04-13-09 Common Council Meeting Agenda & Packet

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Staff laeuort A]PC # 2503-09 ®wner: Bette Calderone Location: 1147, 1151, 1205 N. Hickory Road Jurisdiction: ~ City of South Bend flZequested Action: The petitioner is requesting a zone change from SF1 Single Family and Two Family District to O Office District to allow offices. Land TJses and Zoning: On site: On site are three single family homes. North: To the north aze single family homes zoned. SF1 Single Family and Two Family District. East: To the east is a dentist office zoned C-6 Linear Office Commercial (Mishawaka). South: To the south is a physical therapy facility zoned O Office District. West: To the west are single family homes zoned SF 1 Single Family and Two Family District. District uses and development standards: The O -Office District is established to promote'the developiiient of general office uses and complexes; professional health care uses and complexes; tilnited 'public and semi-pub'lib:uses; and,. other. uses, which are generally compatible in.physi~aJ; appearance and service requirements to office uses. The potential for the development of multifamily dwellings is also provided. The O District is intended for areas with easy access and high visibility from primary transportation • ~ routes. • -• ~ _~ _ .. - . Site flan description: ~~ ,-•.r.. , 1 c U;.: +. ~ .,, ~ ;- ; -. .The site consists of three separate lots. The southern, lot -Yia$ a 986 square foot home'and a 364 . '.. ~ square foot detached garage. Four parking spaces are provide~.~ ~ `:The middle lot ~ has a -1,102 square foot house with a 264 squaze foot attached garage: ~ Five parking spaces are provided. The northern lot has a 986 square foot house and provides 3 parking spaces. Each of the three lots has access from Hickory Road. , " ' The total azea of the site to be rezoned is 40,000 square feet: All buildings combined are 3,702 square feet or 9% of the site. The 12 parking spaces total 11,010 square feet of paved surface or 28%. The remaining 25,288 square feet or 63% will be open space.- Zoning and land use.history & trends: '• 'i ,, -~:~~.. ~y .~` : -1. °.,~ 1 ~'` , `In~°1994;`the~pruperty to the south was rezoned'tt5' B''Miiltifaiirilyt'Iii'stn~ct`'for~a'phys'iCal`thdrapy clinic. In 1997, the properties south to Corby Blvd were ~rezon~d to the PHC Professional Health Care District for office uses. All properties south of the site to Corby Blvd are now zoned O • Office District as of May 7, 2004. The property at the northeast corner of Hickory and Catalpa was rezoned to O Office District for a dentist office in 1989. It has since been annexed into Mishawaka. - Traffic and transportation considerations: Hickory-Road is a four lane road. Catalpa Street is a two lane road with a landscaped median in _ the middle. There is a traffic signal at the intersection of Hickory Road and Catalpa Street. ~- -4 i. ~~';.. .-. ~ ., .. f. ~. u;~; ., .iii ;. ,,. ., _ 13ette Calderone #2503-09 _ Page 1 of I '[ ~ .; i ~~iie tee+.~~'. ~ ~ ...! ,~ fti .