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a14 UNIVERSITY OF <br /> ®ll NOTRE DAME <br /> Northeast Neighborhood 415 Main Building,Notre Dame,IN 46556 <br /> Redevelopment Phone(574)631-9979 Fax (574)631-4097 <br /> October 15,2015 <br /> Area Plan Commission of St.Joseph County,Indiana <br /> 1140 County-City Building <br /> 227 W.Jefferson Blvd. <br /> South Bend,Indiana 46601 <br /> Re: Support for APC#2732-15/Northeast Neighborhood Zoning Overlay District <br /> To the Members of the Area Plan Commission: <br /> I'm writing to express the support of the University of Notre Dame for APC#2732-15, which repeals the <br /> Northeast Neighborhood Development Area("NNDA") Overlay Zoning District and replaces it with an <br /> updated and revised version entitled the Northeast Neighborhood Zoning Overlay("NNZO")District. <br /> Replacing the NNDA with the NNZO accomplishes two basic goals: <br /> 1. It restores the overlay district,which was technically dissolved when the City's TIF area <br /> boundaries were redrawn;and <br /> 2. It updates and corrects a number of features of the original NNDA.It is to this second issue that <br /> we wish to speak. <br /> The original NNDA was sponsored by the Northeast Neighborhood Revitalization Organization <br /> ("NNRO")in collaboration with APC staff,neighborhood residents,and local developers.It was intended <br /> to enhance and perpetuate the redevelopment momentum in the Northeast Neighborhood created by Eddy <br /> Street Commons, the Notre Dame Avenue Housing Program, The Triangle, and the many affordable <br /> housing projects sponsored by the NNRO/South Bend Heritage Foundation. The goal was to establish <br /> standards for new development(the requirements do not apply to existing structures)consistent with what <br /> was already happening in the neighborhood: high-quality, traditional design coupled with strong <br /> functionality.It was also designed to provide guidance on issues left unaddressed by existing zoning. <br /> As part of the team that drafted the original NNDA, I can say without hesitation that experience has <br /> revealed a number of areas in which the original text needed to be clarified and even corrected. It is <br /> difficult, if not impossible, for any group to create a zoning document that perfectly anticipates every <br /> need and situation,and this group proved no different. We identified over time numerous issues that we <br /> felt needed revision, and the redrawing of the TIF boundaries—which technically voided the NNDA-- <br /> gave us the perfect opportunity and reason to do so. <br /> FILED <br /> OCT 16 2015 <br /> 3 AREA PLAN COMMISSION <br /> ca na;ran Sp..Nir 1732-1V <br />