HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC-10-04-99-02 Housing Authory.RESOLUTION NO. CC-10-04-99-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
DECLARING THE NEED FOR A HOUSING AUTHORITY IN THE CITY OF CARMEL
AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE CARMEL HOUSING AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, Indiana Code Sections 36-7-18-1 et seq., permit a unit of local government to
establish a housing authority by resolution of its fiscal body declaring a need for such an authority; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana law, the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, is
the City's fiscal body; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code Section 36-7-18-4, a governmental unit's fiscal body
may adopt a housing authority resolution if it finds that unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations
are inhabited within the governmental unit; and
WHEREAS, in determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary, the
fiscal body may consider the degree of overcrowding, the percentage of land coverage, the light, air,
space and access available to inhabitants, room size and arrangement, availability of sanitary facilities,
and the extent to which conditions in such buildings endanger life or property by fire or otherwise, as
well as other relevant conditions and circumstances that are determined by the fiscal body, in its
discretion, to cause a dwelling to be unsafe or unsanitary.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel,
Indiana, as follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are fully incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
2. After conducting a public hearing as required by Indiana Code Section 36-7-18-4,
the Common Council finds that unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations are inhabited within the
City, and that it will serve to protect the health, safety, comfort and general welfare of the citizens of
the City of Carmel to provide for the establishment of a housing authority pursuant to Indiana law.
3. The Common Council hereby declares that there is a need for a housing authority in
the City of Carmel.
4. The City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare an ordinance establishing the
Carmel Housing Authority and to place such ordinance on the Council's agenda.
5. This Resolution shall be filed in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer of the City of
Carmel, Indiana.
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6. This Resolution takes effect upon its passage by the Common Council. However,
the Carmel Housing Authority shall not be authorized to transact business or exercise its powers under
State law until the Carmel Housing Authority ordinance referenced above has been duly adopted and
approved.
PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carreel, Indiana this q day of ~G4-01c~ ',f
1999, by a vote of '7 ayes and C') nays.
FOR THE CI Y OF CARMEL
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Presen~&?e to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana the -~/day of , 1999.
Diana L. Cordray, IAM_C/~~Clerk-Tr~&rer
Approv d b me the Mayor of the City of Carmel Indiana, this ~4/ day of , 1999. .
Brainard, Mayor
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Diana L. Cordray, I~urer
Common Council Resolution No. CC-I 0-04-99-02
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