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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 24, 2017 PUBLIC HEARINGS BILL NO. 04-17 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1248 AND 1258 N. TWYCKENHAM DRIVE, 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 this afternoon and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation, subject to written commitments. Angela Smith, Area Plan Commission, with offices on the l Itn Floor of the County-City Building, South Bend, IN, served as the presenter of this bill. Ms. Smith stated that the petitioner is seeking to rezone the property located at the intersection of Twyckenham Drive and SR 23. The property encompasses three (3) parcels, with two (2) that are immediately abutting SR 23 and one (1)that has direct frontage onto Twyckenham Drive. To the north, across SR 23, are properties zoned U, University. Ms. Smith stated that they are currently vacant. To the east, south, and west are single-family homes zoned, SF-1, Single-Family and Two (2)-Family District. Ms. Smith presented to the Council public images depicting the two (2) single-family homes currently on the property, which have been proposed to be demolished and replaced by proposed. Ms. Smith presented another image with a view looking toward the commercial development at the point where Angela Boulevard becomes Edison Road(the full presentation is on file in the City Clerk's Office). Ms. Smith stated that the petitioner has just under an acre of property here and that they are seeking to put in nine (9) single-family townhomes. Ms. Smith explained, When you have more than two (2) dwellings attached to each other, it becomes a multi-family building. So, you'll see one (1) building that fronts on SR 23 that has three (3)units and then the other building along Twyckenham Drive has six(6)proposed units. Ms. Smith stated that the petitioners varied the front of the elevations to help provide some definition and some variation along the street frontage, with the southernmost two (2) units being set back a minimum of twenty (20) feet. She explained that this will help them blend in with the single- family residential to the south, which has a setback of at least twenty-five (25) feet. The petitioners are proposing three (3) land use written commitments that are attached with the report. She stated, One (1) is for the setback of those other two (2) units; the second is for potential future cross-access easement. If and when that property to the east ever developed, it does not require them to put it in—it just gives the property owner to the east the option to divide that access, if they so choose; the third deals with not locating any buildings behind the ones that you see here in the site plan. This comes to you from the Area Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation subject to those written commitments. Rezoning the property to MF-1, Urban Corridor and Multi-Family District to allow for the development of single-family townhomes will provide a buffer in transition from the University-related uses to the north to the single- family homes to the south. The strong urban design principles of the northeast neighborhood zoning overlay ensures that development is appropriately integrated into the whole character of the neighborhood. Mike Danch Hamer& Associates 1643 Commerce Drive South Bend IN served as the petitioner of this bill. Mr. Danch stated that his party is seeking to rezone the property to MF-1 to allow for the construction of nine (9) single-family attached townhomes. He stated that there is only one (1) access point for the site at the south end of the property, on Twyckenham Drive. He stated, All the buildings are going to be set back. We do have three (3) along South Bend Avenue. These are going to end up being on individual lots. There are six (6) along Twyckenham Drive. What we also asked for was a variance to adjust those setbacks to basically try to meld into the existing neighborhood. There is a house to the south that is back almost forty-five (45) feet. One (1) of the written commitments that we will end up with is to basically adjust those buildings from ten(10) feet back to twenty-five (25) feet back. That will be along the three (3) 3