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DAVID MARTIN <br />The petition of David Martin seeking a Special Exception to allow a tattoo and body piercing establishment <br />in a "CBD" District and a variance from 2 to 50 controlled uses within 1000' and from the 500' minimum <br />distance from a church to 300', on property located at 117 N. Main Street, Portage Township. Zoned <br />"CBD ". <br />MR. DAVID MARTIN: I live at 56415 Westlea Drive, South Bend. I'm already an established business <br />downtown, we're just switching locations roughly about a half a block from where we currently are. We <br />actually like the location we in now but the building we're in is having major maintenance problems that are <br />above us. And for the whole year we've had problems with water leakage and it was compounded when the <br />weather changed. Right now if you go to our spa there's spots on the floor from leaking and the nature of <br />our business we feel it's unsafe for our customers. And since it's caused from leakage above us we feel it's <br />not a maintenance issue that we have control over. I know with the church, we're getting closer to the <br />church, our storefront does not face the church. They will not see any of our signage. They probably won't <br />even see people entering our building. We're already established. We're real quiet neighbors. We just love <br />downtown and we'd like to stay downtown in a nice safe location. <br />MR. VELLEMAN: Will you be buying this building or are you going to be renting it? <br />MR. MARTIN: I'm going to be renting it. <br />MR. VELLEMAN: Is the tanning salon next to that still? <br />MR. MARTIN: The Body Evolution? <br />MR. VELLEMAN: Yeah. <br />MR. MARTIN: Yeah it's right next to where it used to be Emblazing Salon. It's where US Cellular used to <br />be. <br />MR. VELLEMAN: You're on the north side of that building? <br />MR. MARTIN: Yeah. <br />MR. VELLEMAN: Is the tanning salon now considered a controlled use because of the new legislation that <br />you can't be under 16 and have all of that or anything? Does anybody know? <br />COULD NOT HEAR WHAT WAS SAID <br />MR. HAWLEY: When did you move in to the building you're in now? It seems like you were just... <br />MR. MARTIN: This was just last year and the thing of it is, when we moved in we didn't think to look <br />above ceiling tiles and stuff like that. If you go there now like the last major water we leak we had, the <br />landlord fixed the ceiling tiles but if you move the ceiling tiles you can see the second floor. And it's, I feel <br />like I'm being needy to him cause I feel like I'm always calling him saying "hey, you know the stuff on the <br />