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REGULAR MEETING March 12, 2018 Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend reconvened in the Council Chambers on the fourth floor of the County-City building at 7:53 p.m. Council President Tim Scott presided with eight(8)members present. BILLS—THIRD READING BILL NO. 13-18 THIRD READING ON AN ALLEY VACATION- EAST/WEST ALLEY 14' IN WIDTH AND APPROXIMATELY 120' LONG FROM EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF EMERSON STREET AND EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF NORTH/SOUTH ALLEY BETWEEN NORTHSIDE BOULEVARD AND HILDRETH STREET, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember Karen White made a motion to pass Bill No. 13-18. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic seconded the motion, which carried by a roll call vote of eight(8) ayes. RESOLUTIONS BILL NO. 18-10 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF SCRAP METAL/JUNK DEALERS/RECYCLING OPERATION LICENSES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2018 PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-51 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE Councilmember Jo M. Broden, Chair of the Health and Public Safety Committee, reported that they met this afternoon and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. Joseph Molnar, Ordinance Violation Bureau Clerk with offices on the 4t'floor of the County-City Building, South Bend,IN,served as the presenter for this bill.Mr. Molnar stated,This is an annual process dictated by the South Bend Municipal Code. The Common Council has to approve scrap metal permits every year. This year there are twelve (12) last year there were eleven (11) so we are up by one (1). They are primarily located in the City's western and southern corridors. I think that is mostly due to the zoning classifications in those areas,as they are primarily industrial.There are certain regulations that have to be met when dealing in scrap metal. For instance, there is a certain amount of frontage needed away from the road. So, they really have to have a large area and a lot of those old factory zones are where a lot of the scrap metal dealers are located. I have also provided a district breakdown. There are six (6) dealers in the 6' Councilmanic District, five (5) in the 2nd Councilmanic District, and one (1) in the 5th Councilmanic District. All applications have been reviewed by the Fire Department, the Police Department and the Department of Code Enforcement. Code Enforcement has issues with only two(2)of the applications.The first one(1), Steve and Gene's located at 31109 Gertrude,had a number of issues. Code Enforcment is working with the owner and the owner has been very forward with them. We are issuing a temporary approval and will be following up every thirty days until everything is complete.The other one(1) was NORI Metals. They had some litter issues and that has all been cleaned up and Code Enforcement has approved. I would like to thank Police, Fire, and Code for getting out to the properties and doing their checks in a timely manner. Councilmember Jo M. Broden asked, So to the applicant that has a temporary approval, what happens if they don't comply? 9