Zoning - 736 California Ave, 906, 908 & 910 Portage Ave

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