Rezoning - 231 East Ireland Road

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STAFF REPORT May 8, 2000 Elmer Graber 1983-00 Location: 231 E. Ireland Road City of South Bend REQUESTED ACTION: The petitioner is requesting a zone change ht and Area, and "A" Hei g from "A" Residential, "C" Commercial, "A" Height and Area to "C" Commercial, "A" Height and Area to allow the expansion of a fast food restaurant. EXISTING LAND USE: The property currently contains a Taco Bell restaurant. SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: Located to the north are single family homes zoned "A" Residential, "A" Height & Area; to the east, west and south are commercial uses zoned "C" Commercial, "A" Height & Area. Access to the site is from Ireland Road. ACCESS: WATER SOURCE/SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Water and sewer are available to the site. The drainage has not been addressed by the DRAINAGE: petitioner. The total site to be rezoned is 40,964 square SITE DATA: feet. Of that, the buildings will occupy 2,650 square feet, or 6 percent of the site; the parking and drives will occupy 26,920 square feet, or 66 percent of the site; and 11,394 square feet or 28 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. The site plan is preliminary. SITE PLAN: AGENCY COMMENTS: PRELIMINARY Based on information available prior to the STAFF RECOMMENDATION: public hearing, the staff recommends that this petition be sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation, subject to a final site plan. This lot is currently split between residential and commercial zoning. All of the other lots along the north side of this portion of Ireland are zoned commercially to the north lot line. The approval of this petition would extend the commercial zoning line on this property to match all of the surrounding properties. t ~~~~~ ~ ~ 20Q0 t ~c;~ras, cu~a GITYG2s'i6<:;,^^v.L''t:rJ,F.3,