07/22/63 Board of Public Works Minutes

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that he has now received the insurance money issued because of the fire and can now proceed to make the necessary repairs. Case continued until October 282 1963. With reference to property owned by Ross Weldy, located at 416 Pennsylvania Avenue, Mr. Weldy appeared before the Board and advised the Board that he had purchased the house in November and that the tenants were going to repair house, which had been condemned. However, they have failed to do so. After hearing Mr. Weldy$ it was the decision of the Board to continue this case until October 28, 1963. A progress report on property owned by Melvin and Jessie Moore, located at 1013 S. Fellows Street wh,bh house had been damaged by fire, was given by Mr. Moore._ Mr. Moore advised that he had the insurance money from the claim and has a man who will make the necessary repairs. Case continued until October 281, 1963. With reference to property owned by Mr. Goldberg, located at 320 S. William Street, the Board was advised by Mr. Grabarz that a notice to appear before the Board on this date had been sent to Mr. Goldberg but that he had failed to appear. The Board directed Mr. Grabarz to send another notice which would be the final notice. BUILDING DEPARTMENT: RULING ON SET -BACK LINE SOUTH BEND NORTH UNIT JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES PROPERTY ) The Board directed Louis Smogor, Building Commissioner, to issue a building permit to the Board of Trustees of South Bend, Indiana North Unit of Jehovah's Witnesses to locate and build a church building on the following described property: Lot numbered Twenty-two (22) and the south 2 of Lot Number Twenty-three (23), all as shown on the recorded Plat of Hartman and Miller's Plat, an Addition to the City of South Bend, recorded December 10, 1898 in Plat Book 7, page 29. Such building permit shall recognize the set -back line asset forth by the Zoning Ordinance only. The Board ha`s decided not to recognize the set -back line as set out by the Board of Public Works & Safety and adopted on April 16, 1934 because such set -back line was never recorded in the County Recorder's Office. Therefore, the purchasers of this land, their attorneys and the contracting company had no way of knowing that such set -back line existed. This, in the Board's estimation, worked a hardship on the purchaser of this land, otherwise known as South Bend Indiana North Unit of Jehovah's Witnesses. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT STREET LIGHTS - PETITIONS Petitions for street light installations at the following locations were referred to the Electrical Department for investigation and recommendation: 1. West of Walnut, east of Chestnut on Napier