Notice is hereby given to the citizens of the City of Nappanee, Elkhart and Kosciusko Counties, State of Indiana, that a public hearing will be conducted by the Common Council of the City of Nappanee on a request for tax abatement on both real property and personal property improvement by inTech Trailer/LFM Holdings. The real estate which is the subject of such request for real property abatement and upon which the personal property in question is to be located is described as follows:
A PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4) OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, LOCKE TOWNSHIP, ELKHART COUNTY, INDIANA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE IAC:865 OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT A HARRISON MONUMENT FOUND FLUSH AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4) OF SECTION 26 AND ASSUMING THE MONUMENTED WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 26 TO HAVE A BEARING OF SOUTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST (MEASURED) (RECORD BEARING-SOUTH 89 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST) ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4), A DISTANCE OF 1451.71 FEET TO A MAG NAIL AND WASHER STAMPED “ABONMARCHE - 0050” AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST, PERPENDICULAR TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4), A DISTANCE OF 453.14 FEET TO A REBAR WITH CAP STAMPED "ABONMARCHE-0050"; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 47 SECONDS EAST, PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTH LINE AND ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF A PARCEL OF LAND OWNED BY LYLE E. AND KAREN S. HOCHSTETLER AS SAID PROPERTY IS KNOWN AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF ELKHART COUNTY IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2004-29252, A DISTANCE OF 1125.02 FEET (MORE OR LESS) TO THE CENTERLINE OF BERLIN COURT DITCH LATERAL B, SAID CORNER MONUMENTED BY A REBAR WITH CAP “DORIOT”, BEING 25 FEET (MORE OR LESS) WEST OF SAID CENTERLINE; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST (MORE OR LESS), ALONG SAID LATERAL B CENTERLINE, A DISTANCE OF 1365.93 FEET (MORE OR LESS) TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTERLINE OF LATERAL B WITH THE CENTERLINE OF BERLIN COURT DITCH, THE NEXT 4 COURSES BEING MORE OR LESS ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID BERLIN COURT DITCH: THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 485.42 FEET; THENCE NORTH 78 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 43 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 318.48 FEET; THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 410.12 FEET; THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 24 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 496.72 FEET TO A POINT IN THE MONUMENTED WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF (E1/2) OF THE WEST (W1/2) OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE1/4), SAID POINT BEING WITNESSED BY A REBAR AND CAP STAMPED “ABONMARCHE-0050” BEING 15 FEET (MORE OR LESS) NORTH OF SAID CENTERLINE AND IN THE SAID MONUMENTED WEST LINE; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 12 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID MONUMENTED WEST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 1043.47 FEET TO A REBAR WITH CAP STAMPED "ABONMARCHE-0050", SAID CORNER BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A PARCEL OF LAND OWNED BY LAWRENCE G. GREENE AS SAID PARCEL IS KNOWN AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF ELKHART COUNTY IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2006 25848; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 47 SECONDS EAST, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4), A DISTANCE OF 383.97 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID GREENE PARCEL AND TO A REBAR WITH CAP STAMPED "ABONMARCHE-0050"; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4), A DISTANCE OF 453.14 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4), MONUMENTED BY A MAG NAIL AND WASHER STAMPED “ABONMARCHE-0050”; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 47 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, A DISTANCE OF 150.00 FEET TO THE AFOREMENTIONED POINT OF BEGINNING.
THE ABOVE DESCRIBED CONTAINING 47.732 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS. THE ABOVE DESCRIBED BEING SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY OF RECORD
A description of the affected area is also available and can be inspected in the Office of the Elkhart County Assessor, which office is located at 117 N. 2nd Street, Room 204, Goshen, IN 46526, and is also available and can be inspected in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer of the City of Nappanee, which office is located in the Nappanee Municipal Center, 300 West Lincoln Street, Nappanee, Indiana. A statement of benefits related to the requests for tax abatement as to both the real property and personal property are also on file in the City Clerk-Treasurer’s Office and in the Office of the Elkhart County Assessor.
The real estate was designated to be an Economic Revitalization Area as that term is defined pursuant to IC 6-1.1-12.1-1 on December 7, 2020 pursuant to Resolution No. 737-20 (the “Resolution”) adopted by the Common Council of the City of Nappanee. A copy of the Resolution with all attachments thereto is available and can be inspected at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer of the City of Nappanee, in the Nappanee Municipal Center, 300 West Lincoln Street, Nappanee, Indiana and in the Office of the Elkhart County Assessor, 117 N. 2nd Street, Room 204, Goshen, IN 46526.
inTech Trailer/LFM Holdings has requested that property tax abatement be authorized on the real estate in question for a period of ten (10) years. inTech Trailers/LFM Holdings has also requested that tax abatement on certain personal property to be located on the real estate be authorized for a period of five (5) years. A determination to preliminarily approve such requests was approved pursuant to the Resolution.
Said hearing will be held on Tuesday January 19, 2021 at 7:00 PM in the Council Chambers at the Nappanee Municipal Center, 300 West Lincoln Street, Nappanee, Indiana.
At such public hearing, persons appearing at such public hearing shall have the right to be heard on the proposed project and the City’s Common Council will receive and hear all remonstrances and objections from interested persons relative to the Resolution and the subject matter thereof. Following such public hearing and the consideration of evidence, the City’s Common Council shall take final action determining whether the qualifications for an economic revitalization area have been met and confirming, modifying and confirming, or rescinding the Resolution.
