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5/5/2014 <br />Utilities: <br />The site is served by municipal water and sewer. <br />Agency Comments: <br />The City Engineer comments the aisle needs to be 24' not 1$' and the first angled parking <br />space from 20th Street needs to be removed. The Department of Community Investment <br />is in support of the rezoning if the screening to the west and north is required and the <br />westernmost angled parking space is removed. <br />Commitments: <br />The petitioner is not proposing any written commitments. <br />Criteria to be considered in reviewing rezoning requests, per IC 36 -7 -4 -603: <br />1. Comprehensive Plan: <br />Policy Plan: <br />City Plan, South Bend Comprehensive Plan (November 2006) <br />H 1.2 Encourage rental housing for all income levels throughout the city. <br />UD 1.5 Require aesthetically pleasing parking facilities. <br />Land Use Plan: <br />The future land use map identifies this area as medium density residential. <br />Plan Implementation /Other Plans: <br />The River Park Neighborhood Preservation and Improvement Plan focuses on Mishawaka <br />Avenue and does not make a specific recommendation for this area. <br />2. Current Conditions and Character: <br />The three apartment buildings have become an integral part of the neighborhood. <br />3. Most Desirable Use: <br />The most desirable use for this property is medium density residential. <br />4. Conservation of Property Values: <br />Proper buffering and maintaining setbacks may reduce the affect on adjacent residential <br />property values. <br />5. Responsible Development And Growth: <br />It is responsible development and growth to allow the expansion of parking area to <br />accommodate residents of the renovated apartments. <br />Staff Comments: <br />This is a combined public hearing procedure, which includes a rezoning and four <br />variances from the development standards. The Commission will forward the rezoning to <br />the Council with or without a recommendation and either approve or deny the variances. <br />The rezoning is from SF2 Single Family and Two Family District to MFI Urban Corridor <br />Multifamily District. <br />The petitioner is also requesting the following four variances: <br />1) from the required 5' front yard setback to 0; <br />2) from the required Type A: Open landscaping on all four sides to a fence on the north, <br />APC # 2703 -14 Page 2 of 3 <br />