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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 23, 2000 RESOLUTION NO. 2940 -00 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1904, 1912, 1920, 2004, AND 2012 PHILLIPA STREET AS A RESIDENTIALLY DISTRESSED AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A FIVE (5) YEAR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR DAVE COKER WHEREAS, a Statement ofBenefits and a petition for residential real property tax abatement has been submitted to and filed with the City Clerk for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, requesting that the area commonly known as 1904, 1912, 1920, 2004, AND 2012 Phillipa Street, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: Address Legal Description Key No. 1904 Phillipa Street Lot 233 Highland Park - 2nd Addition 18- 8097 -3709 Lot 234 Highland Park - 2nd Addition 18- 8097 -3710 1912 Phillipa Street Lot 231 Highland Park - 2nd Addition 18- 8097 -3707 Lot 232 Highland Park - 2nd Addition 18- 8097 -3708 1920 Phillipa Street Lot 229 Highland Park - 2nd Addition 18- 8097 -3705 Lot 230 Highland Park - 2nd Addition 18- 8097 -3706 2004 Phillipa Street Lot 227 Highland Park - 2nd Addition 18- 8097 -3703 Lot 228 Highland Park - 2nd Addition 18- 8097 -3704 2012 Phillipa Street Lot 225 Highland Park - 2nd Addition 18- 8097 -3701 Lot 226 Highland Park - 2nd Addition 18- 8097 -3702 be designated as a Residentially Distressed Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et sea., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76 et sea., and; WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Economic Development has concluded an investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common Council to determine that the area qualifies as a Residentially Distressed Area under Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1, et sea., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76, et sea., and has further prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other information regarding the area in question as required by law; and WHEREAS, the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Common Council has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as a Residentially Distressed Area. 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 sea., 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 for those dwellings; or B. Any dwellings in the area are not permanently occupied and are: