HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmending Zoning Ordinance - "A-2" Planned Residential Development DistrictORDINANCE No. 6__611 (As Amended)
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
Clerk
Of Common Council
Clerk
IDEAL 04JEW PRESS
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3702,
COMMONLY KNO14N AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
AS AMENDED
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA:
Section 1:
That Ordinance No. 3702, as amended, commonly known as
the Zoning Ordinance of the City of South Bend, Indiana be
amended by the addition thereto of the following Section,to wit:
SECTION 3 -B
"A -2" Planned Residential District
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In the "A -2" District lands and buildings may be used and
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buildings erected or structurally altered for the following
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use only: Planned Residential Developments, provided that an
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exception permitting such use is granted by the Board of Zoning
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Appeals under the provisions of Section 18 and further provided
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that the following intent and requirements are complied with.
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1. Intent: the intent of this section is to permit
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more flexibility in a large -scale development thru land
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use controls that foster good environmental design with-
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out violating the constitutional requirements of uniform
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classification and adequate standards; that permit planned
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residential developments in accordance with =the Comprehen-
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sive Plan of the City; that permit a variety of housing
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accomodations including single- family detached, two - family
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and multi family dwellings, and land uses in imaginative
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and orderly physical and esthetic relationship to one
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another; that permit the grouping and preservation of open
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space, school sites, recreation areas and lands for other
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public, semi - public (including churches) and private
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purposes; that permit the development of an area rather
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than individual lot development. No particular develop-
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ment shall necessarily include all the requirements set
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forth above.
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The owner or holder of a written option to purchase land
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for a Planned Residential Development, including a private
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redeveloper under contract with the Redevelopment Commission
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to acquire land by purchase may file a petition in accordance 4.
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with the following provisions:
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2. General Requirements:
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as The tract proposed shall consist of one or more
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contiguous parcels of land comprWrTiawi ,8,rea of four
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(4) acres or more in size, unless ounde on all sides
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by public rights -of -way, public lands, water courses,
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or less restrictive use districts, in which case it may
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be smaller than four (4) acres.
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b. The major use of the tract shall be residential,
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and may include single family, two family, and multi
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family dwellings and the usual accessory uses such as
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garages, storage space and community activities.
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C. The tract may contain commercial and professional
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uses as an integral part of a residential development;
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but such uses shall be planned and gauged primarily for
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the service and convenience of residents of the
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Planned Development, and shall be authorized only to the24.
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extent that such uses are not available to the residents
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within% reasonable proximity.
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d. Planned Residential Developments shall be
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designed to create environments of stable and desirable
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character; they must provide provisions for recreation
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space adequate to meet the needs of the anticipated
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population or as designated in the Comprehensive Plan.
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e. The tract must be served directly by streets
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of appropriate size, function, and capacity and all
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buildings shall be served by public sewer and water.
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Section 2•
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This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
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and after its enactment, approval by the Mayor, and legal
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publication.
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OO ,r,,r TEE OF THE WHOLE
PUBLIC HEARiNsi- o2a_L� Member of the ninon Council
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3rd READIrv0 of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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NOT M PROVED
REFERRED
PASSED oZ oL -C
The following amendments should be made in the Ordinance creating
an "A -2" Planned Residential Development District (Section 3 -B)
page 2, line 11 insert the tract be between unless and
bounded
Page 2, line 13 make the period a comma and insert the
following: in which case it may be sm
than four (4) acres.
Page 2, line 26 this line should read: within a reasonable
proximity.
Committee Sport
June 22, 1964
Rio the f! OMMU (!rounda of the (!City of #0144 Ncnd:
Your Committee of the Whole
to whom was referred "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3702 COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS AMENDED.'
(Creating an "A -2" Planned Residential Development District (Section 3 -B)
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion the ordinance go to the Council
as favorable as amended.
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'MAN
Chairman