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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 floodpiains, 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 fellows: <br />Section I. That CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE 12, FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS, be <br />amended as follows: <br />21 -12 (b) (46) (F) i <br />for-ees en ex4efier- walls. Designs fef- wi� this r-equir-ement must either- be <br />square ineh �3r- every ene squafe feet of enelesed area. The bettem of a!! stleh <br />openings shall" be ffe higher than one (1) feet abeve grade and shall be leeat <br />` n6rely below the BFE; and, the walls are designed to automatically equalize the <br />hydrostatic flood forces on the walls by allowing for the oqy and exit of flood <br />waters by rovidin 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 />