Approving & Adopting the Howard Park Neighborhood Master Plan

Home Browse Search

RESOLUTION NO.3064 A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE SOUTH BEND CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT AREA AND ADOPTING THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE HOWARD PARK NEIGHBORHOOD WHEREAS, the. South Bend Redevelopment Commission (the "Commission"), governing body of the City of South Bend, Indiana, Department of Redevelopment (the "Department") and the Redevelopment District of the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "Redevelopment District"), exists and operates under the provisions of the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953 which has been codified in IC 36-7-14 et seq., as amended from time to time(the "Act"); and WHEREAS, the Commission has previously designated and declared an area in the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "City") known as the South Bend Central Development Area to be a blighted area within the meaning of the Act and adopted a Redevelopment Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan") all pursuant to Resolution No. 137 adopted by the Commission on May 10, 1985 (the "Declaratory Resolution"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Act, the Declaratory Resolution was approved by a resolution of the St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission (the "Plan Commission"), constituting its written order approving the Declaratory Resolution and the Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan Commission Order"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Act, the Common Council of the City adopted its resolution which approved the Plan Commission Order;and WHEREAS, after notice and a public hearing thereon, the Declaratory Resolution was subsequently confirmed by the Commission; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act and the Redevelopment Plan, the Department has conducted surveys and investigations and has thoroughly studied the South Bend Central Development Area and the Howard Park Neighborhood; and WHEREAS, upon such surveys, investigations and studies having been made, the Commission finds that the Redevelopment Plan cannot be achieved by regulatory processes or by the ordinary operations of private enterprise without resort to the powers allowed under the Act and that the public health and welfare will be benefited by the accomplishment of an amendment to the Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, the Commission desires to amend the Redevelopment Plan by adopting a Master Plan for the Howard Park Neighborhood (the "Amendment"); and WHEREAS, the Amendment adopts only the portion of the Master Plan lying inside and related to the South Bend Central Development Area(depicted in Exhibit A); and