NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION Notice is hereby given that the Common Council of Warsaw, Indiana, will hold a public hearing on a Petition for Voluntary Annexation. The hearing will be held on the 7th day of December, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at the Council Chambers in the City Hall, 302 East Market Street, Warsaw, Indiana. The proposed annexation, also, involves consideration of a change of the zoning classification from Industrial to I-2/Industrial for the following described tract: Tract I: Beginning at a point which is 364 feet and 8 inches west of the northeast comer of the northwest fractional quarter of section 7, township 32 north, range 6 east, Kosciusko County, Indiana, and running thence west 159 feet and 10 inches; thence south to the center of the Tippecanoe River; thence in a general southeasterly direction following the centerline of said Tippecanoe River to a point due south of the point of beginning; thence north to the point of beginning, and containing 2.56 acres, more or less. Tract II: A tract of land located in the state of Indiana, county of Kosciusko, township of Wayne, begin a portion of the northwest fractional quarter of section 7, T -32-N, R-6E bounded on the south be the centerline of Walnut Creek and more fully described as follows to-wit: Commencing at the northeast comer of the northwest quarter of section 7 said township and range, thence S-86 degrees 45'-W along the north line of section 7 also being the centerline of US-30, 247.5 feet to a point thence S-1 degree 50'-W, 319.5 feet along an existing fence row to the point of beginning, thence continuing along said fence row S-1 degree 50' -W 604.5 feet to a point located in the center of Walnut Creek, thence following the centerline of said Walnut Creek in a northwesterly direction 168 feet, more or less, to a point thence N-1 degree 50'-E, 466.20 feet to a point, thence N-88 degrees 57'-E, 117.00 feet to the point of beginning containing 1.44 acres of land, more or less. Written suggestions or objections to the provisions of said annexation may be filed with the Building and Planning Department before such hearing and will be heard by the Common Council at the time and place specified. Said hearing may be continued from time to time as may be necessary. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon the proposed annexation, either in writing or verbally, will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Copies of the proposed annexation may be examined in the office of the City Planner located at 794 West Center Street, Warsaw, Indiana. CITY OF WARSAW, INDIANA By: Jeremy Skinner, City Planner n18