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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK
ZONING &ANNEXATION OCTOBER 28, 2019 5 :40 P.M.
Committee Members Present: Dr. Oliver Davis, John Voorde, Gavin Ferlic
Jo M. Broden
Committee Members Absent: None
Other Council Present: Regina William-Preston, Karen White
Jake Teshka, Tim Scott, Sharon McBride
Other Council Absent: None
Others Present: Lisa Horton, Bob Palmer, Dawn Jones
Presenters: Jordan Wyatt, Mike Danch
Agenda: Bill No. 19-55-Special Exception: 1024 and
1029 Corby Blvd and 819 and 826 Eddy Street
Bill No. 19-55-Special Execption: 1024 and 1029 Corby Blvd and 819 and 826 Eddy Street
Jordan Wyatt, Saint Joseph County Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Growth, with
offices on the 11 to floor of the County-City building stated,The petitioners are requesting a special
exception use for a drive-thru facility for a proposed bank at the site on your screen (referring to
the power point presentation, which is available in the City Clerk's Office). The petitioners have
been amenable to changes requested from Area Plan Commission staff and the Department of
Community Investment staff to help make this site more appropriate for the area.They've provided
additional screening by supplementing it with evergreen trees to help screen it from the residential
uses to the west. They also modified their parking area on the east side to help provide more green
space along State Road 23. This comes to you with a favorable recommendation from the Area
Board of Zoning Appeals, subject to that the primary building be either brick or stone and that the
drive-thru facility use the same building materials as the primary building and feature the same
road sign. I'd be happy to answer any questions.
Mike Danch, Danch, Harner and Associates, 1643 Commerce Drive, South Bend, IN stated, As
Jordan has mentioned,we're asking for is approval tonight from Council for the special exception.
Special exception especially for the drive-thru for the bank facility. First State Bank Middlebury
would like of this particular site, and in order to do that, they'd like to build about a four thousand
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(4,000) square foot building. The property is zoned Mixed Use, but because of the way the
ordinances are for the City of South Bend, the drive-thru requires a special exception. The bank is
a permitted use. We went through the Area Board of Zoning Appeals to request that with some
variances that I discussed earlier with Council. Assuming that we would receive approval for the
special exception, the next step would be to go ahead and do the engineering work and actually
build the structure. The reason the site is so unique, and we had talked about this earlier, is because
there is a lot of utilities that we had to work around on this particular site with the relocation of
South Bend Avenue and State Road 23, and if we would have had to relocate those utilities it
would probably have been in excess of 1 million dollars of monies. There are a lot of the utility
service in the Eddy Commons area and some of the residential areas, so we worked around those
particular environments. We also gave Council a letter from the church which is directly next door,
and as part of what we're doing here is we're helping to also provide access to their gravel parking
lot and will probably go into a sub-division procedure and put in an egress easement that will
permanently put that in place as well. If you have any questions for me, I'd be glad to answer them.
Committee Chair Dr. Oliver Davis opened the floor to anyone from the public wishing to speak
either in favor or opposition to Bill No. 19-55.
Margarite Taylor, 714 E. Corby Blvd, South Bend, IN stated, I am a member of First AME Zion
church, which is the church that you've talked about. We've had several meetings on this project.
So, saying that we like the project has been a long process, but we think that it will benefit not
only the church, but the neighborhood. Thank you.
Committee Chair Dr. Oliver Davis turned the meeting back over to the Committee for a vote.
Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 19-55 to the full Council with a
favorable recommendation. The motion was seconded by Committeemember John Voorde and
passed with a voice vote of four(4) ayes.
Res'ectfully itt ,
-Dr. Oliver Davis, Committ Chair
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