Rezoning - 430 South 26th Street

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STAFF REPORT March 12, 2001 John and Beverly Leader 2062-O1 Location: 430 South 26th Street City of South Bend REQUESTED ACTION: The petitioners are requesting a zone change from "B" Residential, "B" Height and Area to "O" Office to allow an office use. EXISTING LAND USE: The property currently contains a duplex. SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: Located to the north and east are duplxes zoned "B" Residential, "B" height and area; to the south is the G.T.W. Railroad, and to the west across 26th Street is an apartment complex zoned "B" Residential, "B" height and area. ACCESS: Access to the site is from 26th 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 16,363 square feet. Of that, the buildings will occupy 1,688 square feet, or 10 percent of the site; the parking and drives will occupy 1,200 square feet, or 7 percent of the site; and 13,475 square feet or 83 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 an unfavorable recommendation. It is the staff's opinion that the office zoning and use would be an intrusion into the existing residential neighborhood. The "O" Office zoning district is designed to buffer residential uses from commercial uses. In this case t_he residential neighborhood needs no buffering since the immediate surrounding uses are residential uses.