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3 <br /> The first portion of this Petition concerns the request to ask for <br /> approval of a Special Exception to allow for the operation of a Resource <br /> Recovery facility/Transfer Station for property located at 1020 Webster <br /> Street in South Bend, Indiana per Section 21-04 .02 (A) (2) (B) (D) of the <br /> City of South Bend Zoning Ordinance. The property is presently zoned <br /> "GI" General Industrial, but the Ordinance requires approval of a <br /> Special Exception to operate a Resource Recovery facility/Transfer <br /> Station. This site is located in the middle of an old industrial area <br /> within the City limits. The site is surrounded by a variety of <br /> industrial operations, from junk yards, storage areas for various types <br /> of building materials and storage of heavy-duty construction vehicles. <br /> The Petitioners would state that this site is centrally located for <br /> their operations. It allows for their collection trucks to bring filled <br /> trash containers of materials to be emptied and then placed in larger <br /> trucks which will transfer the materials to various facilities for <br /> either recycling or placement in a landfill site. This type of use <br /> appears to fit well with the existing surrounding industrial operations . <br /> The Petitioners would ask the Board Members to agree that approval <br /> of the Special Exception to allow for a Resource Recovery <br /> facility/Transfer Station, would not be injurious to the public health, <br /> safety, comfort, community moral standards, convenience or general <br /> welfare, or injure or adversely affect the use of the adjacent area or <br /> property values therein, and that the proposed uses will be consistent <br /> with the character of the district in which they are located and the <br /> land uses authorized therein, and that the proposed uses are compatible <br /> with the recommendations of the City of South Bend Comprehensive plan, <br /> all of which is requested by the South Bend Municipal Code § 21-09. 03 <br /> (i) . <br /> With regards to the site, the following Variances are also being <br /> requested to be approved. <br /> The first Variance request is from the requirement of providing <br /> perimeter landscaping of one (1) deciduous tree at a minimum spacing of <br /> 40 feet on-center along the North, East, West and South property lines <br /> to providing no perimeter landscaping. The Petition site is an old <br /> industrial property south of the downtown core. The Petition property is <br /> surrounded by several other industrial sites as mentioned above. The <br /> Petitioners are asking not to be required to add perimeter trees around <br /> the boundary of the site, which abut the other industrial sites to the <br /> North, East West and South. This area has been industrial for the past <br /> several decades and is not part of any new industrial park development. <br /> Having to plant perimeter trees along all four sides of the property <br /> would not be desirable on the mentioned property lines as the trees <br /> would be difficult to care for in order to assure their survival . They <br /> do not believe approval of this Variance would have a detrimental effect <br /> on any surrounding property. <br /> The second Variance request is from the minimum required 150 feet of <br /> frontage along an improved dedicated right-of-way to a minimum of 80 <br />