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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
DIKA Homewood, LLC CLASS 8 PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE REQUEST
WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 8 application containing the following information:
Applicant: DIKA Homewood, LLC
Address: 17729 and 17805 S. Halsted Street, Homewood, Illinois
Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Village of Homewood
Cook County District: 6th District
Permanent Index Number: 29-33-100-060-0000
Municipal Resolution Number: Village of Homewood, Resolution No. R-3108
Number of month property vacant/abandoned: 24 months vacant
Special circumstances justification requested: Yes
Proposed use of property: Commercial use - Commercial Strip Mall
Living Wage Ordinance Compliance Affidavit Provided: No, not required.
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Real Property Assessment Classification 8 that provides an applicant a reduction in the assessment level for an abandoned commercial facility; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Classification System for Assessment defines abandoned property as buildings and other structures that, after having been vacant and unused for at least 24 continuous months, have been purchased for value by a purchaser in whom the seller has no direct financial interest; and
WHEREAS, in the instance where the property does not meet the definition of abandoned property, the municipality or the Board of Commissioners, may determine that special circumstances may exist that justify finding that the property is abandoned for purpose of Class 8; and
WHEREAS, in the case of abandonment of more than 24 months and no purchase for value, by a purchaser in whom the seller has no direct financial interest, the County may determine that special circumstances justify finding the property is deemed abandoned; and
WHEREAS, Class 8 requires the validation by the County Board of the shortened period of qualifying abandonment in cases...
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