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SECTION I. INTRODUCTION <br />A. General <br />This Fiscal Plan represents the City of South Bend's (hereinafter, <br />"City ") policy for the annexation of property in Penn Township, <br />St. Joseph County (hereinafter, "Annexation Area "), and was <br />developed through the cooperative efforts of the Area Plan <br />Commission of St. Joseph County and the following City <br />Departments: <br />Legal Depa <br />Department <br />South Bend <br />South Bend <br />Department <br />Department <br />Department <br />,tment <br />Of Public Works <br />Fire Department <br />Police Department <br />of Code Enforcement <br />of Economic Development <br />of Administration and Finance <br />B. Effective Date <br />The anticipated date for the annexation to be effective is April <br />16, 1993, after proper publication, notice and recordation as <br />required by state law. An Annexation Schedule, titled as such and <br />designated as Table 1, can be found in the Appendix. <br />C. Previous Annexations <br />Property tax records indicate that the entire Kercheimer property <br />originally consisted of 25.00 acres. In 1968, Ordinance 5009 -68 <br />annexed approximately 78 acres of territory, including the west <br />140 feet of the Kercheimer property. A recent 1992 split for an <br />office development though, has left 19.70 acres. In connection <br />with that development, Ordinance 8234 -92 annexed an additional 5.3 <br />acres. Of the 19.7 acres remaining under single ownership, <br />approximately 14.4 acres remain within unincorporated St. Joseph <br />County. <br />Ordinance 6298 -78 annexed territory up to the east and south <br />boundary lines of the Annexation Area. Ordinance 7034 -82 annexed <br />territory up to the northern boundary line of the Annexation Area. <br />The three Ordinances noted above incorporated the properties <br />surrounding the Annexation Area, causing the Annexation Area to be <br />an unincorporated island within the City limits. <br />D. Ownership <br />Tax records maintained by the St. Joseph County Auditor's office <br />indicate the owners of the property within the Annexation Area as <br />Werner and Florence Kercheimer. The mailing address is listed as <br />P.O. Box 1602, South Bend, IN 46634. <br />