Bill 08-08 Amending the zoning for 3515 Mckinley Avenue

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5 Criteria (per IC 36 -7 -4 -603): 1. Comprehensive Plan: Policy Plan: City of South Bend - City Plan, November 2006 Housing Policy H 5.1 Promote the variety, style, and affordability of housing stock. Housing Policy H 3.1 Encourage housing opportunities for low income households throughout the city to avoid concentration in any one area. The rezoning is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan's Housing Policies. Land Use Plan: City of South Bend - City Plan, November 2006 The Future Land Use Map identifies this area as Medium Density Residential. The rezoning is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan's Future Land Use Map. 2. Current conditions and character: The site is currently vacant land. The area is a mixture of commercial and residential in character. 3. Most desirable use: The most desirable uses for the property are office or residential. 4. Conservation of property values: The commercial property values to the east should not be affected by the rezoning. The surrounding residential property values may be negatively affected by the rezoning. 5. Responsible development and growth: It is responsible development and growth to allow infill development on an underutilized property. Recommendation: Based on information available prior to the public hearing, the staff recommends this petition be sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation subject to written commitments stating that an ingress & egress cross - access easement be placed on the property running from the McKinley Avenue to the commercial area east of the northern portion of the site. Analysis: The proposed development would serve as a buffer between the commercial development to the east and the residential areas to the north and west. The addition of the required landscaping and building setbacks should further buffer the surrounding single family areas from the proposed development. A portion of the proposed site was previously zoned B Multi Family District prior to the adoption of the new zoning ordinance in 2004. The proposed written commitment would ensure continued access to the commercial area from McKinley as it presently exists and a second access to the apartments from the commercial area. BRC South Bend, L.L.C. #2461 -08 Page 2 of 3