Special Exception - 264.02' of 1717 Hickory Road

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May 28, 2008 Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of South Bend 125 South Lafayette Blvd., Suite 100 South Bend, IN 46601 Re: Variances as described below: Dear Commission Members: On behalf of the contingent purchaser, East Side Little League, we request consideration of the Special Exception and Variance fully described as follows: Special Exception to allow for Recreational Use on SF-1 Zoning Variance from the required Hard Surface Parking to Grass and/or Gravel Surface for Parking for the property located at 264.02' S of 1717 Hickory Rd, So. Bend, IN 46635, South Bend, IN 46635 The special use and variance are requested for an expansion of the recreational baseball and softball use as part of East Side Little League. The proposed diamonds are for practice use and Diamond "B" possibly for league play. The size of diamonds will be for instructional T-ball league (5 to 7 years of age) and softball and instructional league (6 to 8 years of age) and softball league play from 5 to 18 years of age. The existing land is undeveloped and has scrub trees and lower story shrubbery. The land will not have any buildings developed as part of this improvement. Parking is proposed along the south edge of the site as shown on the site plan. This additional parking will help by providing overflow parking for peak times in between games. This parking is proposed as grass parking which is how the existing parking is surfaced at the existing park. Since the park is used only for part of the year, the grass area serves to keep down dust, allows for storm water percolation without requiring retention structures or retention basins. Basically, the storm runoff patterns would be similar to the existing'wooded area. 22 spaces are proposed and future bleachers are proposed for the Diamond "B" odly, as the other fields are for practice. Future. bleacher maximum seating capacity is established at 100. The frontyard setback will be maintained on Hickory Road and a tree buffer will be retained. Perimeter trees are proposed compliant with the landscape ordinance. The special exception and variance proposed are based upon the present zoning, which is "SF-1" Single Family Zoning District. The preliminary design for the building and proposed site plan has been reviewed with the City Officials, Jim Markle •and Charles Bulot. In accordance with requirements for variances, under the present zoning, the following is acknowledged that: a. The approval and proposed use will not be injurious to the public health,-safety, comfort, community moral standards, convenience and/or general welfare of the community; .._ - K I L ARCHITECTURE PLANNING www. kilarchitecture.com 1126 LINCOLNWAY EAST SOUTH BEND I N 46601 (574) 288.2654 VOICE 289. 2420 FAX