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STAFF REPORT July 9, 2001 Sean Pierre Trotter 2084-01 Location: 1512 Liston City of South Bend REQUESTED ACTION: The petitioners are requesting a zone change from "A-1" Residential, "A" Height and Area to "B" Residential, "A" Height and Area to allow a three unit apartment building. EXISTING LAND USE: The property currently contains a residential structure. SURROUNDING LAND USE_AND ZONING: Located to the north across Liston Street is vacant land zoned "A" Residential, "A" height and area; to -the east is a church zoned "A" Residential, "A" height and area; to the south is vacant land zoned "A" Residential, "A" height and area; and to the west is vacant land and a multi-family dwelling unit zoned "A" Residential, "A" height and area. ACCESS: Access to the site is from Liston Street. WATER SOURCE/SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Water and sewer are available to the site. DRAINAGE: The drainage has not been addressed by the petitioner. SITE DATA: The total site to be rezoned is 5,156 square feet. Of that, the buildings will occupy 1,744 square feet, or 34 percent of the site; the parking and drives will occupy 600 square feet, or 12 percent of the site; and 2,812 square feet or 54 percent of the site will remain as open space. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA: A check of the Agency's maps indicates that no public wells, flood hazards, wetlands or environmental hazard areas are present. SITE PLAN: The site plan is preliminary. AGENCY COMMENTS: The City Engineer will require a drainage plan at the final site plan stage. PRELIMINARY STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Based on information available prior to the public hearing, the staff recommends that this petition be sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation, subject to a final site development plan. This area was rezoned from "D" Light Industrial, "F" height and area to "A" Residential, "A" height and area on July 8, 1991 as part of the West Washington Chapin Revitalization project. At that time, the subject property was a vacant residential structure. In most cases a rezoning to a more intensive use would be discouraged as it is not in keeping with the goals of the downzoning. However, in 1996 the property was rezoned from "A" Residential, "A" height and