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(451.3TII <br /> -- /,'6 <br /> STE. <br /> STE. 1400 S.COUNTY-CITY BUILDINGPHONE 574.235.5912 <br /> 227 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD <br /> Fax 574.235.9021 <br /> SOUTH BEND,INDIANA 46601-1830 w y TDD 574.235.5567 <br /> PEACE <br /> x •► x <br /> 1865 <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETE BUTTIGIEG,MAYOR <br /> DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT <br /> MICHELLE ADAMS <br /> BUSINESS LICENSE ADMINISTRATOR <br /> MADAMS@SOUTHBENDIN.GOV <br /> 1 <br /> December 4, 2018 Filed in Clerk's Office <br /> Mr. Tim Scott DEC 04 2018 <br /> South Bend Common Council <br /> 4th Floor, County City Building KAREEMAH FOWLER <br /> South Bend, IN 46601 CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND, IN <br /> Re: Ordinance to Amend the South Bend Municipal Code at Chapter 13, Article 11, <br /> Sections 13-126 and 13-127 Addressing Tattoo Practitioner&Premises Licensing <br /> Dear Council President Scott: <br /> Attached for filing with the Common Council is a bill to amend the Tattoo <br /> Practitioner and Premises licenses at the above Sections of the South Bend Municipal <br /> Code. These requested amendments grew out of the recent,required rejection of an <br /> otherwise deserving applicant for such permits due to a criminal matter which had <br /> occurred many years before the license application. <br /> The proposed Code changes, which delete conviction of a felony or a drug or <br /> alcohol violation as an automatic basis to deny a tattoo practitioner or premises license, <br /> are also consistent with the recent trend toward rejecting hard and fast rules that exclude <br /> persons from employment due solely to past criminal convictions. Recent data show that <br /> this can unfairly deprive persons who may have had criminal convictions followed by <br /> many years of law abiding conduct from privileges granted to others, and that it adversely <br /> impacts African Americans and Hispanic persons. These restrictions do not appear in <br /> any of South Bend's licensing requirements for arborist and tree removal, automotive <br /> repair, and peddlers. <br /> I will present this ordinance to the Council at its Committee and regular meetings <br /> on January 14, 2019, and I may be accompanied by an attorney in the City's Legal <br /> Department. Thank you for consideration of this ordinance. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> l" Irl <br /> Michelle Adams <br /> Business License Administrator <br />