Resolution 97-1: Lawn Displays
WHEREAS, the 1997 DeKalb County Commissioners have reviewed the displays on fifty feet of the nonpublic DeKalb County Courthouse lawn, Auburn, Indiana,
WHEREAS, after due consideration of the law and prior findings of fact the 1997 DeKalb County Commissioners conclude that the aesthetical, environmental and economical criteria as applied to the 1996 DeKalb County Courthouse lawn displays result in the wisest decision to not allow any displays on the Courthouse lawn and to allow an alternative site on property used by DeKalb County for displays,
WHEREAS, an alternative site of property used by DeKalb County is available containing about six feet wide grass area of nonpublic property along Union Street between 10th and 11th Streets, Auburn, Indiana, east of the DeKalb County Office Building parking lot, in DeKalb County, Indiana,
NOW THEREFORE, the 1997 DeKalb County Commissioners reaffirms that the DeKalb County Courthouse lawn at Auburn, Indiana is nonpublic property, and, based upon aesthetical, environmental and economical criteria, no nongovernmental display shall be allowed on the DeKalb County Courthouse lawn;
and the 1997 DeKalb County Commissioners find and declare that, pursuant to findings of law and fact attached hereto and made a part hereof, an alternative site for displays under restriction detailed shall be allowed at property used by DeKalb County containing about a six feet wide grass area of nonpublic property along Union Street between 10th and 11th Streets, Auburn, Indiana, east of the DeKalb County Office Building parking lot, in DeKalb County, Indiana;
and further find that the 1997 joint request for a nativity scene display by the County Line Church of God and the Evangelical St. Andrews Presbyterian Church is allowed at the nonpublic alternative site along Union Street between 10th and 11th Streets in Auburn, Indiana, at such time as the joint applicant determines consistent with the 1997 restrictions for displays.
Approved this 6th day of January, 1997 by the DeKalb County Commissioners.
The Board of Commissioners of DeKalb County, State of IN
William C. Ort, President
Connie R. Miles, Vice-President
Don C. Kaufman, Member
ATTEST:
Mary Bowman, Auditor, DeKalb County, Indiana