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South Bend Tax Abatement Ordinance <br />• An agreement to grant access related to compliance inspections <br />• Any events that might cause termination or payback actions <br />The applicant must be current in their taxes. <br />There must be no pattern of local, state or federal law or regulatory violations. <br />Add -On Abatement <br />One to seven additional years abatement may be considered for projects involving certain <br />commercial real property (listed above) that achieve Public Benefit Points described in <br />the following tables: <br />Table f <br />Project Related Actions <br />Points <br />Redevelop a site which has special needs such as converting a commercial <br />building to residential use, rehabilitating and reusing an historic building, <br />rehabilitating and reusing a property that has been designated a "problem <br />property" by the Community and Economic Development Department, or <br />paying the cost of cleaning up a Brownfield. <br />49 <br />Develop a product or business based on licensing intellectual property arising <br />from research conducted at a university in St. Joseph County. <br />35 <br />Achieve one or more physical elements identified in a development or <br />revitalization plan that has been approved by the Common Council. <br />36 <br />Super -Size Development Actions (For exceeding the minimum hard $ costs or <br />s . footage required to meet base year criteria ) Cumulative! <br />100 to 199% <br />25 <br />200 to 299% <br />68 <br />300 to 399% <br />65 <br />400% and over <br />52 <br />Construction Related Actions <br />Employ local companies for at least 75% of construction work(of that which is <br />reasonably available locally) <br />20 <br />Purchase 75% of materials locally (of that which is reasonably available locally) <br />20 <br />100% of construction workers are employees (not Independent Contractors ) <br />19 <br />Pay 100% of the wage that the US Dept. of Labor has determined to be <br />prevailing in St. Joseph County. Published on the Davis -Bacon website at <br />http://www.access.gpo.gov/davis.bacon/. <br />22 <br />All contractors must contribute to a health plan. <br />22 <br />All contractors must contribute to a retirement plan. <br />18 <br />Contractors must maintain an Affirmative Action Plan. <br />20 <br />Wage & Benefit Related Actions of Applicant <br />Pay average of 100% of mean hourly wage reported by the Bureau of Labor <br />Statistics in its most recent Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment <br />Annual Wage Estimates for South Bend, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. <br />33 <br />(Rev. 5/13/11) <br />Yes: 49 <br />Yes: 68 <br />yes: 20 <br />Yes: 20 <br />Yes 22 <br />Yes: 33 <br />