11-20-08 Community/Campus Advisory Coalition (CCAC) Committee

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.o a.}'~~ `.. ~``: t,S "~ ~ = ;r i ~ Community/Campus Advisory Coalition (CCAC) udtYt iS T A/' 1S i~~ r = r ~, I ~. ~ ~o~«x+`' 1~ ~ ~ 1 O O c c The meeting of the Community/Campus Advisory Coalition was held in the Council informal meeting room, 4th Floor County-City Building in downtown South Bend, Indiana, on November 20, 2008. The meeting was called to order at approximately 3:04 p.m. by South Bend Council at Large Member AI "Buddy" Kirsits. Council Member Kirsits welcomed everyone in attendance. Those attending included: Mayor Stephen Luecke, City Attorney Charles Leone, South Bend Code Enforcement Director Catherine Toppel, South Bend Police Uniform Division Chief Jeffrey Walters, South Bend Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, South Bend Common Council Member Ann Puzzello, Robinson Center Adult Program Coordinator Marguerite Taylor, Neighborhood Resident Matthew Costello, Mark Kramer representing Landlords of Off-Campus Housing, Michael Rans representing Greater South Bend/Mishawaka Board of Realtors, University of Notre Dame Representatives Bob Reish, M. Brian Coughlin, and William W. Kirk, Saint Mary's College Representatives Alison Spurlock, and Patrick Daniel, Holy Cross Representatives Daniel Cochran and Joe Garvey, Attorney Richard Nussbaum, Bill Stenz, Northeast Neighborhood Council, and Jamie Loo, South Bend Tribune. Council Member Kirsits asked that the members introduce themselves and the area they represent. Council Member Ann Puzzello distributed a draft of an ordinance amending Chapter 21 of the South Bend Municipal Code to provide for certification of legal nonconforming lots, uses, buildings, structures and signs. The amendment would allow owners to request a Certificate of Nonconforming Use before a property could be "grandfathered" to allow more than three unrelated occupants to reside there. The ordinance is in the early stages of review and will also have to go through the Board of Zoning and the Area Plan Commission. Attached to the ordinance were the applications for nonconforming use from Bloomington, Indiana and Marion County, Indiana. City Attorney Charles Leone noted that the applications only require information from the owners of the property. He suggested the City may want to give others the option to weigh in before a Certificate is issued. Neighbors should be allowed to express their support or opposition to grandfathering a particular property.