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Ifil$Reart <br /> APC# 2581-1 l <br /> owner: Cecil&Nancy Klopfenstein <br /> Location: 5432 Miami Street <br /> Jurisdiction: City of South Bend <br /> Requested Action: <br /> The petitioner is requesting a zone change from SFI Single Family and Two Family District to <br /> OB Office Buffer District to allow inswmance agency. <br /> Land Uses and Zoning: <br /> On site: On site is a house and shed. <br /> North: To the north is a single family'homie zoned SP Single Family and Two Family <br /> District and the Fairington Apartments zoned MF2,fliglaDensity Multifamily <br /> District. <br /> Fast. To the east is-a vacant parcel zoned SFI Single Family and.Two Family District <br /> and the Faidagton Apartments zoned MF2 High.Density Multifamily District. <br /> South: To ffie south, across Jackson Road, is the Souttiside Baptist Church,zoned SFI <br /> Single Family and Two Family District. To the southeast is the Hermitage <br /> Estates subdivisions zoned PUD Planned Unit Developma t District. <br /> West: To the west, across Miami Street; is Jackson Middle School and a NIPSCO <br /> substation,both zoned SF I Single Family and Two Family'Diistrriict. <br /> District.uses and.development standards: <br /> The OB­Office Buffer District is established to promote the development of small scale office, <br /> Professional, business, governmental and quasi-governmental uses. Since the types of permitted <br /> uses in the OB District are typically less commercial in appearance and are architecturally more <br /> harmonious with residential structures, this district can serve as a buffer between residential <br /> districts and more intense commercial or industrial districts.The OR DisWct may also serve as a <br /> gradual and reasonable transition between major'thoroughfares and residential districts. The OB <br /> District development standards are established to assure small scale developments. <br /> Site plan description: ' <br /> .The site is 1.15 acres. A new 5,950 square foot building is Proposed The maximum size-of a <br /> building in the OB Office Buffer District is'5,000 square feet. A variance for building size will <br /> need to be filed with the Area Board of Appeals. The building coverage is 12%of the site. <br /> The twenty two parking spaces,plus drives,cover 24%of the site The site plan shows an access <br /> on Miami and an access on Jackson.Tile subdivision done in 1986 allowed.one access on Miami. <br /> A re-plat must be submitted so that the access on Jackson can be.granted by the Plat Committee <br /> during the subdivision process. <br /> Traffic and transportation considerations: <br /> Miami Road was recently widened to four lanes. Jackson Road is two lanes with a right turn <br /> lane. <br /> Utilities: <br /> The site is currently served by a well and septic system. The site plant indicates the new building <br /> will be connected to water and sewer. Water lines are located along both Jackson Road and <br /> Miami Street. The City Engineer notes sanitary sewer is <br /> site. located approximately 275' east of the <br /> Additional information:(Agency comments) <br /> The Historic Preservation Commission lists this structure as"notable"on a 2005 survey. <br /> Cecil&Nancy Klopfenstein <br /> #2581-11 <br /> Page I of 1 <br />