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Staff Report 4/3/2014 <br />APC # <br />'2700 -14 <br />Owner: <br />Davis Traub Real Estate LLC <br />Location: <br />4525 South Burnett Drive <br />Jurisdiction: <br />City of South Bend <br />Public Hearing Date: <br />4/15/2014 <br />Requested Action: <br />The petitioner is requesting a zone change from GI General Industrial District to GB <br />General Business District to allow uses permitted in the GB General Business District and <br />three variances. <br />Land Uses and Zoning: <br />On site: On site is a vacant office building. <br />North: To the north is CMA Supply, zoned GI General Industrial District. <br />East: To the east, across Burnett Drive, is Master Metal Engineering and Hoosier <br />Spring, zoned GI General Industrial District. <br />South: To the south is the Kodiak indoor shooting range, zoned GI General <br />Industrial District. To the southwest is Pet Refuge, zoned GB General <br />Business District. <br />West: To the west is Silverline Molds zoned GI General Industrial District. <br />District Uses and Development Standards: <br />The GB General Business District is established to provide a location for those retail sales <br />and service functions whose operations are typically characterized by: outdoor display or <br />sales of merchandise; major repair of motor vehicles; commercial amusement and <br />recreational activities; or, activities or operations conducted in structures which are not <br />completely enclosed. The types of uses found in the GB District are often brightly lighted <br />and noisy. Permitted uses contained in this district are such that this district may be used <br />to form a grouping of similar uses along certain portions of major commercial <br />thoroughfares. Special attention should be paid to buffering whenever this district is <br />located adjacent to any residential district or residential uses. <br />Site Plan Description: <br />The total site is 1.28 acres. There is an existing one story 2,920 square foot building. <br />Seven existing parking spaces are to the east of the building and three additional are <br />proposed to the north of the building. The petitioner is requesting variances from the <br />perimeter and foundation landscaping requirements. Parking screening and dumpster <br />screening are provided. <br />Zoning and Land Use History And Trends: <br />In 1974, this area was rezoned to heavy industrial. Pet Refuge was rezoned to GB General <br />Business in 2012. In 2010, a Special Exception Use was approved for an indoor shooting <br />range and training facility for Kodiak Firing Range & Training Facility. <br />Traffic and Transportation Considerations: <br />Burnett Drive is a two lane road with access to Ireland Road. <br />APC# 2700 -14 Page 1 of <br />