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Staff Rgport 8/7/2015 <br />APC # 2748 -15 <br />Owner: Flowers by Stephen & Assoc LLC <br />Location: 4325 S. Michigan Street <br />Jurisdiction: City of South Bend <br />Public Hearing Date: 8/18/2015 <br />Requested Action: <br />The petitioner is requesting a zone change from CB Community Business District to MU <br />Mixed Use District for a flower shop with an upper level dwelling unit, and seeking four <br />variances from the development standards. <br />Land Uses and Zoning: <br />On site: On site is an existing flower shop, zoned CB Community Business District <br />North: To the north is a music store, a retail store, and an accessory structure, <br />zoned CB Community Business District. <br />East: To the east across Michigan Street is a drive - through restaurant and an auto <br />parts store, zoned CB Community Business District. <br />South: To the south is the future site of Belle Tire, zoned CB Community Business <br />District. <br />West: To the west across Main Street is a vacant lot zoned SF2 Single Family & <br />Two Family District. <br />District Uses and Development Standards: <br />The MU Mixed Use District is established to promote the development a dense urban <br />village environment. The regulations are intended to encourage all the elements of a <br />traditional urban village, including: storefront retail; professional offices; and, dwelling <br />units located either in townhouse developments or in the upper stories of mixed -use <br />buildings. The development standards in this district are designed to: encourage a <br />pedestrian oriented design throughout the district; and, maintain an appropriate pedestrian <br />scale, massing and relationship between buildings and structures within the district. <br />Site Plan Description: <br />The site is made up of two lots joined by a parking lot, totaling 0.34 acres. The site has <br />frontage on both Michigan Street and Main Street. Parking is provided for 10 vehicles <br />between the rear of the business and Main Street, and two parking spaces are provided <br />along Michigan Street. The existing building is part of an integrated center, with two <br />other storefronts on the adjacent lot to the north. The building is approximately 21' in <br />height, and houses retail space on the first floor, with a residential dwelling unit above. <br />Zoning and Land Use History And Trends: <br />Michigan Street is a commercial corridor into the City of.South Bend with very limited <br />need for zone map amendments since the 1980's. <br />APC # 2748 -15 Page 1 of 3 <br />
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