No. 2344 establishing a housing program and housing allocation area in the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area

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As a function of gathering data to determine if the proposed Northeast Neighborhood Development Area Housing Program met the statutory requirements listed in IC' 3(~-7- 14-47, acomplete data table was developed to profile the entire area. The data table is included as Attachment D. The following infornlation addresses the Statutory Requirements in a narrative format: (1) Not more than twenty-five (25) acres of the area included in the allocation area has been annexed during the preceding five (5) years.. .4 total o f +] 1 acres of the tota158 acre area in Allocation Area #Z has beet annexed unto the City of South Beird in the past, five (S) years (2) No area within the allocation area has been annr.~cd within the preceding tip°e (5) years over a remonstrance ~f a majority of the owners of land within the annexed area. :Vo area in .91locatiorr Area #2 Iris been annexed it~ithin the precedi~ig five (~) y>ea~•s over rr rento~rstrance of a nucjoriti• of the owners of land tivithin the airnexed cu-ea. (~) The program cannot be accomplished by regulatory processes or by the ordinary operation of private enterprise because o f: (A) the lack of public improvements; While the area, i~r tivhich the Housiizg Proaranr tivill be located, is served by public roadways and utilities, the general conditt~ons of the infrastructure are not at a general level considered as acceptable within the City of South Bend. (B) the existence of improvements or conditions that lower the value of the land below that of nearby land; or There are a variety of blighting factors within and adjacent to N1is area, in wlziclz the Housing Program wil! he located, that have acrd are still caa~sing the Beeline of this redevelopment area. 9