07-27-15 Agenda, Packet & Committee Meeting Notice

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Petition before the Area Board of Zoning Appeals I am seeking a Special Exception to allow a recreational use for a batting & pitching facility in a "LI" District as the strict application of the zoning ordinance does not allow for this activity. I am also seeking a parking variance from the required 80 spaces to the available 16 spaces. The property is 4085 Meghan Beeler Court, South Bend, IN 46628. This property is currently zoned "LI ", has 16 parking spaces and is located in the City of South Bend. The petitioner is Michael Branch (buyer) who has made an offer to purchase the property from Steven Kubsch (seller). Petitioner / buyer information is as follows: Michael Branch 2099 East Clear Lake Road Buchanan, MI 49107 #269- 695 -6379 (home) #269 - 208 -3105 (cell) The proposed use of the property is to create an indoor baseball training facility. The business plan is to draw both adults and youth to the facility to both entertain and educate as it relates to the game of baseball. The required 80 parking spaces would cause practical difficulties as additional paving would be required. I believe that the 16 currently available spaces will be more than adequate for the business because, per the site plan, we will only have 6 batting /pitching cages which will limit the number of patron vehicles that would be present at one time to 6 plus 2 to 3 spaces for employees. Therefore, the 21 available spaces will easily accommodate both patrons and employees at any given time. It should be noted that the "open" space on the site plan is for cage observation only and any people occupying that space would be in the same vehicle as the patron in the cage.