HomeMy WebLinkAboutDesignating Tax Abatement - 1147 Prairie Ave. (5 Year Personal Property) (2) RESOLUTION
NO. 1142-84
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
May 14, 19 84 .
Attest: `-`<-"-e- C ' / City Clerk
Attest: �� President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
May 15, 19 84 .
4 ,_ . . . ! City Clerk
Approved and signed by me `i /w 19g Y.
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Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. u u qa-g q
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN
AREAS WITHIN THE CITY COMMONLY KNOWN AS
1147 PRAIRIE AVENUE
AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR
PURPOSES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT.
WHEREAS, a petition for personal property tax abate-
ment consideration has been filed with the Common Council of
the City of South Bend, requesting that the area commonly known
as 1147 Prairie Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more
particularly described by a line drawn as follows:
A parcel of land being a part of the North Half
of Section 14, Township 37 North, Range 2 East,
in Portage Township, City of South Bend, St.
Joseph County, Indiana, and being more particu-
larly described as follows, viz:
Beginning at the intersection of the South line
of Garst Street with the westerly line of Prairie
Avenue in said City; said intersection being the
most northeasterly corner of a parcel of land
Quit-claimed to Metal Resources Corporation by
Penn Central Corporation in document numbered
8103153 in the Office of the Recorder of St.
Joseph County, Indiana; thence North 89°-46 ' -31"
West, along the South line of Garst Street and
said South line projected, said line being a
northerly line of said Quit-claimed parcel, a
distance of 582. 58 feet to the East line of the
Northwest Quarter of said Section 14; thence
North 89°-58 ' -10" West, along a northerly line of
said Quit-claimed parcel a distance of 504 . 59
feet to the most northeasterly corner of a parcel
of land deeded to Metal Resources Corporation by
Albert Davidson in document numbered 8101507 in
said Recorder ' s Office; thence continuing North
89°-58 ' -l0" West, along the northerly line of
said Davidson parcel a distance of 201. 61 feet;
thence South 67°-39 ' -57" West, along the north-
westerly line of said Davidson parcel, a distance
of 330.91 feet; thence South 0°-07 ' -28" West,
along the westerly line of said Davidson parcel,
a distance of 1108. 76 feet to a northerly corner
of a parcel of land deeded to Shirley R.
Steinmetz, et al, in document numbered 7903987 in
said Recorder ' s Office, said corner being the
point of tangency of a curve concave north-
westerly, said curve having a radius of 272 .37
feet and being subtended by a chord of 316.13
feet which bears South 35°-35 ' -57" West, said
curve being the most westerly boundary of said
Steinmetz parcel; thence southwesterly, along
said curve along an arc of 337. 27 feet; thence
for the next six courses along the southerly and
easterly lines of said Steinmetz parcel, North
76°-46 ' -03" East, along a non-tangent line, a
distance of 175. 60 feet to a point of curve;
thence along a curve to the right, an arc dis-
tance of 170. 42 feet, said curve having a radius
of 523 . 66 feet and being subtended by a chord of
169 . 67 feet which bears North 86°-05' -27" East;
thence South 84°-35' -10" East, a distance of
56. 24 feet to the West line of a tract conveyed
to South Bend Tribune Corp. by Warranty Deed
recorded in Deed Record 823 , p. 386 in said Re-
corder ' s Office; thence North 0°-43 ' -50" East,
along said West line, a distance of 7. 30 feet;
thence North 59°-05 ' -32" East along the north-
westerly line of said tract, a distance of 325. 48
feet to the most westerly corner of a tract
Quit-claimed to Indiana Bell Telephone Co. , Inc.
in Deed Record 665 p. 463; thence North
28°-48 ' -14" East, along the northwesterly line of
said Indiana Bell parcel, a distance of 228. 26
feet; thence North 61°-46 ' -50" West, a distance
of 309. 05 feet, to a point which bears South
61°-46 ' -50" East, a distance of 28. 00 feet from
the most southerly corner of said Penn Central
Quit-claim parcel described in document numbered
8103153; thence North 28°-15 ' -41" East, parallel
with a southeasterly line of said parcel, a dis-
tance of 998.17 feet, to a point on a southerly
line of said Penn Central parcel; thence South
89°-58 ' -10" East, along said southerly line, a
distance of 212. 73 feet; thence South 89°-46 ' -31"
East, along a southerly line of said parcel, a
distance of 558. 69 feet to said westerly line of
Prairie Avenue; thence North 28°-06 ' -58" East,
along said westerly line to the point of begin-
ning, containing 18. 21 acres, more or less.
be designated as an Economic Revitalization Area under the pro-
visions of Indiana Code 6-1. 1-12. 1-1, et seq. ; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Commission has concluded an
investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient
for the Common Council to determine that the area qualifies as
an Economic Revitalization Area under Indiana Code
6-1. 1-12.1-1, et seq. , and has further prepared maps and plats
showing the boundaries and such other information as required
by law of the area in question; and
WHEREAS, the Human Resources and Economic Development
Committee of the Common Council has reviewed said report and
recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as an
Economic Revitalization 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 desig-
nated an Economic Revitalization Area and hereby adopts a reso-
lution designating this area as an Economic Revitalization Area
for purposes of personal property tax abatement.
SECTION II . That this designation shall be limited to
five (5) calendar years from the date of the adoption of this
Resolution by the Common Council.
SECTION III . That the Common Council directs the City
Clerk 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 IV. This Resolution shall be in full force
and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council
and approval by the Mayor .
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M-m:er of the Co �•IL[D IIIn4LE11:►�5 ��E
PRESENTED k '/S�1�{ I�
HOT APPROVED -2- MAY 1 0 1984
ADOPTED s/'/1V
Irene Gammon
CIN CLERK,SOOT BEND,IND.