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Transfer of zoning-related activities to Area Plan Commission from the Building Department
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RE-ALIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF ZONING-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND PROCESSES <br /> TO THE <br /> ST.JOSEPH COUNTY AREA PLAN COMMISSION <br /> FROM THE <br /> BUILDING DEPARTMENT <br /> many discussions dealing with interpretation issues.This task can be easily <br /> absorbed with current staff and within the normal workday. <br /> Task#2. Zoning inquiries—Staff receives many inquiries, approximately 11 <br /> per day,ranging from property zoning verification, questions on <br /> development standards and rezoning potential.The Building Department <br /> fields approximately 25 zoning-related calls per day. The increased call <br /> volume will substantially increase our daily work load, and impact the <br /> amount of time necessaroprocess petitions filed with the department. <br /> Task 43. Written requests—this task involves responding in writing(letter or <br /> form)to zoning verifications and State approvals(@ 100/year),business <br /> license reviews(@700/year), and legal non-conforming certificates <br /> (@11/year). This task in combination with Task#2,will substantially <br /> increase our daily work load impact the amount of time necessary to process <br /> petitions filed with the department. <br /> Task 94. Plan review—Twice a week, staff goes over to the Building <br /> Department to review project site plans that have filed for a building permit; <br /> one review session for the County and one session for South Bend. Staff,at <br /> this point does not see an increase in time required to perform this task. <br /> Task#S. Zoning violations—This new task would become the responsibility <br /> of the Staff,unless the County contracts with South Bend for Code <br /> Enforcement.The Building Department responds to about 1,000 violations a <br /> year. Violations mostly involve inappropriate land uses and junk vehicles. <br /> Site plan violations have historically not been addressed due to lack of staff <br /> time. This task would result in a significant increase in staff time, and cannot <br /> be accomplished without an additional FTE. <br /> Support& Task Requirements: 1. An electronic tracking system would be needed. It is not known at <br /> this time whether the South Bend system can be used. <br /> 2. Additional FTE to accomplish Tasks#3 and#5. <br /> 3. Implement an Improvement Location Permit Fee(Commercial only) <br /> to help cover the Staff time for Task#4. <br /> Budget Impact: <br /> 1. The Department(County)will see an increase in income from the implementation of an <br /> Improvement Location Permit(ILP)fee and zoning verification fees. Zoning verification <br /> letters are currently$30 or$50 depending on the amount of research required.At @ 100 <br /> requests per year,that equals$300 to$500.ILP fees could range from$10 to$100. Between <br /> site plan reviews and sign permit reviews, a conservative estimate of$35,000($100/ILP), <br /> could be collected. <br /> Page 517 <br />
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