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Home My WebLink About17-20 Tax Abatement Coronavirus Emergency Ordinance �T" ,0�S City of South Bend (574) 235-9321 ,,� 8�'tQ=- Ow vA\ Fax(574) 235-9173 U Z TDD 574 235-5567 GI ( ) PEACE a„ Common Council http://www.southbendin.gov - ov g ,�'� ,- ^ �'� 441 County-City Buildit, 7-) ty n South Bend,Indfileell91Clerk S Office 18 6 5 APR 0 8 2020 Tim Scott South Bend Common Council j A iril 8, 2020 President 4th Floor, County-City Buil ing DAWN M.JONES Karen L. White South Bend, IN 46601 CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN Vice-President Re: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF SOUTH Sharon L.McBride BEND, INDIANA, ADDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 6, SECTION 2- Chairperson,Committee 84.17 TO THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO SUSPEND of the Whole MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 2-84.13, 2-84.14, AND 2-84.15 FOR SIXTY (60) DAYS DUE TO THE DECLARATION OF A LOCAL Tim Scott DISASTER EMERGENCY RESULTING FROM CORONAVIRUS First District DISEASE 2019 Henry Davis,Jr. Second District Dear Council Members: Sharon L. McBride As you know, the entire country, including the City of South Bend, is Third District suffering from a pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In Troy Warner response, the Governor has issued several Executive Orders which Fourth District essentially limit actions of governmental bodies to "Essential Government Functions" as defined in the Executive Orders. Similarly, Mayor Mueller, on Jake Teshka March 19, 2020 declared a local disaster emergency. Fifth District The South Bend Municipal Code establishes certain deadlines relating to tax Sheila Niezgodski abatements. Section 5-38(a)requires a public hearing within ten(10) Sixth District calendar days after a determination that probable cause exists to believe an Karen L. White animal is potentially dangerous or vicious. Section 2-84.13 requires the At Large Department of Community Investment to send, on or before April 15 of each year, Rachel Tomas Morgan paperwork to the recipients of tax abatements, who must return the completed At Large paperwork to the Department of Community Investment on or before May 15. Section 2-84.14 sets forth a fine for the failure of a tax abatement recipient to Lori K. Hamann return such paperwork on or before May 15. Section 2-84.15 requires the At Large Department of Community Investment to provide a report to the Common Council on or before June 15, which report includes information received in the paperwork from the recipients of tax abatements. This proposed ordinance delays the deadlines contained in these ordinances for sixty(60) days due to COVID-19. We therefore ask that this proposed ordinance be scheduled for first reading at the Council's meeting on April 13, 2020. Due to the ongoing emergency, ; 04 5°uT 6_ City of South Bend ,� (574)235-9321 ,1F., 1l ,r.2,)1 Fax(574)235-9173 vTDD 574 235-5567 L ;,, Common Council http://www.southbendin.gov =�t rrn '^ 4; 441 County-City Building• 227 W.Jefferson Blvd -\�^ ■�,,, South Bend,Indiana 46601 1865 we also ask the Council to conduct the second and third readings of the ordinance on April 13, 2020. Thank you for your attention to this very important matter. We look forward to your support. Sincerely yours, 4441.1 Yah Jake Teshka, South Bend Common Council, Fifth District(Sponsor) ,--- 4.0. f' AA. .41 ,-Oidg ttlAtalisft Rachel Tomas Morgan, South Bend Common Council, At Large(Co-Sponsor) Filed in Clerk's Office BILL NO. 17-20 APR 0 8 2020 DAWN M.,TONES ORDINANCE NO. 10717-20 I CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ADDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 6, SECTION 2-84.17 TO THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO SUSPEND MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 2-84.13,2- 84.14,AND 2-84.15 FOR SIXTY (60) DAYS DUE TO THE DECLARATION OF A LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY RESULTING FROM CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT Governor Eric J. Holcomb, in response to the Coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19"), issued Executive Order 20-08 on March 23, 2020 and Executive Order 20-18 on April 6, 2020. Those Executive Orders, with specified exceptions, ordered all individuals currently living in the State of Indiana to stay home or their place of residence. Similarly,the Mayor of South Bend, on March 19, 2020 declared a local disaster emergency. This Ordinance addresses the filing requirements set forth in Sections 2-84.13, 2-84.14, and 2-84.15 due to the declaration of a local disaster emergency resulting from COVID 19. Section 2-84.13 requires the Department of Community Investment to send, on or before April 15 of each year, paperwork to the recipients of tax abatements, who must return the completed paperwork to the Department of Community Investment on or before May 15. Section 2-84.14 sets forth a fine for the failure of a tax abatement recipient to return such paperwork on or before May 15. Section 2-84.15 requires the Department of Community Investment to provide a report to the Common Council on or before June 15, which report includes information received in the paperwork from the recipients of tax abatements. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. Chapter 2, Article 6, Section 2-84.17 is added to the South Bend Municipal Code to read as follows: 2-84.17 Delay of Certain Municipal Code Requirements As a result of any Stay at Home or similar order by whatever name issued by the Governor of Indiana or the declaration of a local disaster emergency by the Mayor of South Bend, the requirements Sections 2-84.13, 2-84.14, and 2-84.15 shall be delayed for a period of sixty (60) days, such that the Department of Community Investment shall send required paperwork to any tax abatement recipient on or before June 15 and such tax abatement recipients shall return such paperwork to the Department within thirty(30) days thereafter, and the Department shall subsequently provide its annual summary to the Common Council on or before August 15. Section II. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval of the Mayor. Tim Scott, Council President South Bend Common Council Attest: Dawn M. Jones, City Clerk Office of the City Clerk Presented by me,the undersigned Clerk of the City of South Bend,to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana on the day of , 2020, at o'clock . m. Dawn M. Jones, City Clerk Office of the City Clerk Approved and signed by me on the day of , 2020, at o'clock .m. James Mueller, Mayor City of South Bend, Indiana