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2 <br />PARCEL "A": <br />1). A Variance from the requirement of providing a 100-foot wide Rear <br />Residential Suffer-yard and required perimeter landscaping of one (1) <br />deciduous tree at a minimum spacing of 40 feet on-center along the <br />Northern property line to a 0 ft. setback for a proposed storage area <br />and providing no landscaping; <br />2). A Variance from the requirement of providing a 100-foot wide Side <br />Residential Buffer-yard and required perimeter landscaping of one (1) <br />deciduous tree at a minimum spacing of 40 feet on-center along the <br />Western property line to a 0 foot wide setback for a proposed storage <br />area and no screening along the West line of the petition site, but <br />providing a Type "B" landscaping containing a double row of evergreen <br />trees as shown on adjacent proposed Outlot "A" located West of Petition <br />site. <br />3). A Variance from the required minimum frontage of 150 ft. for a <br />property Zoned "GI" General Industrial District to a minimum frontage of <br />94.50 ft. more or less along Oliver Plow Court. <br />The Petitioner is the owner of the real estate parcel shown on the <br />attached site plan and as shown in the records of the St. Joseph County, <br />Indiana Auditor's office. The Petition property presently has a Zoning <br />classification of "GI" General Industrial District. The Petitioner has <br />been the owner of the property for the last several years and is in the <br />long-term process of developing the ,Petition site and the adjacent <br />properties into an Urban Industrial Park. This was the original site for <br />the Oliver Plow Works. The City of South Bend acquired the property and <br />cleaned up the site and paved Oliver Plvw Court as a Public Street <br />access to the new industrial sites. The Rose Fuel Company came to this <br />Park a few years back and presently has their facility just to the <br />southeast of the Petition site. The City has been working with <br />Underground Pipe and Value, Inc. to re-locate them from their present <br />site south of Sample Street on the east side of Prairie Avenue to the <br />property shown as Parcel "A" on the attached site plan. The Petition <br />property contains approximately 6.32 acres of area, and is sized for the <br />Underground Pipe & Valve new facility and outside storage area. As <br />shown, the new building will contain approximately 36,000 square foot of <br />floor area and will include their corporate offices as well as their <br />processing services. The remainder of the site will contain the parking <br />area for employees and clients which is along the south and east side of <br />the proposed new building_ To the west and north of the building will be <br />an outside storage area for Underground Pipe and Valves inventory of <br />salable merchandise. <br />After discussions with the City Building Department staff, it was <br />determined that in order to develop the site as shown, a Special <br />Exception and a few Variances would be required to be approved. Even <br />though the property has an Industrial classification, a Special <br />