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SUBSTITUTE BILL # 123-97 ORDINANCE NO. ,~~U~" / U AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ANNEXING TO AND BRINGING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA CERTAIN LAND IN GERMAN TOWNSHIP CONTIGUOUS THEREWITH: (WAL-MART PORTAGE ANNEXATION) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE A petition for voluntary annexation of 12.2 acres located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, has been filed by the owners of 100 percent of the total assessed value of the land in the territory sought to be annexed. It is the intent and purpose of this Ordinance to annex this territory to the City of South Bend, Indiana. THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. That the following described real estate situated in St. Joseph County, Indiana, being contiguous by more than one-eight (1/8) of its aggregate external boundaries with the present boundaries of the City of South Bend, Indiana, shall be and hereby is annexed to and brought within the City of South Bend: Part of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section Twenty-two (22), Township thirty-eight (38) North, Range Two (2) East, German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a stone at the Northwest (NW) corner of said quarter (1/4) section said point also being the Northwest (NW) corner of Lot 1 Kizer's Portage Road Minor Subdivision (St. Joseph County Doc. No. 9431022); thence South along the West line of said quarter (1/4) section and along the West line of said Lot 1 a distance of 135 feet to the South west corner of said Lot 1 for the beginning point of this description; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 39 seconds East (Westerly recorded) along the Southerly line of said Lot 1 a distance of 1006.88 feet to a one-half (%Z) inch reinforcing rod with cap (SO 318 Indiana 20710-22436); thence continuing North 89 degrees 53 minutes 39 seconds East to the Easterly right-of-way line of Portage Road; thence Southerly along the Easterly right-of-way line of said Portage Road to the West line of the East half ('/) of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section Twenty-Two (22) Township Thirty-Eight (38) North, Range Two (2) East; thence Southerly along said line, and also being the Corporation Line of the City of South Bend, to the centerline of Portage Road; thence in a Northerly direction along said centerline, and also being the Corporation Line of the City of South Bend, to a point where the Northerly line of the South Bend Corporation Line intersects with said centerline; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 26 seconds West along said Corporation Line a distance of 1183.94 feet to a one-half ('/2) inch iron stake and the West line of aforementioned quarter (1/4) section a distance of 448.72 feet (450 feet recorded) to the place of beginning, containing 12.2 acres, more or less. SECTION II. That the boundaries of the City of South Bend, Indiana, shall be and are hereby extended so as to include the real estate of the above described parcel as a part of the City of South Bend, Indiana.