9528-04 Amend Various Articles of Chapter 6 - Addressing Builiding Codes and Permit Fees

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Ordinance No. l s Zg AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, TO AMEND VARIOUS ARTICLES OF CHAPTER 6, BUILDING, OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE ADDRESSING BUILDING CODES AND PERMIT 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. It has been determined that in order to maintain the enterprise fund, a fee increase would be needed as set forth in this ordinance. Furthermore, the State of Indiana has revised the building codes to be followed by the State and local jurisdictions. Now, therefore, be it ordai~:ed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section 1. Chapter 6, Article I, Section 6-4(b)(1) shall be amended as follows: (1) The fee for permits issued for new construction and building additions shall be based upon the square footage of such new construction or addition at the rate of °~° ^°^*° yen n~` e cents ($0.08) per square foot for the first one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet and x$9:94) six cents ($0.06) per square foot for each additional square foot, with a minimum permit fee of $20.00. Section 2. Chapter 6, Article I, Section 6-4(b)(11) shall be amended as follows: (11) The fee for installation of a wood burning stove shall be ~'~°°~ a~"^r~ ~~' c nn twenty dollars ($20.00) per flue (including chimney and chimney connector). Section 3. Chapter 6, Article 2, Section 6-5(a) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows: (a) Pursuant to IC 22-13-2-3(B), the rules of the Indiana Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission as set out in the following Articles of Title 675 of the Indiana Administrative Code are hereby incorporated by reference in this code and shall include any later amendments to those rules.