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RESOLUTION NO. H' b
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
<br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN
<br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS
<br />22049 22089 2212, 2220, 2310, 23149 2207, 2211, 2215, and 2301
<br />Oakwood Park Drive
<br />AS A RESIDENTIALLY DISTRESSED AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A
<br />FIVE (5) YEAR RESIDENTIAL REAL
<br />PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR
<br />Woodfield Down, Inc. d.b.a. Oakwood Village
<br />WHEREAS, a Statement of Benefits and a petition for residential real property tax abatement
<br />has been submitted to and filed with the City Clerk for consideration by the Common Council
<br />of the City of South Bend, Indiana requesting that the area commonly known as 2204, 2208,
<br />2212, 2220, 2310, 2314, 2207, 2211, 2215, and 2301 Oakwood Park Drive, South Bend,
<br />Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows:
<br />Oakwood Villas Sec One Lot 1, Oakwood Villas Sec One Lot 2, Oakwood Villas Sec One Lot
<br />3, Oakwood Villas Sec One Lot 5, Oakwood Villas Sec One Lot 8, Oakwood Villas Sec One
<br />Lot 9, Oakwood Villas Sec One Lot 23, Oakwood Villas Sec One Lot 24, Oakwood Villas Sec
<br />One Lot 25, and Oakwood Villas Sec One Lot 27
<br />and which has tax Key Number 25- 1004 - 025604, 25- 1004 - 025605, 25- 1004 - 025606, 25 -1004-
<br />025608,25 -1004- 025611, 25- 1004 - 025612, 25- 1004 - 025619,25 -1004- 025620, 25 -1004-
<br />025621, and 25- 1004 - 025623, be designated as a Residentially Distressed Area under the
<br />provisions of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et sea., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76
<br />et sea., and;
<br />WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Economic Development has concluded an
<br />investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common Council to
<br />determine that the area qualifies as a Residentially Distressed Area under Indiana Code 6 -1.1-
<br />12.1, et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76, et sea., and has further prepared
<br />maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other information regarding the area in
<br />question as required by law; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Common Council
<br />has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as a
<br />Residentially Distressed Area.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, as follows:
<br />SECTION I. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the petition for real
<br />property tax abatement and the Statement of Benefits form meet the requirements of Indiana
<br />Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 etea., for tax abatement.
<br />SECTION H. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the area meets one of
<br />the following conditions as formally established in Ordinance no. 8845 -97, which was passed
<br />on December 8, 1997:
<br />A. The area is comprised of parcels that are either unimproved or contain only one
<br />(1) or two (2) family dwellings designed for up to four (4) families, including accessory
<br />buildings for those dwellings; or
<br />B. Any dwellings in the area are not permanently occupied and are:
<br />i. the subject of an order issued under IC 36 -7 -9; or
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