[CPEO-BIF] 8th St. Properties, Michigan City, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

City May Pursue 8th St. Properties
Appeal possible from businesses trying to avoid losing property by 
eminent domain.

Amanda Haverstick
Michigan City News-Dispatch (IN)
November 17, 2007


MICHIGAN CITY - The city may soon move forward with acquiring two 
properties in the Trail Creek corridor.

La Porte Superior Court 3 Judge Paul Baldoni released his judgment 
regarding a lawsuit filed by the owners of Weber Sign Service, 730 E. 
Eighth St., and the former Hoosier Ice and Coal site, 748 E. Michigan 
Blvd., near Michigan Boulevard and Eighth Street.

The property owners had appealed the decision of the Michigan City 
Redevelopment Commission to place their properties on the acquisition 
list, arguing the city's decision was illegal. A hearing on the appeal 
was held Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 in Baldoni's court.

According to Baldoni's findings, the plaintiffs failed to establish that 
the Redevelopment Commission's decision on April 10, 2006 was not 
reasonable.

...

For the entire article, see
http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=6682&TM=46726.98

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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