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REVISED <br /> 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 PER'T'AINING 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 /> 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) Ae fee fer-permiis issued fef new eenstfuetien and building additiens shall be based <br /> open square footage of-stleh new construefien er-addition at the fe!jewjag-m*5I <br /> a. Residen4i ah Ten cents ($0.10)per-square footage fef the first ene handf-ed thous an <br /> (100, )00) square feet and eight cents ($0.118" s—afe <br /> Z' feet for- eaeb additie <br /> b. Ceffimefeiah Twelve eents ($0.12) per- square feetage for the first ene hundre <br /> theasand (100,000) square feetage and ten eents ($0.10) for eaeh additional square <br /> feet, with a fninimum fee ef twenty dollars ($20.00)r <br />