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REGULAR MEETING 65 -16 NOVEMBER 28, 2016 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 913 LAWRENCE STREET AND 427 & 437 CORBY BOULEVARD, COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT NO.4 IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember Oliver Davis, Chair of the Zoning and Annexation Committee, reported that they met and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. Angela Smith, Area Plan Commission with offices on the 11th Floor of the County -City Building served as presenter of this bill. Ms. Smith explained that the petitioner is seeking to rezone the property at the northwest corner of Corby and Lawrence. The property is currently zoned S172, Single - Family and Two (2)- Family, and they are seeking the NF1 Urban Corridor Multi- Family District as part of their petition. The site is currently vacant. To the north, east, and west are single - family homes, zoned SF2, Single - Family and Two (2)- Family. To the south are single - family homes, zoned Single - Family and Two (2)- Family, and a hotel zoned MU, Mixed -Use. Ms. Smith presented images that showed single - family homes in the background of the property to give a perspective of the size of the lot. The proposed site plan includes three (3) buildings, which include three (3) attached townhomes. They will have access from a paved alley and rear entry into the garage at the back of the building. The buildings are proposed as two (2) story units, with a common space along the rear. The petitioner is proposing five (5) written commitments on the land uses for this property. The written commitments include the following: the project site as described above shall be limited to a total of nine (9) Single - Family Attached Dwelling Units; no Single - Family Attached Dwelling Unit in the described project area shall exceed the maximum height of forty (40) feet to its peak; no more than four (4) Single - Family Attached Dwelling Units shall make up any single building mass; a five (5) foot front yard setback shall be required along any public street runnage and a minimum two (2) foot offset shall be required between any Single - Family Attached Dwelling Units. Ms. Smith informed the Council that this comes to them from the Area Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation, subject to those written commitments. Rezoning this property to allow for a mixture of housing types within the neighborhood would help satisfy a need in the area, and is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Councilmember Oliver Davis clarified for Council Attorney Cekanski - Farrand that there were ten (10) written commitments, but that the Council is currently dealing with five (5) due to the limits of their jurisdiction. Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand elaborated, stating that the Neighborhood Association also had five (5) separate written commitments. Council Attorney Cekanski- Farrand stated, When the motion will be made later this evening, if it is favorable, it will be subject to only those that are set forth in the area plan, on which Ms. Smith just set forth, because those were enforceable under State law vis -a -vis governmental agencies. Anthony Zappia, Attorney -at -Law, with offices at 52582 State Road 933 North, South Bend, IN, was present on behalf of the petitioner. Mr. Zappia stated, I have been retained by the petitioner Damsha Bua LLC. The petitioner is seeking a zoning change from SF— Single- Family and Two (2)- Family— districts, to M171, Urban Corridor, Multi- Family district. The location of the property is 427 and 437 Corby, and 913 Lawrence. We propose nine (9) two (2) -story townhouses with three (3) units in each building. Each unit has a garage with a common access from the public alley. The public alley will be paved at the expense of the developer. Mr. Zappia stated that the Department of Community Investment offered a favorable recommendation and that Mr. Danch would speak shortly on the commitments of the project. He continued, pointing to the warm reception that his clients' development plans have received from the Northeast Neighborhood, the subsequent positive recommendations they received, as well as the fact that Marco Mariani of the Northeast Neighborhood Revitalization Organization sent a letter of support for the project to the Area Plan Commission. 4