Confirming Tax Abatement - West Jefferson Bissell and Vacant Lot Bissell - Habitat for Humanity

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CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA PETITION FOR RESIDENTIAL TAX ABATEMENT CONSIDERATION The undersigned owner(s) of real property, located within the City of South Bend, hereby petition the Common Council of the Ciry of South Bend for Residential Real Property tax abatement consideration and pursuant to LC., 6-1.1-12.1-1, et se .and South Bend Municipal Code Sec. 2-76 et se .for this petition states the following: Describe the proposed construction project, including information about square footage, numbers of rooms, amenities, the amount of land to be used, the proposed use of the improvements, and a general statement as to the importance of the project (use additional sheet for long project descriptions): Habitat for Humanity will construct one affordable single family home on each lot. Habitat will use volunteer labor and donated materials to build the home. Habitat will then sell the house to a qualified low- income family for the approximate cost of $65,000 using a no-interest loan and mortgage. Habitat builds 3- bedroom, 1-bathroom houses at 1120 square feet, 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom houses at 1344 square feet, and 5 bedroom. 2-bathroom houses at 1440 square feet. Houses will be built on a four foot crawl space or a frill basement. 2. Estimate the dollar value of the construction project (do not include land cost): $65,000 per house. 3. The real property for which tax abatement consideration is petitioned is owned or to be owned by the following individual(s) or corporations (if the business organization is publicly held, indicate also the name of the corporate parent, if any, and the name under which the corporation has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission): Name Address Interest Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County; 402 E. South Street. South Bend. IN 46601: Owner -Jefferson Lots South Bend Heritage Foundation; 803 Lincoln Way West. South Bend. IN 46616• Owner -Bissell Lots 4. The commonly known address of the Property is: see attached and having tax key no.: see attached (use additional sheet for multiple addresses or key numbers). 5. A legal description of said Properry(s) is attached hereto, marked Exhibit A, and is incorporated herein. 6. A map and/or plat indicating the location of the Properry(s) is attached hereto, marked Exhibit B, and is incorporated herein. 7. The current assessed valuation of the property before construction: see attached (use additional sheet for multiple addresses). (This information may be obtained from the St. Joseph County Assessor's Office, 235- 9523). 8. Photographs of the Property, taken within two (2) weeks of the filing of this petition, are attached hereto, marked Exhibit C, and incorporated herein. 9. List the real property taxes paid at the location during the previous two years, whether paid by the current owner or a previous owner (use additional sheet for multiple addresses): No Uroperty taxes were paid at 1216 W. Jefferson during the previous two years since it was owned by the City of South Bend. At 1022 W. Jefferson the taxes paid for 04/05 were $76 68 plus delinquent taxes of $192.87. The taxes paid for 05/06 were $88 78 No property taxes were paid for 1342 Bissell and Vac Lot 80 Bissell (1338 BisselD, since they were owned by South Bend Heritage Foundation (This information maybe obtained from the St. Joseph County Treasurers office, 235-9531)