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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 9, 2004
<br /> THE EAST ENDS OF SAID LOTS AND THE WEST
<br /> END OF LOTS 1 THROUGH 10 IN SAID ADDITION.
<br /> THIS PROPERTY IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS
<br /> 508-536 CRESCENT AVENUE, SOUTH BEND,
<br /> INDIANA
<br /> Councilmember Kuspa, Chairperson, Zoning and Annexation Committee, reported that this
<br /> committee held a Public Hearing on this substituted bill this afternoon and sends it to the full
<br /> Council with a favorable recommendation.
<br /> Mr. Jeff Myers, Staff Planner, Area Plan Commission, 1805 Hickory Road, South Bend, Indiana
<br /> presented the report from the Commission.
<br /> Mr. Myers advised that the petitioner is requesting a zone change from"D"Light Industrial, "F"
<br /> Height and Area to "A-3"Mixed Use, Multi-Family Residential and Commercial District, "F"
<br /> Height and Area to allow a medical clinic. Located to the north are single-family homes zoned
<br /> "B"Multi-family residential, `B"Height and Area, and the Madison Center zoned"D"Light
<br /> Industrial, "F"Height and Area. To the east are single-family homes zoned `B"Multi-family
<br /> Residential and "D" Light Industrial, "F"Height and Area. To the west are commercial uses and
<br /> the Madison Center zoned "D"Light Industrial, "F"Height and Area and "A-3"Mixed Use,
<br /> Multi-family, and Commercial "G"Height and Area. Access to the site is from Crescent
<br /> Avenue. Water and sewer are available to the site. The drainage has not been addressed by the
<br /> petitioner. The total site to be rezoned is 1 acre. Of that, the building will occupy 8,900 square
<br /> feet, or 19.3 percent of the site. Parking and drives will occupy 12, 735 square feet, or 27.7
<br /> percent of the site. Open space will occupy 24,410 square feet, or 53 percent of the site. A check
<br /> of the Agency's maps indicates that no public wells, wetlands, flood or environmental hazard
<br /> area are present. The site plan is currently preliminary. In 1991, this property was proposed to
<br /> be rezoned"A-3"Mixed Use, `B"Height and Area, but the petition was withdrawn before it was
<br /> considered by the Common Council. A drainage plan is required at the final site plan stage. If
<br /> any landscaping is within the right-of-way, it is subject to approval by the Engineering
<br /> Department. The approaches will need to be discussed prior to final approval. The Area Plan
<br /> Commission at its Public Hearing on January 20, 2004, sent this Petition to the Common Council
<br /> with a favorable recommendation, subject to a Final Site Development Plan showing a
<br /> development scheme which more nearly complies with the intent of the upcoming new zoning
<br /> Ordinance for the City of South Bend.
<br /> Richard Deal, Attorney at Law, Barnes &Thornburgh, 100 N. Michigan St., South Bend,
<br /> Indiana made the presentation for this bill, along with Steve Poston, MPA Architects, 218 S.
<br /> Frances St. South Bend, Indiana, on behalf of the Petitioners, Madison Center, Inc. Madison
<br /> Center is a premier provider of Mental Health Services throughout Northern Indiana. Over the
<br /> past two years Madison Center has embarked on and has pursued an aggressive strategy to
<br /> purchase and assemble lots on its campus to facilitate the future expansion of the Madison Center
<br /> Campus as well as the downtown South Bend Area. These ten (10) lots comprise the first step
<br /> for Madison Center's significant investment in a project toward expanding its campus. As we
<br /> discussed earlier today the proposed construction on this site involves the establishment of the
<br /> Sunshine Club House which is a facility to house the program which is known as the Sunshine
<br /> Club House and Networks. This program is a vocational program for individual who have been
<br /> working through Mental Health disorders and a vocational program to help with job training and
<br /> placement. During the meeting with the Area Plan Commission and behalf of Madison Center
<br /> we have proposed an initial site plan which shows the development of the proposed Sunshine
<br /> Club House. At that meeting the Area Plan Commission had recommended to the Council upon
<br /> approval, subject to a final site plan which more nearly complies with the intent of the upcoming
<br /> new zoning ordinance for the City of South Bend. Since that time Madison Center has worked
<br /> with the Area Plan Commission and has proposed an updated site plan which depicts the location
<br /> of the Sunshine Club House as well as a more limited and narrow parking area as well as some
<br /> general landscaping on the property. After submission and meeting with the Area Plan
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