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4 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,AMENDING VARIOUS ARTICLES AND SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO BUILDING FEES STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT On December 31, 1991, the City of South Bend and the County of St. Joseph entered into an agreement to merge their building departments; and further created the "consolidated Building Board". In 1993, by Ordinance No. 8412-93, Subsection 1, the Board created the Building Department as an enterprise fund. Section 6-4(f) of Chapter 6, Building, Article 1, General Provisions, requires periodic review of the permit fees charged by the Department, comparing the fees to those charged by other local governmental entities and comparing the total annual fees collected to the annual cost of operating the Department. This review revealed that the Department has been operating with a deficit in 2009 and 2010, leaving a cash reserve at the end of 2010 of$38,560. Therefore, it has been determined that in order to maintain the enterprise fund, a fee increase will be needed as set forth in this ordinance. Because the Building Department operates throughout St. Joseph County outside the boundaries of South Bend, it is appropriate that any fee increase be effective in the unincorporated portions of St. Joseph County. Accordingly, this Ordinance shall be effective upon passage of a substantially equivalent ordinance by the St. Joseph County Council. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: Section I. Chapter 6, Article 1, Section 6-4 (b) of the South Bend Municipal Code be and hereby is amended to read in its entirety as follows: (b) Unless otherwise provided in the Building Code, the fees to be charged for the issuance of permits by the Department shall be paid at the time the permit is issued. (1) h issued Ar-new eenstruction and building idditions sha4l be based Residential; Ten cents ($0.10)Pef squafe footage r�lr-the first one htmdred th Ous—and- (100,000)