BE IT ORDAINED by the Town of Lapel, Madison County, Indiana:
An ordinance annexing adjacent and contiguous property to the Town of Lapel, a municipal corporation, of Madison County, Indiana.
WHEREAS, Brenda S. Gehring and Barry R. Jarrett filed their Petition for annexation of real property adjacent and contiguous to the corporate limits of the Town of Lapel, which property is described hereinafter; and
WHEREAS, the Petition is properly before the Town Board pursuant to Indiana Code 36-4-3-5.1; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of Lapel, as the Board of Trustees, finds the Petition in proper order and that the property sought to be annexed, by Brenda S. Gehring and Barry R. Jarrett, is adjacent and contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipal corporation of the Town of Lapel and that the Petition and all things comply with the above-referenced Indiana Code.
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF LAPEL, AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, LAPEL, MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA:
Section 1. That the following described real estate owned by Brenda S. Gehring and Barry R. Jarrett is adjacent and contiguous to the corporate limits of the Town of Lapel, Madison County, Indiana.
Section 2. That the following described real estate, to wit:
Beginning at an existing Iron Pipe marking the Southeast corner of the Southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 19 North, Range 6 East, and running thence South 89 degrees, 31 minutes and 35 seconds West 884.0 feet along the South line of said Southwest quarter to a STONE CORNER established by a Legal Survey in 1901, thence North 00 degrees and 03 minutes East 2,074.20 feet to the South line of the Brockway Glass Co, Inc. property described in Deed Record 335, Page 490, thence South 89 degrees, 54 minutes and 00 seconds East 565.8 feet to the Southwest corner of said Brockway Glass Co. Inc. property described in Deed Record 338, Page 376, thence North 81 degrees, 05 minutes and 00 seconds East 20.24 feet along the Southerly line of said property to the Northwest corner of the Douglas and Dana Gehring property described in Instrument No. 2005023051, thence South 00 degrees, 00 minutes and 00 seconds West 246.38 feet to the Southwest corner of said Gehring property, thence North 90 degrees, 00 minutes and 00 seconds East 300.00 feet to the East line of said Southwest quarter of Section 28, thence South 00 degrees, 00 minutes and 00 seconds West (assumed bearing) 1,154.05 feet along said East line, thence North 89 degrees and 10 minutes West 215.00 feet to the Northwest corner of the Edward A, and Carol D. Tynes property described in Instrument No. 9118779, thence South 00 degrees, 00 minutes and 00 seconds West 165.36 feet, thence South 48 degrees, 37 minutes and 47 seconds East 53.30 feet, thence South 89 degrees, 10 minutes and 00 seconds East 175.00 feet to said East line of the Southwest quarter, thence South 00 degrees, 00 minutes and 00 seconds West 468.60 feet to the place of beginning.
Being a part of the East-half of the Southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 19 North, Range 6 East and containing 39.401 Acres, more or less. Subject to legal rights-of-way and easements of record.
be and hereby is annexed to the Town of Lapel, a municipal corporation of Madison County, Indiana, and shall be a part of the municipal corporation of the Town of Lapel.
Section 3. Be it further ordained that the annexed property shall qualify pursuant to Indiana Code 36-4-3-4.1(b) which reads as follows:
"Territory annexed under this section is exempt from all property tax liability under Indiana Code 6-1.1 for municipal purposes for all portions of the annexed territory that are classified for zoning purposes as agricultural and remain exempt from the property tax liability while the property zoning classification remains agricultural. However, if the annexation ordinance annexing the territory is adopted after June 30, 2006, the property tax liability under Indiana Code 6-1.1 for municipal purposes may be exempted for a period of not more than ten (10) years."
Section 4. Be it further ordained that the ordinance, upon adoption, shall be published as prescribed by Indiana Code 5-3-4 and it shall take effect as provided in Indiana Code 36-4-3-7 and a certified copy of the ordinance shall be recorded in the office of the County Auditor of Madison County, Indiana, the Clerk of the Circuit Court; and the Board of Voter Registration in Madison County; and the Madison County Recorder's Office.
Read and Adopted this 21st Day of February 2008.
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Date Passed: 2/21/2008