petitioners respectfully pray that the Common Council of the City' ..of South Bend amend the zoning ordinance now in full force and effect and that the zoning classification of said lots No. 95 and 96 in Kaley's First Sub- division be changed from "C" Use district and "D" height and area district to either "A" or "B" use district and "A" or "B" height and area district, whichever in the opinion of the Honorable Common Council of the City of South Bend would best conform to the manner in which the said area has actually developed. (Signed) Albin J. Jez Josephine T. Jez Councilman Bestle made a motion that the petition be referred to the City Plan Commission. Councilman Hahn seconded the motion. Motion carried.