08-25-03 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 25, 2003 RESOLUTION NO. 3233 -03 A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE ADOPTION OF A DECLARATORY RESOLUTION DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1105 ST. PETER STREET RESIDENTIALLY DISTRESSED AREAS FOR PURPOSES OF A FIVE (5) YEAR REAL PROPERTY RESIDENTIAL TAX ABATEMENT FOR JOHN M. AND ERIN L. RYAL WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, has adopted a Declaratory Resolution designating certain areas within the City as Residentially Distressed Areas for the purpose of tax abatement consideration; and WHEREAS, a Declaratory Resolution designated the areas commonly known as 1105 St. Peter Street South Bend, Indiana, and which are more particularly described as follows: Lots numbered sixty -three (63) and sixty- four(64) as shown on the recorded Plat of Sorin's second addition to the town of Lowell, now within and a part of the City of South Bend, recorded July 27, 1860 in Plat Book 1, page 10 in the Office of the Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana, together with the East Half of a vacated alley lying West of a adjacent said lots. and which has Key Number 18 -5104 -3621 and 18 -5104 -3622, as an Economic Revitalization Area WHEREAS, notice of the adoption of a Declaratory Resolution and the public hearing before the Council has been published pursuant to Indiana Code 6 -1.1- 12.1 -2.5; and WHEREAS, the Council held a public hearing for the purposes of hearing all remonstrances and objections from interested persons; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the qualifications for a residentially distressed area have been met. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the petition for real property tax abatement and the Statement of Benefits form meet the requirements of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et se ., for tax abatement. SECTION II. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the area meets one of the following conditions as formally established in Ordinance no. 8845 -97, which was passed on December 8, 1997: A. The area is comprised of parcels that are either unimproved or contain only one (1) or two (2) family dwellings designed for up to four (4) families, including accessory buildings ■