04-09-01 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 9.2001 Height and Area to "O" Office to allow an office use. The property currently contains a duplex. Access to the site is from 26th Street. Water and sewer are available to the site. The drainage has not been addressed by the petitioner. The total site to be rezoned is sixteen thousand three hundred sixty -three (16,363) square feet. Of that, the buildings will occupy ten per cent (10 %) of the site. Parking and drives will occupy seven per cent (7 %) of the site and eighty -three per cent (83 %) of the site will remain as open space. A check of the Agency's maps indicates that no public wells, flood hazards, wetlands or environmental hazard areas are present. The site plan is preliminary. Mr. Myers noted that the City Engineer will require a drainage plan at the final site plan stage. Mr Myers further advised that the Area Plan Commission, at its Public Hearing held on March 20, 2001 sent this petition to the Council with a favorable recommendation. Mr. Mike Danch, President, Danch, Harper & Associates, Inc., 2422 Viridian Drive, Suite 201, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill. Mr. Danch advised that he represents the petitioners, John and Beverly Leader, owners of the property who would like to take the existing duplex building and convert it to a real estate appraiser's office. In order to do that they need to have at least an "O" office zoning which is a very restrictive type of zoning. He noted that across the street is a high density apartment complex, to the south is the railroad and to the north there are some duplex buildings. The buildings along Jefferson Boulevard and 26th Street are presently being used for doctors offices and various other offices and this rezoning will not be a detriment to this particular neighborhood. Access to the site will be directly off of 26th Street. A parking lot will be located behind the building which is the east portion of the lot. The property is already hooked up to water and sewer and the petitioner will meet all the drainage standards of the City and abide by any screening requirements. 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 Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. BILL NO. 14 -01 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; BRICK ROAD L.L.C., MICHIGAN LIMITED LIABILITY CO., 23260 BRICK ROAD, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember White made a motion to consider the substitute version of this bill. Councilmember Coleman seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. Councilmember White 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, presented the report from the Commission. Mr. Myers advised that the petitioners are requesting a zone change from "R" Residential (County Zoning) to `BP" Business Park District to allow uses permitted in the `BP" Business Park District. The property currently contains a farmstead. Located to the north and east are single - family homes zoned "R" Residential and to the south and west is vacant land zoned `B -P" Business Park. Access