Amending Chapter 2 Article 6 Tax abatement procedures

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ORDINANCE NO. 9q15-97 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS WITHIN CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 6, ENTITLED TAX ABATEMENT PROCEDURES OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The Indiana State Legislature has given to all communities the ability to enhance development through a myriad of economic revitalization programs, including the designation of an area as a residentially distressed area. The City of South Bend has previously instituted guidelines for Residentially Distressed Areas (RDAs) by passage of Ordinance No. 8732 -96 in the effort to provide additional incentives for some of the underdeveloped residential areas of our City to be developed, and establishes new, additional areas with this ordinance. The City believes that this ordinance meets the definition of "economic revitalization area ", and further believes that there are additional factors which have prevented a normal development of property or use of property which have resulted in a lack of development and a cessation of growth. Through the joint efforts of the city administrative branch and the city legislative branch working together with concerned citizens, this proposed ordinance is filed in the interest of providing an additional tool to assist the City in combating the restrictions imposed by state law addressing annexation, which have also limited the growth and development of the City. It is believed that the following ordinance is in the best interest of the City and would help bring needed economic revitalization and development. Of %;*QE C39N Of b ®EXY0 JBCA B, .3 -63H S, as follows: Section I. Chapter 2, Article 6, Section 2 -76.1 entitled "Definitions" subparagraph (a) (20) of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended to add the following Exhibits: Exhibit No. Description Approximate Acreage A -25 West Washington 22.82 A -26 Westside - Mayflower 14.97 A -27 Far Northwest - Meade 12.64 A -28 Near Westside - Linden 6.22 The RDAs designated herein are found to meet the state law requirements more particularly set forth in Indiana Code §6 -1.1- 12.1 -2 and are declared residentially distressed areas (RDAs). The Council hereby makes that additional findings that each of the RDAs listed herein: (I) Are comprised of parcels that are either unimproved or contain only one (1) or two (2) family dwellings or multifamily dwellings designed for up to four (4) families, including accessory buildings for those Dwellings; and (II) Have dwellings which are not permanently occupied and are: