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PROPOSED ORDINANCE No.: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA TO CREATE THE CHAPIN PARK - PARK AVENUE HISTORIC . PRESERVATION DISTRICT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT To establish an Historic Preservation District, to be known as the Chapin Park - Park Avenue Historic Preservation District, with such uses as permitted in Section 21-36.1 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, such district having been recommended by -the Park Avenue Neighborhood Association and the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County, for the purpose of preserving the architectural, historical, and cultural significance and educational value of the described area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: Section 1: Ordinance No. 4990-68, as amended, commonly known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of South Bend, is hereby amended in order that the zoning classification of the following described real estate be established as an Historic Preservation District with such uses as permitted in Section 21-36.1 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, and shall be designated the Chapin Park Park Avenue Historic Preservation District: The area bounded approximately by Riverside Drive Local Historic Preservation District on the North, by Lafayette Boulevard on the East,'by Madison Street on the South, and by Leland Avenue, Rex Street, Portage Avenue, Lindsey Street, and by William Street on the West, and more particularly described as: A parcel of land located in the West one half of the Southwest quarter of Section 1, Township 37 North, Range 2 East, and the Southeast quarter of Section 2, Township 37 North, Range 2 East, City of South Bend, Portage Township, St. Joseph County, IN and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot 43, Henricks and Grants Addition, said point being on the North right of way line of Madison Street; thence West along said North right of way line of Madison Street, 171.02 feet to a point; thence Northwest along said North line of Madison Street, 35.15 feet to the intersection of the North line of Madison Street and the East right of way line of William Street; thence North 393.95 feet, more or less along said East line of William Street to the South right of way line of Marion Street; thence West across the right of way line of William Street, 66 feet to the West right of way line of William Street, said point being the intersection of the West line of William Street and the South right of way line of Marion Street; thence Northwesterly across the right of way of Marion Street to the intersection of the South line of Marion Street and the West right of way line of Portage Avenue, said point being the