03/02/1920 Board of Public Works Minutes

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387 Board met in regulAr less ion At 10:00 A.M.All members present. I The matter of permit for the elect ing of A tabernacle on South Main Street for religmnis purposes was taken up with the Board by.W. D..Teeple, Commissioner of Build ings , Del. C .' Leer And Mr. Cochran. The Board granted A temporary .permit t o be grAnted by the Build ing C ommiss ioner and no fee t o be charged f or sere. The Building C ommiss ioner submitted the following copy of permit granted. I 3-2-1920. Spec is 1 permission is hereby granted to Del. Leer end to Le 3ses , by consent of the Board of Public Works, on roc ommendat ion of the Building Commissioner, to erect a one-story frame'- Tabernacla 115' R 165' at 710 South MAin Street provided the- following c and it ions are. fully c ompl ied -with:`- The written c cnsent of ad jace�t property owers is to be obtained and filed with this depArtment before any operat ions Ara begun. The Buils ing is to be erected by March 16,1920, and from that date oc c up ied f or re 11g sous and rev is 1 purpos es only t o A not later date than June ` 1,1920 at which time it shall be wrecked and removed, otserving the ordinances in so doing. The street adjacent is 6t no time to be occupied for purposes of storage of material or debris, or obstructed by �ork of construction or parts of the build ing. Construction and occupancy a �e to be under the supervision of the Building C ommiss ioner and Chief of the Fire Eepartment, and All work subject to thier approval. W. D. TEEPLE, Building Commissioner. Renewal certificate for the renewal of Twenty five thousand Dollar bond of the Indiana & Michigan Electric Company flop. Street Lighting Contract in this City signed by the United States Fidelity and 44uaranty CompAny as surety was approved by the BoArd. The Board instructed the Cle k to noti fy all departments to prepare reports of work for 1919 and place same n file in the office of the Board. The following c ommuniciat ion �ece ived from the Park Board read and placed on file. February 28th.,1920 The Honorable Board of Pub 1 is Works s City of South. Bend, Indiana. u e nt lemen: - Oposs ite the entrance to Howard Park tre what would be 521 East Jefferson Boulevard or lot 1Ei9 Cottra llts Frdt Add it ion arge bill board was removed on the 27;�h. of Bebruary, And immediately arrangements made for the construction of a bill board to .replace the one removed. In section 944 of the South Bend Building Code, re lat ing to sign boards or bill boards located close to Parks, it is specifically stated that no sign board nor .bill board shall be erected nor maintained within 200 feet of any public park. The bill board that was torn dawn had been allowed to remain for some time without objection being filed by this -B_oard as il, was in quite a dilapidated c and it ion, but now, that the CompAny owning and maintaining same have seen fit to remove it and are about to' replAce it with a new structure, the Board feels that they should remonstrate and ask your Honorable Board to prohibit the construction of Anew bill board at this point. Very truly yours, BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS. BY CARL V. BRITTON President. Communication received from E.. Al Smith in regard to street motor driven sweepers, same read and placed on file.