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Committee recommends vacating alley between 516 and 520 South Michigan

Public Works and Property committee, South Bend City · March 10, 2026
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Summary

The Public Works and Property committee voted 4-0 to send a favorable recommendation to the full South Bend City council on an alley vacation petition that would let a developer integrate an alley into a building and an adjacent park while retaining a curb cut managed by bollards.

The Public Works and Property committee for South Bend City voted 4-0 to send a favorable recommendation to the full council on a petition to vacate the alley between 516 and 520 South Michigan.

Charity Stow, the petitioner and representative for the development, told the committee the alley vacation would allow the project — which covers 512 to 530 South Michigan — to integrate an adjacent empty lot into a park and to use the alley area for a driveway serving deliveries, events and food trucks. "We are hoping to vacate this alley so we can continue to use it for the purposes of the building and the park and have a driveway for deliveries…

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