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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 28, 2008 BILL NO. 12-08 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ANNEXING TO AND BRINGING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AND AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR CERTAIN LAND IN GERMAN TOWNSHIP CONTIGUOUS THEREWITH; COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT #1, STEVE & JEAN COOREMAN, 21300 BLOCK OF CLEVELAND ROAD & 52804 LYNNEWOOD AVENUE, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember Kirsits, Chairperson, Zoning & Annexation Committee, reported that this committee held a Public Hearing on this bill this afternoon and voted to send it to the full Council with a favorable recommendation, subject to the written commitments. th Mark Lyon, Staff Planner, Area Plan Commission, 11 Floor County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill. Mr. Lyons advised that the petitioner is requesting a zone change from R Single Family District and OB Office Buffer District (County) to CB Community Business District (City) to allow restaurants with and without drive-thru window, retail uses, and financial uses with or without a drive-thru window. On site are two single family homes. One zoned R Residential and one zoned OB Office Buffer District. To the north are single family homes zoned R Residential within the County, to the east is a funeral home zoned OB Office Buffer District within the County. To the south the toll road is vacant land zoned SF1 within the City of South Bend. To the west is a beauty shop zoned B Business within the County. The “CB” Community Business District is established to provide a location for high volume and high intensity commercial uses. Activities in this district are often large space users which may include limited amounts of outdoor sales or outdoor operations. The site is approximately 4.92 acres. The site plan indicates three one-story commercial buildings totaling approximately 30,000 square feet. The buildings will cover approximately 16% of the site. 169 parking spaces are shown for the development. Parking and drive will cover an additional 62% of the site. A residential buffer yard and screening will be provided along the northern property line. Landscaping and open space will cover the remaining 22% of the site. The site plan proposes four access points: two from Cleveland Road and two from Lynnwood Avenue. The Area Plan Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 and the petition is sent to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation, subject to written Commitments that (1) that the egress from the proposed development onto Lynnewood be reviewed by the City Engineer and if it is determined that left out only drives are acceptable, then the design of the egress points will be such that right turn movements onto Lynnewood are prohibited; (2) no drive-thru window on the north building; and (3) providing access to the east property. The area along Cleveland Road is commercial/business in nature and will adequately support the development of further commercial businesses. He stated that Cleveland road is a major thoroughfare which supports the type of traffic associated with this type of commercial development. This plan is consistent with what the City of South Bend has envisioned for this area when it adopted City Plan in November 2006. The required landscaping and buffer yard should buffer the adjacent residential area to the north. The written commitment requiring access to the adjacent eastern property will help connectivity between developments should the adjacent property further develop and should lessen the traffic impact if the adjacent site were developed commercially. Mr. Michael Danch, Danch, Harner & Associates, Inc. 1643 Commerce Drive, South Bend, Indiana, along with Mr. Steve Cooreman, President Cooreman Real Estate Group, 4404 Technology Drive, South Bend, Indiana, 46628, made the presentation for this bill. Mr. Danch advised that the project Cleveland Crossings Lifestyle Center will offer upscale boutique shopping and villages shoppes. He stated that Mr. Cooreman is seeking 9