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ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br /> INDIANA,AMENDING VARIOUS ARTICLES AND SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 6 OF <br /> THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO BUILDING FEES <br /> STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br /> On December 31, 1991, the City of South Bend and the County of St. Joseph entered into <br /> an agreement to merge their building departments; and further created the "consolidated Building <br /> Board". In 1993, by Ordinance No. 8412-93, Subsection 1, the Board created the Building <br /> Department as an enterprise fund. <br /> Section 6-4(f) of Chapter 6, Building, Article 1, General Provisions, requires periodic <br /> review of the permit fees charged by the Department, comparing the fees to those charged by <br /> other local governmental entities and comparing the total annual fees collected to the annual cost <br /> of operating the Department. This review revealed that the Department has been operating with <br /> a deficit in 2009 and 2010, leaving a cash reserve at the end of 2010 of$38,560. Therefore, it <br /> has been determined that in order to maintain the enterprise fund, a fee increase will be needed as <br /> set forth in this ordinance. <br /> Because the Building Department operates throughout St. Joseph County outside the <br /> boundaries of South Bend, it is appropriate that any fee increase be effective in the <br /> unincorporated portions of St. Joseph County. Accordingly, this Ordinance shall be effective <br /> upon passage of a substantially equivalent ordinance by the St. Joseph County Council. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: <br /> Section I. Chapter 6, Article 1, Section 6-4 (b) of the South Bend Municipal Code be and <br /> hereby is amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br /> (b) Unless otherwise provided in the Building Code, the fees to be charged for the <br /> issuance of permits by the Department shall be paid at the time the permit is issued. <br /> (1) T4ie fee for pemits issued Ar new constfuetion and building additions shall be based <br /> upon squar-e footage of sueh new eensimetion or addition at the fellewing F&es,- <br /> a Residential!--- <br /> ( 00,000) square feet and eight een4s ($0.08) per square feet for- eaeh additional <br /> feet,square with a mininithra fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), <br />