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Staff Report 11/7/2013 <br /> APC # 2686-13 <br /> Owner: Richard & Linda Ford <br /> Location: 736 California Avenue and 906, 908, 910 Portage Avenue <br /> Jurisdiction: City of South Bend <br /> Public Hearing Date: 11/19/2013 <br /> Requested Action: <br /> The petitioner is requesting a zone change from SF2 Single Family& 'two Family District <br /> and GB General Business District to PUD Planned Unit Development District to allow a <br /> multi-family residential development with a retail restaurant/cafe. <br /> Land Uses and Zoning: <br /> On site: On site is a vacant manufacturing building, its associated parking and a <br /> vacant lot. <br /> North: To the north is a parking lot owned by the Near Northwest Neighborhood, <br /> Inc (NNN) zoned MU Mixed Use District. To the northwest are the offices <br /> of the NNN zoned MU Mixed Use District. <br /> East: To the east are single family homes zoned SF2 Single Family and Two <br /> Family District. <br /> South: To the south, across Rex Street, is vacant land owned by the City of South <br /> Bend. zoned MU Mixed Use District. <br /> West: To the west, across Portage Avenue, is an auto detailer, florist, electronics <br /> business, and several single family homes, all zoned MU Mixed Use <br /> District. <br /> District Uses and Development Standards: <br /> The Planned Unit Development (PUD) District is designed and intended to: encourage <br /> creativity and innovation in the design of developments: provide for more efficient use of <br /> land; permit special consideration of property with outstanding natural or topographical <br /> features; facilitate use of the most appropriate construction techniques in the development <br /> of land; and, provide for any individual land use not otherwise specified elsewhere in this <br /> Ordinance. The PUD District encourages imaginative uses of open space, promotes high <br /> standards in design and construction, and furthers the purposes of the Comprehensive <br /> Plan. The PUD District is not intended for the development of residential subdivisions or <br /> other developments which are provided for as a matter of right within any district of this <br /> Ordinance. <br /> Site Plan Description: <br /> The site is just under an acre. There is an existing building, of which the front center <br /> 4,900 square feet and the northern half of the first floor fagade will be kept. A new tow- <br /> story building will be built around those features. There will be 29 one-bedroom units and <br /> 13 two-bedroom units. A retail use, such as a restaurant or cafe will occupy 1,600 square <br /> feet at the northwest comer of the building. The total building is 26,200 square feet or <br /> 63% of the site. There are 29 parking spaces on the lot with the building, and five <br /> additional parking spaces on the east side of the alley. Paving will cover 29% of the site. <br /> APC # 2686-13 Page 1 of 3 <br />