04-12-99 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 12. 1999 PURPOSES OF A FIVE (5) YEAR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR SOUTH BEND HERITAGE FOUNDATION WHEREAS, a Statement of Benefits and a petition for residential real property tax abatement has been submitted to and filed with the City Clerk for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, requesting that the area commonly known as 1216 West Colfax Avenue and 119, 123, 124, 127, 128, 131, and 132 Spruce Street, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: Street Address Legal Description Key Number 1216 West Colfax Avenue Lot 8 of Spruce & Colfax 18- 1040 -1744 Minor Subdivision 119 Spruce Street Lot 4 of Spruce & Colfax 18- 1044 - 1896.01 Minor Subdivision 123 Spruce Street Lot 3 of Spruce & Colfax 18 -1044 -1896 Minor Subdivision 124 Spruce Street Lot 7 of Spruce & Colfax 18- 1044 -1902 Minor Subdivision 127 Spruce Street Lot 2 of Spruce & Colfax 18- 1044 -1895 Minor Subdivision 128 Spruce Street Lot 6 of Spruce & Colfax 18- 1044 -1901 Minor Subdivision 131 Spruce Street Lot 1 of Spruce & Colfax 18- 1044 -1894 Minor Subdivision 132 Spruce Street Lot 5 of Spruce & Colfax 18 -1044 -1900 Minor Subdivision be designated as a Residentially Distressed Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et seg., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76 et sea., and, WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Economic Development has concluded an investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common Council to determine that the area qualifies as a Residentially Distressed Area under Indiana Code 6 -1.1- 12.1, et sea., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76, et sea., and has further prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other information regarding the area in question as required by law; and WHEREAS, the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Common Council has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as a Residentially Distressed Area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the petition for real property tax abatement and the Statement of Benefits form meet the requirements of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et sea., for tax abatement. SECTION II. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the area meets one of the following conditions as formally established in Ordinance No. 8845 -97, which was passed on December 8, 1997: A. The area is comprised of parcels that are either unimproved or contain only one (1) or two (2) family dwellings designed for up to four (4) families, including accessory buildings for those dwellings; or B. Any dwellings in the area are not permanently occupied and are: 1 C