HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo. 1051 approving an application for personal property tax deduction (The South Bend Tribune Corp., 213-225 W. Colfax Ave.)RESOLUTION NO. 1051
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX DEDUCTION
WHEREAS, I.C. 6 -1.1- 12.1 -2(j) provides that an application for
personal property tax deduction may not be approved when the
property is located in an allocation area as defined in I.C.
36- 7- 14 -39, unless the Redevelopment Commission which designated
that allocation area adopts a resolution approving that
application; and
WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council has received a petition
for five years of personal property tax abatement consideration
from The South Bend Tribune Corp., for personal property located at
213 -225 West Colfax Ave. in the South Bend Central Development
Area, the legal description of which is attached hereto, marked
Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, this Commission declared the South Bend Central
Development Area by Resolution No. 737, adopted May 10, 1985, and
in the same resolution declared the South Bend Central Development
Area, Allocation Area No. 1A; and
WHEREAS, the property located at 213 -225 West Colfax Ave. is
located within the South Bend Central Development Area, Allocation
Area No. 1A;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the South Bend Redevelopment
Commission as follows:
1) The Commission finds that the application from The South
Bend Tribune Corp., for five years of personal property tax
abatement consideration for property located at 213 -225 West Colfax
Ave. in the South Bend Central Development Area, Allocation Area
No. 1A, is hereby approved.
2) That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the South
Bend Common Council to indicate the Commission's approval of the
petition for personal property tax abatement for The South Bend
Tribune Corp.
Approved this 10th day of April, 1992, at the regularly
scheduled meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission.
ATTEST:
Philip J. F
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SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
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Paula N. Auburn, President
sistant Secretary
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EXHIBIT A
Real estate located in St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, more particularly described as
follows:
That part of Lots Numbered Two Hundred Twenty -six (226), Two Hundred
Twenty -seven (227) and Two Hundred Twenty -eight (228) as shown on the
Original Plat of the Town, now City of South Bend, as recorded in the records
of St. Joseph County, which is described as:
Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Lot 228; thence North along the
West line of Lots 226, 227 and 228 in said plat 198.00 feet to the Northwest
corner of said Lot 226; thence East along the North line of said Lot 226,
100.00 feet; thence South 139.90 feet; thence West 44.80 feet; thence South
8.0 feet; thence West 17.00 feet; thence South 50.10 feet to the North line of
Colfax Avenue; thence West along said line and the South line of Lot 228,
38.20 feet to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 213 West Colfax.
The east and west alley north of Colfax Avenue and south of LaSalle Avenue
running east from Lafayette Boulevard for a distance of 166 feet to the west
side of an alley running north and south between Colfax Avenue and LaSalle
Avenue in the City of South Bend, Indiana and being that alley located
between Lots 231 and 232 as shown on the recorded Plat of the Town, now
City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
PARCEL 1 A part of Lot Number 234 in the Original Plat of the Town, now
City of South Bend, bounded by a line running as follows, viz: Beginning at
the Northwest corner of said Lot, thence running east on the North line
thereof 165 feet; thence South 50 feet; thence West on a line parallel with the
North line of said lot to the West line of said Lot, 165 feet; thence North on
said west line 50 feet to the place of beginning, being 50 feet front on North
Lafayette Street by 165 feet deep along West Water Street (now LaSalle
Street).
ALSO, a part of Lots 233 and 234 in the Original Plat of South Bend,
bounded as follows: commencing 50 feet South of the Northwest corner of
�✓ said Lot 234; thence South on the East line of Lafayette Street 62 feet, more
or less; thence East 165 feet to the East line of said Lot 233; thence North 62
feet, more or less, to a point 50 feet South of the Northeast corner of said Lot
234; thence West to the place of beginning.
Twenty -one (21) feet off the entire South side of Lot Numbered Two
Hundred Thirty -three (233) as shown on the Original Plat of the Town, now
City, of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, in the State of Indiana.
Lot Numbered Two Hundred Thirty -two (232) as shown on the Original Plat
of the Town, now City of South Bend, Indiana.
Parcel No. 1. Lots Numbered Two Hundred Twenty -Nine (229), Two
Hundred Thirty (230) and Two Hundred Thirty -One (231) as shown on the
Original Plat of the Town, now City of South Bend;
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Parcel No. 2. Lot Numbered Fifteen (15) as shown on the recorded Plat of
Bulla and Patton's Addition to the City of South Bend;
Parcel No. 3. A parcel of land in the North half of Section 14, Township 37
North, Range 2 East in the City of South Bend, in the County of St. Joseph,
in the State of Indiana, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the North line of the South Bend, St.
Joseph and Southern Railroad right -of -way with the Westerly line of Prairie
Avenue; thence West along said North right -of -way line of railroad, 600.00
feet; thence North perpendicular to said North right -of -way line of railroad,
50.00 feet; thence Northeasterly 325.46 feet to the Southwesterly corner of a
tract of land conveyed to the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc. by the
Indiana National Bank of Indianapolis by virtue of a quit claim deed dated
July 14, 1965, and recorded July 21, 1965, in Deed Record 665, Pages 463 -465,
in the Office of the Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana; thence
Southeasterly along the Southerly line of said Indiana Bell Telephone
Company, Inc. tract of land, 383.18 feet to the Southeasterly corner of said
Indiana Bell Telephone Company tract, also being the Westerly line of Prairie
Avenue; thence Southwesterly along said Westerly line of Prairie Avenue,
53.23 feet to the place of beginning, and containing 1.89217 acres;
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