HomeMy WebLinkAbout10717-20 Tax Abatement Coronavirus Emergency Ordinance ORDINANCE No . 10717-20
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
April 13, 20 20
Attest: eat City Clerk
Dawn M. Jones
Attest: President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
April 13, 20 20
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BILL NO. 17-20
APR 0 8 2020
ORDINANCE NO. 10717-20 DAWN M.JONES
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 M yor.
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