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STAFF REPORT September 4, 1998 <br />Initiated by the Common Council 1881-98 <br />Location: 4600 and 4700 block of New <br />Cleveland Road <br />City of South Bend <br />REQUESTED ACTION; The petitioners are requesting a zone change from <br />"BP" Business Park to "D" Light Industrial, "A" <br />Height and Area to allow light industrial uses. <br />EXISTING LAND USE: <br />The property is currently vacant. <br />SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: Located to the north are single family homes <br />zoned "R" Residential; to the east is a business <br />zoned "D" Light Industrial; to the south is the <br />Toll Road and vacant land zoned "E" Heavy <br />Industrial; and to the west is vacant land zoned <br />"BP" Business Park. <br />ACCESS: Access to the site is from Cleveland Road. <br />WATER SOURCEISEWAGE DISPOSAL: Water and sewer are available to the site. <br />DRAINAGE: The drainage has not been addressed by the <br /> petitioner. <br />SITE DATA: The total site to be rezoned is approximately <br /> 32.8 acres. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL DATA: A check of the Agency's maps indicates that no <br /> wetlands, flood zones or environmental hazard <br /> areas are present. The site is, however, located <br /> immediately to the north of a community <br /> wellfield. <br />SITE PLAN: The site plan is preliminary. <br />AGENCY COMMENTS: This property was zoned to "BP" Business Park in <br /> 1994. APC-1619. The City Engineer will require <br /> that all access drives comply with the non-access <br /> easement on Cleveland Road. <br />PRELIMINARY <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Based on information available prior to the <br /> public hearing, the staff recommends that this <br /> petition be sent to the Common Council with an <br /> unfavorable recommendation. The "BP" district is <br /> designed to be compatible with surrounding <br /> residential uses by requiring landscaping and <br /> limiting permitted uses to those that should have <br /> little impact on neighboring residential <br /> development. In addition, the "BP" district <br /> requires a 100 foot buffer zone between the park <br /> and residential areas. This area was zoned to <br /> "BP" to lessen the impact of industrial <br /> development on the existing subdivision to the <br /> north. Rezoning this property to "D" Light <br /> Industrial could allow such incompatible uses as <br /> truck terminals, machine shops, and storage yards <br /> while removing the protection provided to the <br /> adjacent residential neighborhood when the <br /> property was annexed in 1994. <br />