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BILL NO. <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH <br />BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 21, ZONING, ARTICLE 12, FLOODPLAIN <br />REGULATIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE CORRECTIONS IN ORDINANCE NO. 10037 -10. <br />STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br />The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Chapter 21 of the South Bend Municipal Code, <br />Article 12, Floodplain Regulations to reflect changes in the Indiana Code. <br />The Common Council of the City of South Bend recognizes its duty to enact amendments <br />to the Floodplain Regulations in order to continue to qualify for participation in the National <br />Flood Insurance Program. <br />The Common Council further recognizes that a new study of the flood - prone areas in the <br />City of South Bend, Indiana, has been prepared and published by the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency, and identifies the floodplains, floodways and floodway fringe areas within <br />the City in conjunction with the National Flood Insurance Program. <br />Now, Therefore, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, <br />Indiana, as follows: <br />Section I. That CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE 12, FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS, be <br />amended as follows: <br />21 -12 (b) (46) (F) i the wails are designed te afftematieally equalize the hydrestatie flee <br />for-ees on extef-ier- walls. Designs for- eemplying iN4th this fequkemepA must either- <br />square ii+eh for- every ene squafe feet of enelesed efea. T4e beaefn of ed! sue.h. <br />-fiall be no higher- thaft ene (1) feet above gr-ade and shall be leea <br />en e13- b °'e=- the BFE and, the walls are designed to automatically equalize the <br />hydrostatic flood forces on the walls by allowing_ for the entry and exit of flood <br />waters by providing a minimum of two openings in addition to doorways and <br />windows) in a minimum of two exterior walls having_ a total net area of one 1 <br />