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Staff Report 3/6/2015 APC # 2734 -15 Owner: Career Academy of South Bend, Inc. Location: 3408 Ardmore Trail Jurisdiction: City of South Bend Public Hearing Date: 3/17/2015 Requested Action: The petitioner is requesting a zone change from CB: Community Business District to S172: Single Family & Two Family District, and seeking six variances. Land Uses and Zoning: On site: On site is a vacant building. North: To the north across from Ardmore Trail are single family and multifamily homes zoned SF2: Single Family & Two Family District and MF2: High - Density Multifamily District. East: To the east is a library, church, and a senior living apartment complex zoned CB: Community Business District and MF2: High Density Multifamily District. South: To the south across Prast Boulevard are parking lots for the Honeywell plant zoned GI: General Industrial District. West: To the west is a community garden zoned CB: Community Business District. District Uses and Development Standards: The SF2 District is established to protect, promote and maintain the development of single family dwellings and two family dwellings in the urban core of the City of South Bend as well as to provide for limited public and institutional uses that are compatible with an urban residential neighborhood. The availability of public facilities (e.g., public water, public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, natural gas, electricity, telephone, etc.) is required for development within this district. Site Plan Description: The 9.9 acre site being rezoned contains an 83,000 square foot vacant retail building. The north portion of the site is blanketed by an asphalt parking lot. With the proposed expansion, the total buliding square footage would be 102,887. Proposed structmral improvements include a gymnasium to the west of the existing structure, and a loading dock and trash enclosure along the south fagade. The parking lot will provide 215 spaces. Two access drives will be located along Ardmore Trail: one across from Curtiss Street and one further east. The parking lot will also be accessed by a service drive between this property and the church to the east. There will be one access opening along Prast Boulevard for the loading docks and trash containers. Two playground areas are proposed, one to the north of the gymnasium and one to the south. A portion of the parking lot will be striped for pick -up queuing and will also serve as overflow parking for events. A berm will be created between the parking lot and Ardmore Trail to help screen parking from the adjacent residential uses. APC # 2734 -15 Page 1 of 3