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5. Variance/Rezoning petitions. Information on variances may be obtained through the records of the <br />South Bend/St. Joseph County Building Department. Helpful clues may be obtained by checking <br />zoning petitions for adjacent properties. Information on zoning petitions may be obtained through the <br />records of the Area Plan Commission. <br />6. Improvement Location Permits, building permits. This information may be obtained at the South <br />Bend/St. Joseph County Building. <br />7. Historic Preservation Commission documents. For those properties located within a locally <br />designated Historic Preservation District, the records and collections of the Commission may provide <br />useful historical information regarding the use of the site or its improvements. <br />8. Recorded instruments or documents. Recorded documents are located in the Office of the St. Joseph <br />County Recorder, 3rd Floor County -City Building. Include any documents that relate to the history of <br />the use of the property, such as contracts and liens. <br />9. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. The Sanborn maps are available only for properties located within <br />the original city limits of South Bend. These maps give detailed information about lots and land use. <br />These maps are available in the offices of the Area Plan Commission. <br />10. Floor or building plans (original/as- built, historic, current) with verifiable date. <br />11. Licenses (Liquor, Merchant, etc.). Include any documents that relate to transactions that have <br />occurred on, or in regard to, the affected property at any time since the use began. <br />12. Business records. Such as rent receipts, financial records, tax statements and property insurance <br />statements. IRS tax filings may be an important source of information. Financial amounts may be <br />blackened out for privacy. <br />13. Utility Bills (such as utility, construction, etc.). This information may give insight as to when a non- <br />conforming use began and may be available from utility companies, current or former tenants, or <br />creditors. Financial amounts may be blackened out for privacy. <br />14. Photographic evidence, This may include newspapers, periodicals, publications, aerial photographs, <br />or other image documentation. Photographs have limited value unless a verifiable date is included. <br />15. Affidavits. Written affidavits from neighbors, present or past property owners or tenants, or anyone <br />who may have knowledge of the non - conforming use, are used to supplement primary evidence. These <br />affidavits must be notarized, legible, and include the telephone number and address of the affiant. As a <br />alternative, each person may fill out a copy of the Real Estate Affidavit provided along with the LNCU <br />application. This Real Estate Affidavit must be notarized. (Indy has a nice form). <br />E: UPCRdministrativelForms & TemplatesUpplicationslSBNonConforming Use gpplication Form.doc <br />