09-28-09 Common Council Meeting Agenda & Packet

Home Browse Search

~. .h,. ~ ~ ~ ~ t\ _ (~ `f ,.. `tom ,,~„~... - - RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS A Vacant Lot Between 1016. and 1032 West Washington Street AS RESIDENTIALLY DISTRESSED AREA(S) FOR PURPOSES OF A (5) FIVE-YEAR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR South Bend Heritage Foundation, Incorporated WHEREAS, a Statement of Benefits and a petition for residential real property tax abatement have been submitted to and filed with the City Clerk for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, requesting that the area commonly known as the vacant lot between 1016 and 1032 West Washington Street, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: A tract of land 120.78 feet, East and West, by 144.64 feet, North and South, located in the Northwest corner of Bank Out Lot Numbered Eighty-nine (89) on the second Plat of Out Lots to the Town, now City of South Bend, platted by the State Bank of Indiana. (In the process of being replatted into two equal lots -Lots #1 and #2 of Washington Street Minor Subdivision.) and this property has Tax Key Number 18-3068-2608, be designated as a Residentially Distressed Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1 et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2-76 et seq., and; WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Economic Development has concluded an investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common Council to determine that the area qualifies as a Residentially Distressed Area under Indiana Code 6-1.1- 12.1, et se ., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2-76, et se ., and has further prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other information regarding the area in question as required by law; and WHEREAS, the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Common Council has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as a Residentially Distressed Area. 1