06-23-14 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 23,201 Councilman Davis- I need the difference between screening and landscaping? Petitioner responded they are actually are the same but the amount in which you do is, we would put a fence and Evergreens to block the view and then a fence behind that. John Rosenfall -18323 Coventry Court—I'm against the facility placed in that location. This is a national chain industry and are the death to the mom and pop business. We have a physical and tangible asset that we cannot pick up and leave if we do not agree with the county or state. We have an invested interest in this community. There are already 11 storage facilities within a five (5) mile radius. Storage facilities don't create a large amount of jobs, when we can bring in a different business that can create 100's of jobs as opposed to 1 or 3 jobs for such a large amount of space. Rebuttal Petitioner as we mentioned we will go ahead and do the screening along the west line, so if the land goes residential we will provide screening on that side. The business is not a large chain for this, they just need to move out of Florida. We hope that Council sees this as a plus to redoing buildings that have been vacant for several years. We are not offering a typical storage unit, it will be climate- control, allowing patrons to have furniture and vehicles. Councilmember Schey I would like to ask a question about the competition for current business in town, it's the same concept as storage facilities for household goods? Petitioner it is the same but it is climate control, they have options on different areas and flexible and around the building. Councilmember Schey will the prices be higher than competitors as it will have climate control? Petitioner most definitely as it will be inside a building with climate control as oppose to a garage. Councilmember Schey do you know pending tonight's discussion do you know the purchase price? Petitioner I'm not sure exactly but I'm going to assume around $600,000, it's 130,000 sq. feet with 10 acres of ground. Councilmember Schey is it currently owned by? Petitioner it's owned by a building company out of Dyer, Indiana. So not just household cars, and boats. Councilmember Henry Davis those caveats are there a timeline to make sure those things happen and when will we get the written form finalized for that area? So we don't have to revisit this later and that we are decent and in order. Petitioner responded the screening would be part of the final site plan. The outdoor screening areas would go in first then they would come in shortly after, the final site plan will be done within a month or less. Councilmember Varner made a motion to send the Substitute version of Bill 28 -14 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation with conditions that were expressed by the petitioner. Councilmember Dieter seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. BILL NO. 30 -14 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1707 SOUTH BEND AVENUE, COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT NO.4 IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember Schey made a motion to accept the substitute version of this bill as on file in the Office of the City Clerk. Councilmember Scott seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. Councilman Scott reported that The Zoning and Annexation Committee met this afternoon and sends this bill to the full Council with no recommendation. Presenter Angela Smith with offices on the l I" floor of this building. The petition is looking to resolve from LB (local business) to GB (general business). The property is triangle shaped along State RD 23 just north of Edison, it was a hair salon, and then retail which was damaged in a fire, losing their legal status. The petitioner is seeking to acquire the property to extend his auto sales business which, operates just to the north of this property, to extend on to this property. He is a providing a six (6) foot privacy fence between him and the apartments to the north and west. In 4