File #: 20-2014    Version: 1 Name: COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES CLASS 8 PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE REQUEST
Type: Resolution (Class 8) Purchase for Value Status: Approved
File created: 3/3/2020 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 5/21/2020 Final action: 5/21/2020
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES 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: Complete Construction Resources Address: 450 Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights, Illinois Municipality or Unincorporated Township: City of Chicago Heights Cook County District: 5 Permanent Index Number: 32-17-113-035-0000 Municipal Resolution Number: City of Chicago Heights, Resolution No. 2019-15 Number of month property vacant/abandoned: 22 months vacant Special circumstances justification requested: Yes Proposed use of property: Commercial -Retail 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 commerc...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), DEBORAH SIMS

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES  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: Complete Construction Resources

 

Address: 450 Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights, Illinois

 

Municipality or Unincorporated Township: City of Chicago Heights

 

Cook County District:

 

Permanent Index Number: 32-17-113-035-0000

 

Municipal Resolution Number: City of Chicago Heights, Resolution No. 2019-15

 

Number of month property vacant/abandoned: 22 months vacant

 

Special circumstances justification requested: Yes

 

Proposed use of property:  Commercial -Retail 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 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 less than 24 months and 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 where the facility has been abandoned for less than 24 consecutive months upon purchase for value; and

 

WHEREAS, the municipality states the Class 8 is necessary for development to occur on this specific real estate. The municipal resolution cites the qualifications of this property to meet the definition of abandoned with special circumstances; and

 

WHEREAS; commercial real estate is normally assessed at 25% of its market value, qualifying commercial real estate eligible for the Class 8 can receive a significant reduction in the level of assessment from the date that new construction or rehabilitation has been completed, or in the case of abandoned property from the date of substantial re-occupancy.   Properties receiving Class 8 will be assessed at 10% of the market value for 10 years, 15% for the 11th year and 20% in the 12th year; and 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the President and Board of Commissioners of the County of Cook, that the President and Board of Commissioners validate the above-captioned property is deemed abandoned with special circumstances under the Class 8; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Office of the Cook County Assessor