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REGULAR MEETING MAY 22, 2017 development sites. Parcel A is 1.66 acres. The proposed plan for this site includes a 7,616 square foot bank with three (3) drive-through lanes. The preliminary site plan meets the requirements for all landscaping per the ordinance. Parcel B is 1.52 acres. This site is reserved for future development with no specific site plan submitted at this time. That site will need to meet all the development standards for the CB, Community Business District. The site is part of the vacated single-family residential area that remains after the realignment of Main and Lafayette. This comes to you from the Area Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation. Rezoning the site to CB, Community Business District, will allow for the expansion of an existing commercial district established in a commercial node, located adjacent to the intersection of Michigan, SR 31, and Ireland Road. Mike Danch, Danch, Harrier& Associates, 1643 Commerce Drive, South Bend, IN, served on behalf of the petitioner of this bill. Mr. Danch stated, As was mentioned by the Area Plan Commission staff and also at the Committee meeting, United Federal Credit Union would like to go on that west portion of the property. This is one (1) of the last pieces on Ireland Road that is still zoned Residential. From a planning standpoint, what we are going to do is take all the Gates property—as you see here, basically Parcels A and B—and ask them to be rezoned to the Community Business District to allow for retail development and, in this particular case, a financial institution. Access is going to be off of Ireland Road and also off of Lafayette Street. The way that this is being developed,there will a common driveway between the two (2) properties, so any future development that occurs on the east pieces of property will be allowed access to the west property, so that takes that traffic situation off of Ireland Road and Lafayette. So, there will be what we call an"ingress-egress easement"between the two (2) properties. As the staff had mentioned, we are meeting all of the landscaping requirements. It will meet all the drainage requirements for the City of South Bend. We would ask for a favorable approval. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. None from the public wished to speak in favor of or opposition to this bill. Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion to send Bill No. 22-17 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Councilmember John Voorde seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight(8) ayes. 26-17 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND, CORRECT, AND REPLACE ORDINANCE NO. 10431-16 TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: THE FIRST NORTH/SOUTH ALLEY EAST OF CUSHING STREET FROM LINCOLN WAY WEST TO THE FIRST EAST/WEST ALLEY FOR A DISTANCE OF 193 FEET AND A WIDTH OF 14 FEET. SAID ALLEY BEING A PART OF HENTZMAN'S ADDITION AND KUNSTMAN'S ADDITION, CITY OF SOUTH BEND, PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA John Voorde, Chair of the Public Works and Property Vacation Committee, reported that they met this afternoon and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. Aladean DeRose, Interim Council Attorney, with offices on the 12th Floor of the County-City Building, stated, This is an ordinance to correct an ordinance that was passed on April 11th, 2016, Ordinance No. 10431-16, in which an alley was vacated in the area of Cushing and Lincoln Way West for purposes of development. In that area,there are two (2) alleyways: one (1) on the east and one (1) on the west. Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion to send Bill No. 26-17 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight(8) ayes. 6