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1200 County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson, South Bend, Indiana 46601-1830 Phone 574/235-9660 Fax 574/235-9697
T o : Redevelopment Staff & Commisioners
From : ,leff Vitton, CED
Subject : Staff Report: Northeast Neighborhood Design Guidelines
Date : July 29, 2009
Please know that staff will be submitting a resolution to amend the Northeast Neighborhood
Development Area (NNDA) Plan in order to incorporate the Northeast Neighborhood Design
Guidelines (Guidelines). This action directly implements the NNDA Plan, which called for the
following to occur:
"In order to achieve high quality design, construction, rehabilitation and site development, a
more detailed design/development review process will ultimately be established for the
Development Area. Design Review Guidelines for the Northeast Neighborhood, or parts
thereof, will be put forward after an early phase of Plan implementation. It is anticipated that
all design and development review will be monitored and controlled through a special area
zoning classification provision in the South Bend Municipal Code that is specific to the
Development Area. The Area Plan Commission. the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Common
Council and the Building Department will be responsible for all design controls within the
Area. The Redevelopment Commission, through its staff, will serve in an advisory capacity
for the Development Area."
The original Guidelines were created in 2004. but were not incorporated into the NNDA Plan. The
Northeast Neighborhood Revitalization Organization has worked in partnership with neighborhood
residents to update the Guidelines over the past year, and the Guidelines are ready to be incorporated
into the NNDA Plan. It is anticipated that shortly after the Guidelines are incorporated into the
NNDA Plan, the APC will initiate the process to create the "special area zoning classification" for
the Northeast Nei<~hborhood Development Area that implements many components of the guidelines.
The Guidelines will be available for your revie~>v~ online at: www.southbendin.~~ov/NEDesi~n
Representatives fi•om the NNRO and myself will make a presentation concerning the Guidelines at
your August 7, 2009 meeting, and a resolution amending the NNDA Plan to incorporate the
Guidelines will be presented at the August 21.2009 meeting.
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