Zoning - SW corner East of Williams between Navarre & Marian

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P E T I T 10 N June 22, 1954 To the Members of the Common Council South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen: I, Ruth M. Welsheimer, the widow and surviving joint tenant of Arthur C. Welsheimer, deceased, the owner of the fee simple title to the following described real estate, respectfully petition the Common Council to rezone the same from "B" use district and "B" height and area district to "C" use district and "F" height and area district: Lot Numbered Three (3) as shown on the recorded plat of Burroughs Sub - division of bank out lot of No. 115 of the third plat of out lots to the town, now the City of South Bend platted by the State Bank of Indiana, excepting therefrom a lot or parcel of land 176.4 feet north and south off of the entire width of the north end thereof. For your information and guidance, the above described real estate is taken off of the south portion of lot numbered three (3) as shown on the recorded plat of Burroughs sub - division of bank out lot numbered 115 of the third plat of out lots to the City of South Bend. The parcel is 66 feet on the north side and 66.23 feet on the south side. The eastern boundary line of said parcel borders upon an alley running north and south between Navarre Street and Marion Street. The west side of the lot is 56.7 feet in length. a Lot numbered three (3) as aforesaid faces on Navarre Street on the north and the alley aforesaid on the east. The southern boundary line of the real estate herein proposed to be rezoned forms a northern boundary line of lot numbered 53 of the same sub- division. Lots numbered 53 and 54 facing on Marion Street with the alley aforesaid forming its eastern boundary is zoned "C" use district and "F" height and area district. A Tavern and Tool and Die Salesroom occupy the said lot and faces on Marion Street. The western boundary line of said lot 53. is the eastern boundary line of lot numbered 54 of the same sub- division, the southern boundary line of lot 54 being the north and eastern boundary line of Williams Street. Lot numbered 54 has a filling station constructed upon it which is now in use. The petitioner operates the Welsheimer Funeral Home which is across Williams Street from the real estate hereinabove described. That side of the street is also zoned "C" use district and "F" height and area district. The undersigned proposes to have constructed upon the above described parcel of real estate a fire proof garage consisting of four stalls and a room to store new caskets. You gentlemen will recall that the petitioner proposes to' construct a chapel on the land west of Williams Street and there is no room on that particular