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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
YASER MOHAMMED 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: Yaser Mohammed
Address: 2017 Western Avenue
Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Chicago Heights
Cook County District: 5
Permanent Index Number: 32-30-102-026-0000
Municipal Resolution Number: 2014-46
Number of month property vacant/abandoned: 49
Special circumstances justification requested: Yes
Estimated Number of jobs created by this project: TBD full-time, TBD part-time
Estimated Number of jobs retained at this location: 0 full-time, 0 part-time
Estimated Number of employees in Cook County: 0 full-time, 0 part-time
Estimated Number of construction jobs: TBD full-time, TBD part-time
Proposed use of property: Commercial retail-office space
Living Wage Ordinance Compliance Affidavit Provided: Yes
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 industrial 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 more than 24 continuous months, there has been no purchased for value by a purchaser and the property is in need of substantial rehabilitation; 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 over 24 months and no purchase for value by a disinterested buyer, the County may determine th...
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