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Miami Road 600 ft. South of Ireland Atty. Jack Dunfee PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA< TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: The undersigned hereby respectfully petition your Honorable) Body to annex to and bring within the City of South Bend, Indiana, the following described property located in St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, which is contiguous to lands now within the City, to wit:i Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 37 North, Range 2 East, more parti- cularly described as follows: Beginning at a Point on the East line of said Southeast Quarter of Section 25, 556.45 feet South of the Northeast corner thereof; thence continuing South on said East line (being also the centerline of Miami Highway) a distance of 173.70 feet; thence West a distance of 370.00 feet to a point; thence North a distance of 173.73 feet to a point; thence East a distance of 370.00 feet to the point of begin- ning; said real estate containing approximately 1.476 acres, subject to legal highways. The undersigned constitute the owners in fee simple of one hundred percent (100 %) of said real estate and respectfully request that said real estate be annexed to the City of South Bend, Indiana. The undersigned contend that this annexation is in the best interests of the City of South Bend, Indiana and of said real ,estate, and that the area is urban in character being an economic andll social part of the City of South Bend, that the provisions of the proposed ordinance attached hereto annexing said real estate are fair! !'and just, that the City is financially able to provide municipal services to the annexed area within the reasonably near future, that 1 I the area sought to be annexed, being undeveloped, is needed for the development of the City in the reasonably near future, that the lines', of the annexation are so drawn as to form a compact area abutting said City, and that the requested annexation will broaden the tax base of said City and will do no harm to the surrounding area. The following documents accompany this petition: "an appropriate ordinance annexing the above described real estate to the City of South Bend, Indiana, which ordinance is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "2 ".