HomeMy WebLinkAboutDesignating the Southwestern Portion of the City as an Urban Development Area for puposes of Tax AbatementAttest:
RESOLUTION
N0. 805 -80
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
August 25, 19 80 .
Attest: , y
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indi
August 26, 19 80
Clerk
sident of Common Council.
Approved and signed by me 19��
City Clerk
`L Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. &1_$0
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS
WITHIN THE CITY COMMONLY KNOWN AS A PARCEL OF LAND
IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY AS AN
URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA FOR PURPOSES OF TAX ABATE-
MENT CONSIDERATION
WHEREAS, a petition for real property tax abatement consideration
has been filed with the Common Council of the City of South Bend
pursuant to Chapter 2, Article 6, Section 2 -76(a) of the Municipal
Code requesting that the area commonly known as:
A Parcel of Land in the Southwestern Portion
of the City, .
and which more particularly described by a line drawn as follows:
PARCEL I. A parcel of property in St. Joseph
County, Indiana, Section 16, Township 37 North,
Range 2 East including the east one -half of the
northeast one - quarter of the southwest one -
quarter of Section 16 and the north one -half of
the southeast one - quarter of Section 16,
EXCEPTING therefrom a certain tract of land
described as beginning at the northeast corner
of the southwest quarter of said Section 16;
thence south 33 feet, thence west 16 feet;
thence south parallel with the east line of said
Section 16 367 feet, thence west parallel with
the centerline of said Section 16, to the east
line of the right -of -way of the New Jersey,
Indiana and Illinois Railroad Company as the
same has been and is now located; thence
northeasterly along the easterly line of said
right -of -way to the east and west centerline
of said Section 16; thence along said centerline
of said Section 16 to the east line thereof and
the place of beginning containing 27.017 acres,
more or less, and conveyed to the New Jersey,
Indiana and Illinois Railroad Company be deeds
recorded respectively in Deed Record 164, Page
140 and Deed Record 193, Page 191, of the records
of St. Joseph County, Indiana;
AND ALSO EXCEPTING, therefrom the right -of -way
of the New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois
Railroad Company and the Penn Central Railroad,
now known as Conrail.
Subject to all legal highways, the total parcel
containing 70 acres, more or less,
be designated as an Urban Development Area under the provisions of
Indiana Code 6- 1.1- 11.1 -1, and that the public utility and benefit
of the project be determined; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Commission has conducted an
investigation pursuant to Section 2 -77 of the Municipal Code and
prepared a report determing that the area heretofore described did
qualify as an Urban Development Area under Indiana Code 6- 1.1- 12.1 -1;
and that the Commission has prepared maps and plats showing the
coundaries and such other information as required by law of the
L area in question; and
WHEREAS, the Human Resources and Economic Committee of the
South Bend Common Council has reviewed said report and recommended
to the Common Council that the area qualifies as an Urban Development
Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the
City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows:
SECTION I. That the Common Council hereby accepts the report
and recommendation of the Human Resources and Economic Development
Committee that the area herein described be designated an Urban
Development Area, and hereby adopts a Resolution designating this
area as an Urban Development Area for purposes of real property
Tax Abatement.
SECTION II. That the Common Council requests the City Clerk,
upon receipt of the report of the Area Plan Commission to cause
notice of the adoption of this Resolution to be published, said
publication providing notice of the public hearing before the
Common Council on said declaration.
SECTION III. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption by the Common Council an - approval by
the Mayor.
Counc
FILED In CLEF ('S OFFICE
AUG 2 0 1980
RES€rx Irene Gammon
CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND.
NOT APPROVED
ADOPTED S _ a �S— _
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