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<br />STAFF REPORT July 9, 2001 <br />William J. Lee and Larrv E. May 2077-01 <br />Location: 4324 S. Main Street <br />City of South Bend <br />REQUESTED ACTION: The petitioners are requesting a zone change <br />from "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area to <br />"D" Light Industrial, "A" Height and Area to <br />allow a storage building. <br />EXISTING LAND USE: The property currently contains a storage <br /> building. <br />SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: Located to the north and east are commercial <br /> businesses zoned "C" Commercial, "A" height <br /> and area; to the south is vacant land and <br /> single-family homes zoned "A" Residential, "A" <br /> height and area; and to the west are <br /> single-family homes zoned "A" Residential, "A" <br /> height and area. <br />ACCESS: Access to the site is from Main Street. <br />WATER SOURCE/SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Water and sewer are available to the site. <br />DRAINAGE: The drainage has not been addressed by the <br /> petitioner. <br />SITE DATA: The total site to be rezoned is 15,000 square <br /> feet. Of that, the buildings will occupy 816 <br /> square feet, or 5 percent of the site; the <br /> parking and drives will occupy 1,779 square <br /> feet, or 12 percent of the site; and 12,450 <br /> square feet or 83 percent of the site will <br /> remain as open space. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL DATA: A check of the Agency's maps indicates that no <br /> public wells, flood hazards or wetlands are <br /> present. The St. Joseph County Ireland Road <br /> (Bendix) CERCLIS environmental hazard site is <br /> located to the north of the site. <br />SITE PLAN: The site plan is preliminary. <br />AGENCY COMMENTS: The City Engineer will require a drainage plan <br />at the final site plan stage. <br />PRELIMINARY <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Based on information available prior to the <br />public hearing, the staff recommends that this <br />petition be sent to the Common Council with a <br />favorable recommendation subject to a final <br />site development plan. The site is adjacent <br />to commercially zoned property to the east and <br />in close proximity to other industrial and <br />commercial zoned and used meas. In the <br />staff's opinion, the proposed zoning and use <br />is reasonable for this site.. <br />