05-26-09 Common Council Meeting Agenda & Packet

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Additional information: (Agency comments) The City Engineer had the following comments: Recommend approval subject to drainage plan and access plan in final site plan. Wish to reduce cuts on Michigan Street curb and review drainage plan. 1. Comprehensive Plan: Policy Plan: City Plan, South Bend Comprehensive Plan, November 2006 Objective PF 1.2: Maintain and enhance essential community assets. Land Use Plan: LU 2.2 Pursue a mix of land uses along major corridors and other locations identified on the Future Land Use Map. Plan Implementation/Other Plans: South Gateway Commercial Corridor Action Plan, July 1998 The Planning Issues South Bend South Gateway Commercial Corridor map shows the subject property as being the vacant Busk Brothers site. The subject property is listed as site #24 on the Middle Mixed Use Sector -Development Sites map. Proposed uses for the site are listed as Office, Retail, and Commercial. 2. Current conditions and character: The building is currently a vacant retail center. .Property on the east side of Michigan Street includes the South Bend Motel and a professional office building. The property south of Sherwood Street is occupied by a rehabilitation clinic. The majority of the surrounding area to the east and north are single family homes; to the south and southwest is a large church, and businesses. 3. Most desirable~nse: The most desirable use for this property is to accommodate the adaptive re-use of the . buildings to a use that can be compatible with the surrounding area. 4. Conservation of property values: Surrounding property values should not be negatively affected. 5. Responsible development and growth: It is responsible development and growth to allow the expansion and adaptive re-use of buildings and accommodate uses that can act as a transition from more intense uses to residential uses. Recommendation: Based on information available prior to the public hearing, the staff recommends that the petition be sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation. Analysis: This rezoning will allow for the adaptive re-use of a vacant building. The proposed school will be a community asset that is consistent with the surrounding land use. The re-use of this building will contribute to the growth of the neighborhood as well as the South Gateway Commercial Corridor. South Gate Church, Inc. #2511-09 Page 2 of 2