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BILL NO. <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 6 OF THE <br />SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE, ENTITLED TAX ABATEMENT <br />PROCEDURES <br />STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT: <br />The South Bend Common Council has determined that certain <br />amendments are required to clarify tax abatement procedures for the <br />City of South Bend, in order to establish more clearly the standards <br />and procedures by which petitions for tax abatements are considered <br />by the Council and in order to use the availability of tax abatement <br />to encourage economic revitalization for the City of South Bend. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE SOUTH BEND COMMON <br />COUNCIL, AS FOLLOWS: <br />SECTION I. Chapter 2, Article 6, of the South Bend <br />Municipal Code, is hereby deleted in its entirety and a new Chapter <br />2, Article 6, is adopted to read as follows: <br />Section 2 -76. Personal and real property tax abatement <br />procedures. <br />mean: <br />(a) Definition. As used in this Chapter, "minority" shall <br />1. Black (all persons having origins in any of the Black <br />African racial groups not of Hispanic origin; <br />2. Hispanic (all persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, <br />Central or South American or other Spanish Culture or <br />origin, regardless of race); <br />3. Asian and Pacific Islander (all persons having origins <br />in any of the original peoples of the Far East, <br />Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific <br />Islands); or <br />4. American Indian or Alaskan Native (all persons having <br />origins in any of the original peoples of North America <br />and maintaining indentifiable tribal affiliations <br />through membership and participation or community <br />identification). <br />(b) Eligibility. Tax abatement petitions to the Common <br />Council shall be considered only from owners of real property or new <br />manufacturing equipment personal property located within the City who <br />propose economic revitalization projects which conform to at least <br />one of the following criteria: <br />1. The new or rehabilitated property uses will be <br />within major groups 20 through 39 or 42 of the <br />Ct- orr7.rr1 T.- a..otri of (l oc.ai �i Doti ter. Mn,,,,,�1 <br />