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Appendix A ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA HISTORICr PRESERVATION COMMISSION RESOLUTION Statement of Purposes and Intent The St. Joseph County Historic Preservation Commission ("Commission") in July*, 1979, conducted an historical survey of the residence located at 601 Lincolnway East in South Bend, Indiana ("601 LWE"). Said survey resulted in an overall opinion rating of 12. A copy of said sur- vey is attached to this Resolution. In 1978, the South Bend Division -of -("Code Code Enforcement Enforcement") has noted code violations onother residences i I mme- diately south of 601 LWE and owned by the s I am,e owners. Three of said other residences have been demolished by Code Enforcement,, and on November 16, 1981 the owners applied for a demolition permit for 601 LWE. Since July of 1981, the Commission and its staff has been actively involved with the South Bend Building Commissioner ("Building Commissioner"), Code Enforcement and the owners to maintain and preserve 601 LWE. The Building Commissioner on April 29, 1982, determined that no demolition permit would be issued on 601 LWE until approved by I the Commission. On April 29, 1983, the Commission received a copy of a letter from one of the owners to Code Enforcement stating his intent to restore 601 LWE. On June 21, 1583, a hearing before Code Enforcement on 601 LWE resulted in an order for completion of repairs on exterior code violations by August 6, 1983, and on interior code violations.by August 30, 1983. No action has been taken by the owners to either restore 601 LWE or to comply with the repair order of Code Enforcement. The Commission considers 601 LWE to be of significant histori- cal value and deems it necessary to take whatever action is neces- sary to maintain and preserve 601 LWE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Joseph County historic Preservation Commission as follows: 1. The Commission and its staff shall make one final attempt to have the owners make the code violation repairs and restore 601 LWE. 2. If said attempt does not obtain satisfactory results by February 24, 1984, then the Commission, through its Executive Director, shall, pursuant to Section 21-117.2(e)(7) of the Muni- cipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, petition the Building Commissioner to use the legal means available to him to cause the maintenance and/or repair of 601 LWE.