02-13-06 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 2006 Mr. Fozo advised that the petitioner Laymen Chapel CME Church is seeking a special exception for off-site parking, on property located at 318 S. Kenmore Street, South Bend, Indiana. The Board of Zoning Appeals held a public hearing on January 19, 2006, and sends this bill to the South Bend Common Council with a favorable recommendation. Mr. Terrell Jackson, Pastor, Laymen Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 303 South Kenmore Street, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill. Mr. Jackson advised that the church is seeking a special exception for an offsite parking lot, and a variance from the required 6’ screening to a 3’ hedge for safety purpose. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution, Councilmember Dieter made a motion to adopt this substituted Resolution. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried and the Resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of eight (8) ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 3359-06 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 6103 BRIDGETON LANE AS A RESIDENTIALLY DISTRESSED AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A FIVE (5) YEAR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR DARRELL AND MARIANNE CHALSTROM WHEREAS, a Statement of Benefits and a petition for residential real property tax abatement have been submitted to and filed with the City Clerk for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana requesting that the area commonly known as 6103 Bridgeton Lane, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: Lot Numbered Twenty (20) as shown on the recorded Plat of Kensington Farms East, P.U.D., Section Six, Part Two, recorded November 6, 1998 in the Office of the Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana, as Instrument No. 9857462. , and this property has a Tax Key Number 023-1050-320104be designated as a Residentially Distressed Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1 et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2-76 et seq., and; WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Economic Development has concluded an investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common Council to determine that the area qualifies as a Residentially Distressed Area under Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1, et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2-76, et seq., and has further prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other information regarding the area in question as required by law; and WHEREAS, the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Common Council has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as a Residentially Distressed Area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the petition for real property tax abatement and the Statement of Benefits form meet the requirements of Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1 et seq., for tax abatement. 7