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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK Councilmember Scott then asked, And how long has that been going on? Ms. Smith replied, We discovered it when the South Bend Tribune ran the article that there would be a grand opening. We worked with Mr. Smith from that point to get to this point. Committeemember Jo M. Broden asked, Could we get more information about the adjacent properties? What are their current zonings and what are the parking specs? Also, are they ADA compliant? Ms. Smith replied,We don't show it on the map here(referencing a slide in the presentation which is available in the City Clerk's Office)but the property to the north is zoned Mixed-Use. I believe the property to the south is actually zoned LB.This one(1)is zoned Mixed-Use and then properties behind it are residential. Committeemember Broden followed up, So Broadway, Miami and the one (1) that has the open with the red light with the façade in front (referencing a picture in the presentation), that is what, currently? Ms. Smith replied,This is Local Business, I can't remember but I think it's a staffing agency. This is actually a house although it is zoned Mixed-Use. Our buffers are based on zoning and not use and because that could be anything under the Mixed-Use District, it is not really a residential buffer. The Coffee House did come through the Area Board of Zoning Appeals some time back a couple years ago to get variances to allow for parking in the back. Now under the new ordinance, Mixed-Use doesn't even require parking. At that time, they were also adjusting accessibility to meet the ADA Compliance. They converted this home to the coffee house. Committeemember Broden then asked, So going back to earlier petitions, the pavement with the parking, is this being met already? Ms. Smith replied, The site is up to Code now in terms of whether it is a restaurant or a bar, it doesn't matter. It meets all the development standards. They've done everything they've needed to do to develop it into a coffee house, it is just the difference between a coffee house and a bar. Robert Smith, 1320 Miami Street, stated, I'm the owner of Witches Brew. Councilmember Scott asked, How long have you been a bar? Mr. Smith replied, We started as a coffee shop and we had the bar in the one (1) room. That was in the site plan from the very beginning. We are able to, as a coffee shop, to have beer and wine. That is just like the South Bend Chocolate Factory and many other places. We've morphed more into a bar because the coffee sales weren't that great and so I kind of wanted to diversify and have different incomes. We did start selling more beer and wine. And actually if you look at the sign, back in July we put 'Pub' underneath it to try and increase sales. So, it is a little of both. One (1) room at the top here(referencing a slide in the presentation)is the bar which only has six(6) seats. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic left the meeting at 5:41 p.m. EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 2