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Staff Report APC # 2507-09 Owner: Donald Kenneth Irminger III Location: 117 N. Taylor Street ,durisdiction: City of South Send Regmested Action: The petitioner is requesting a zone change from MU Mixed Use District to SF2 Single Family and Two Family District to allow existing single family home. Land Uses and Zoning: On site: On site is an existing single family home. North: To the north is a single family home .zoned MU l~tixed Use District. East: To the east across Taylor Street is the parking lot for an office building. South: To the south is a vacant lot owned by the petitioner. West: To the west are apartments zoned MF1 Urban Corridor Multifamily District. District uses and development standards: The SF2 District is established to protect, promote and maintain the development of single family dwellings and two family dwellings in the urban core of the City of South Bend as well as to provide for limited public and institutional uses that are compatible with an urban residential neighborhood. The availability of public facilities (e.g., public water, public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, nattual gas, electricity, telephone, etc.) is required for development within this district. Site plan description: No site plan is required. There is an existing house. Traffic and transportation considerations: Taylor Street is two lanes. The is no alley access. 5 Criteria (per IC 36-7-~-603): 1. Comprehensive Plan: Policy Plan: City Plan South Bend Comprehensive Plan. November 200b H 2.6 Encourage homeowners to maintain their homes. , The addition of a garage supports the continued use of the site as a single family home. Land Use Plan: The future land use plan shows this area as Mixed Use and Multi-family. 2. Current conditions and character: There is a small apartment building at northwest corner of Taylor Street and Washington Street. Just north of that is a janitorial business. The rest of the block north to Colfax Street consists of single family homes. The northeast comer of Taylor Street and Washington Street is an office building and parking lot. At the southeast comer of Taylor and Colfax is a printing business. The general uses within several blocks is a mixture of single family, multi-family, and office. 3. Most desirable use: The most desirable use is to maintain the continued use of the existing house as a residence. Donald Kenneth Irminger III #2507-09 Page 1 of 1