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SECOND SUBSTITUTE <br /> BILL NO. 18-11 <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 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 /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: <br /> Section 1, 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) The fee fbr- pemits issued for new construetion and building additions shall be base A <br /> upen scleafe footage of sueb new eenstraetion or- addition at the <br /> a. Residential t Ten eents ($0,10) pef square footage for the fiFst ene hundred theusand <br /> (100,000) square feet and eight eents ($0.08) per- square feet faf eaeh addifieflal <br /> squa,re feet, A4th a minimum fee ef Vwnfy dollars ($20,00). <br /> b. Gemmemiah Twelve cents ($0.12) per- squafe feetage fer- the -&m one hun <br /> theusand (100,000) squafe footage and 4ea cents ($0.10) for eaebadditional squafe <br />