[Adopted 3-15-1986 by Ord. No. 152; amended in its entirety 5-28-1994 by Ord. No. 209 (Ch.
18, Art. II, Div. 1, of the 1995 Village Code)]
All words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Recodified Tax Increment
Financing Act (Act 57 of 2018).
[1]
Editor's Note: Nothing in this article shall be interpreted
as a discontinuation of the Village Downtown Development Authority.
The Downtown Development Authority shall be and remain constituted
in accordance with and shall have all of the powers and duties set
forth in Act 57 of 2018, as amended from time to time and in this
article.
[Amended 11-4-2019 by Ord. No. 291]
The Downtown Development Authority is hereby created and established
pursuant to the terms and provisions of Act No. 57 of the Public Acts
of Michigan of 2018, which act is adopted by reference.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 125.4101 et seq.
[Amended 11-4-2019 by Ord. No. 291]
Reference in Act 57 of 2018 to the term "chief elected officer"
or "chief executive officer" shall mean the President of the Village.
Reference in Act 57 of 2018 to the term "chief administrative
officer" shall mean the Village Manager.
Reference in Act 57 of 2018 to the term "governing body of a
municipality" shall mean the Village Council.
Reference in Act 57 of 2018 to the term "municipality" shall
mean the Village of Vicksburg.
[Amended 3-15-2004 by Ord. No. 247; 12-26-2014 by Ord. No. 268; 2-19-2018 by Ord. No. 282]
The map of the boundaries of the Downtown District within which
the Downtown Development Authority shall exercise its powers is on
file at the office of the Village Manager. The boundaries of the Downtown
District, within which the Downtown Development Authority shall exercise
its powers, shall be amended as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the east line of Section 13,
T. 4 S. , R. 11 W., Schoolcraft Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan,
said line also being the west line of Section 18, T. 4 S., R. 10 W.,
Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, with the southerly shore
of Sunset Lake; thence southwesterly along said shore to the westerly
right-of-way line of Kalamazoo Avenue as extended north; thence south
thereon to the south right-of-way line of E. North Street; thence
west thereon to a point 10 rods east of the east right-of-way line
of said N. Main Street; thence south parallel to said east right-of-way
line of N. Main Street, 12 rods; thence west parallel to said south
right-of-way line of E. North Street, 10 rods to said east rightof-way
line of N. Main Street; thence south thereon to the northerly right-of-way
line of the GTW Railroad; thence northeasterly thereon to the west
right-of-way line of N. Richardson Avenue; thence south thereon to
the southerly right-of-way line of said GTW Railroad; thence southwesterly
thereon to the easterly shore of Sunset Lake; thence southerly, westerly
and northerly thereon to a line 141.75 feet northerly of and parallel
to the northerly line of W. Prairie Street; thence westerly thereon
to a line 10 feet easterly of and parallel to the easterly line of
Lots 11, 12 & 13 of Briggs Addition to Village of Vicksburg; thence
southerly thereon to the northerly line of said Lot 12, as extended
easterly; thence easterly thereon to the easterly shore of the Mill
Pond; thence southerly thereon to the northerly right-of way
line of W. Prairie Street; thence northwesterly thereon to the northerly
rightof-way line of said GTW Railroad; thence northeasterly thereon
to the southerly shore of Sunset Lake; thence northwesterly along
said shore to a point 420 feet east of the north and south 1/4 line
of said Section 13; thence southerly parallel with said north and
south 1/4 line to the center line of W. Prairie Street; thence westerly
thereon to the north and south 1/4 line of said Section 13; thence
north thereon to a point 313.5 feet north of the center 1/4 post;
thence west parallel to the east and west 1/4 line of said Section
13, 373.57 feet; thence south 9 rods; thence east 203.31 feet; thence
south 165 feet to the east and west 1/4 line of said Section 13; thence
west thereon to the west right-of-way line of S. Fourth Street as
extended northerly; thence southerly thereon 33 feet to the southerly
right-of-way line of W. Prairie Street; thence westerly thereon 250
feet; thence southerly parallel with said west right-of-way line of
S. Fourth Street, 175 feet; thence easterly parallel with said southerly
right-of-way line of W. Prairie Street, 250 feet to said west right-of-way
line of S. Fourth Street; thence northeasterly to the southwest corner
of Lot 33, Citizens Addition; thence east to the northwest comer of
Lot 58, Citizens Addition; thence south along the west line of said
Lot 58, 49 feet; thence east 132 feet to the east line of Lot 57,
Citizens Addition; thence south thereon 83 feet to the north right-of-way
line of Draper Street; thence east thereon to a point 10 feet west
of the southeast corner of Lot 56, Citizens Addition; thence north
parallel to the east line of said Lot 56 to the north line of said
Lot 56; thence east to the southeast corner of Lot 48, Citizens Addition;
thence south along the west right-of-way line of Boulevard Street
to the southerly line of Lot 5, Briggs Addition to the Village of
Vicksburg as extended westerly; thence easterly thereon to the southwest
corner of said Lot 5; thence continuing easterly along the southerly
line of said Lot 5, 168 feet; thence south 18.06 feet to the northerly
right-of-way line of said GTW Railroad; thence northeasterly thereon
to said southerly line of Lot 5; thence easterly along said southerly
line of Lot 5 and its extension easterly to the southerly right-of-way
line of W. Prairie Street; thence easterly thereon to the east shore
of said Mill Pond; thence southerly thereon to a line 60 feet southerly
of and parallel to said southerly right-of-way line of Prairie Street;
thence southeasterly thereon to the center line of S. Mill Street;
thence southerly thereon 72.5 feet; thence southeasterly parallel
to and 50 feet southerly of the northerly line of Lot 4, Briggs Addition
to Village of Vicksburg to the easterly line of said Lot 4; thence
northerly thereon 50 feet to the northeast corner of said Lot 4; thence
southeasterly along the southeasterly extension of the northerly line
of said Lot 4 to a point of intersection found by beginning on the
west right-of-way line of Michigan Avenue 101.2 feet south of the
southerly right of-way line of Prairie Street; thence west to said
point of intersection; thence east to a point 165 feet west of said
west right-of-way line of Michigan Avenue; thence south parallel to
said west right-of-way line to the northerly line of an alley through
Block 7, Village of Vicksburg Plat; thence east along the northerly
line of an alley through Blocks 7, 8 & 9, Village of Vicksburg
Plat to the center line of Kalamazoo Avenue; thence southerly thereon
to the southerly line of Block 11, Village of Vicksburg Plat as extended
west; thence east along said south line of Block 11 and its easterly
extension to the east line of said Section 13, also being the west
line of said Section 18; thence continuing east along said easterly
extension into Brady Township 118.75 feet to the easterly line of
the former Conrail Railroad right-of-way; thence northerly along said
former Conrail Railroad right-of-way line to the south line of Lot
32, Wolvertons Revised Addition to the Village of Vicksburg; thence
east along the south line of said Lot 32 to the southeast corner of
said Lot 32; thence north along the east line of Lots 26, 28, 30 &
32, said Wolvertons Revised Addition to the Village of Vicksburg,
264 feet to the northeast corner of said Lot 26; thence west along
the north line of said Lot 26 to the easterly line of said former
Conrail Railroad right-of-way; thence northerly thereon to the north
line of lot 18, said Wolvertons Revised Addition to the Village of
Vicksburg, also being the southerly right-of-way line of said GTW
Railroad; thence westerly, southerly and southwesterly along said
right-of-way to the east right-of-way line of N. Richardson Avenue;
thence northerly thereon to the northerly right-of-way line of said
GTW Railroad; thence northeasterly thereon to the west right-of-way
line of Spruce Street; thence northerly thereon to the north line
of the south 1/2 of the northwest 1/4 of said Section 18; thence west
thereon to the shore of Sunset Lake; thence southwesterly thereon
to the place of beginning.
[Amended 11-4-2019 by Ord. No. 291]
The Board, which is the governing body of the Village Downtown
Development Authority, may have a director, who shall be appointed
by the Village President upon approval of the Village Council and
who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. A bond shall furnished
by or on behalf of the Director, as determined by resolution of the
Village Council.
The Board's Director shall render to the Board and to the
Village Council regular reports covering the activities and financial
condition of the Downtown Development Authority, which reports shall
be made at least quarterly during the first year of operation of the
Downtown Development Authority, and at least annually every year thereafter,
unless more frequent reports are requested by the Board or Village
Council.
The Board, when requiring legal counsel, may seek the services
available from the Village Attorney or any other attorney, subject
to approval of the Village President.
[Added 11-4-2019 by Ord.
No. 291]
Pursuant to the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, the Planning
Commission shall concurrently serve as the board of the Village of
Vicksburg Downtown Development Authority and shall have all authority
and duties of the DDA Board as set forth in Act 57 of 2018.
