03-11-02 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 11, 2002 petitioner. The total site to be rezoned is 1.77 acres. Of that, the buildings will occupy four per cent (4 %) of the site, the parking and drives will occupy fifty -seven per cent (57 %) of the site and thirty - nine per cent (39 %) of the site will remain as open space. A check of the Agency's maps indicates that no public wells, flood hazards or wetlands are present. The St. Joseph County Ireland Road (Bendix) CERCLIS environmental hazard site is located to the south of the site. The site plan is preliminary. The Area Plan Commission, at its Public Hearing held on February 19, 2002, sent this petition to the Council with a favorable recommendation subject to a final site development plan. The majority of the property is currently zoned "C" Commercial. The proposed new facility and expansion will have a positive impact on the surrounding area. Mr. Greg Barkstrom, Wendy's Restaurants, 20 North Union Street, Rochester, New York, made the presentation for this bill. Mr. Barkstrom informed the Council that Wendy's intends to replace the twenty -five (25) year old facility at this location. He noted that they also purchased the lot next door which will allow them to expand and improve the drive thra and the parking requirements and also to allow for the installation of a Teachers Credit Union ATM. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this bill, Councilmember Coleman made a motion for favorable recommendation to full Council concerning this bill. Councilmember Pfeifer seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of seven (7) ayes. BILL NO. 9 -02 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 21, ZONING, ARTICLE l; SEC. 21 -1 DEFINITIONS, AND ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 9, SEC. 21 -23 "C -2" PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT, USES PERMITTED, OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND TO ALLOW RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS TO BE LOCATED IN THE "C -2" PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT Councilmember Varner reported that the Zoning & Annexation Committee met on this bill and sends it to the Council with a favorable recommendation. Mr. Jeff Myers, Staff Planner, Area Plan Commission, Room 1140, County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill. Mr. Myers advised that this is an Area Plan Commission initiated petition to amend Chapter 21 of the South Bend Municipal Code to provide a definition of religious institutions and to allow religious institutions to be located in the "C -2" Planned Shopping Center District. The Area Plan Commission, at its Public Hearing held on February 19, 2002, sent this petition to the Council with a favorable recommendation. This bill provides that storefront churches will be allowed in "C -2" zoned shopping centers or shopping districts. This is something that is being done across the country and churches are already allowed in other "C" zoned areas such as "C" Commercial and "C -1." This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. CE