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ORDINANCE NO. S le/sr- 93 <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 21, <br /> ZONING, OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br /> INDIANA, AS AMENDED, RELATIVE TO FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS, <br /> BY DELETING ARTICLE 12 IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACING IT WITH <br /> A NEW ARTICLE 12 <br /> WHEREAS, a study of the flood-prone areas in the City of South Bend, Indiana, has been <br /> prepared and published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and identifies the <br /> floodplains, floodways and floodway fringe areas <br /> within the City in conjunction with the National Flood Insurance Program; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, Indiana, has previously adopted an ordinance relative to <br /> floodplain regulations; and <br /> WHEREAS, there have been recent statutory changes to the "Flood Control Act of 1945" (IC <br /> 13-2-22); <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, <br /> Indiana, as follows: <br /> SECTION I. <br /> That ARTICLE 12, FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 21, ZONING, be deleted <br /> in its entirety. <br /> SECTION II. <br /> That CHAPTER 21, ZONING, of the MUNICIPAL CODE be amended by adding the <br /> following new ARTICLE: <br /> Article 12 <br /> FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS <br /> SEC. 21-178 DEFINITIONS. <br /> (a) In addition to the definitions contained in ARTICLE 1 GENERAL <br /> PROVISIONS, Section 21-1 Definitions, the following definitions shall apply to the <br /> Floodplain Regulations of this ARTICLE: <br /> (1) Development means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real <br /> estate including but not limited to: <br /> a. Construction, reconstruction, or placement of a building, structure or any <br /> addition to a building or structure valued at more than $1,000; <br /> b. Installing a manufactured home or mobile home on a site; preparing a site <br /> for a manufactured home or mobile home, or installing a recreation vehicle or trailer on a <br /> site for more than 180 days; <br /> c. Installing utilities, erection of walls and fences, construction of roads, or <br /> similar projects; <br /> d. Construction of flood control structures such as levees, dikes, channel <br /> improvements, etc.; <br />