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Staff Report 11/7/2013 <br /> APC # 2685-13 <br /> Owner: Belcorp Financial Services, Inc. <br /> Location: The northwest comer of Notre Dame Avenue and Sorin Street <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 PUD Planned Unit Development District to PUD Planned Unit Development District <br /> to allow residential units with an office/maintenance building. <br /> Land Uses and Zoning: <br /> On site: On site are four yet to be completed buildings, facing Sorin Street and <br /> Notre Dame Avenue, and one incomplete interior building. <br /> North: To the north are single family homes zoned SF2 Single Family and Two <br /> Family District. <br /> East: To the east, across Notre Dame Avenue, are three single family homes <br /> zoned SF2 Single Family and Two Family District, and the Darby Row <br /> development zoned MU Mixed Use District. <br /> South: To the south across Sorin Street are single family homes zoned SF2 Single <br /> Family and Two Family District. <br /> Nest: To the west are single family homes zoned SF2 Single Family and Two <br /> Family 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 total area to be rezoned is 1.76 acres. There are two residential buildings facing <br /> Sorin Street, two residential buildings facing Notre Dame Avenue, an interior residential <br /> building, and a rental office/clubhouse/maintenance building located at the northwest <br /> comer of the site. These buildings total 21.527 square feet or 28% of the site. The four <br /> street-facing buildings each contain six two-bedroom units and the interior building will <br /> contain 36 one-bedroom units. There are 85 parking spaces at a rate of one per bedroom, <br /> plus one space for the rental office/clubhouse/maintenance building. Paving covers <br /> APC 4 2685-13 Page i of <br />