8415-93 Amending Chapter 21 Zoning Floodplain Regulations

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(12) Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision, Existing means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed, including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads, is completed before the effective date of this ordinance. (13) Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision, New means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed, including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, or either final site grading or pouring of concrete pads, is completed on or after the effective date of this ordinance. (14) Recreation Vehicle means a vehicle which is: a. Built on single chassis; b. 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projections; c. Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by an automobile or a light duty truck; and d. Designed not for use as a permanent dwelling, but as temporary living quarters for recreational camping, travel, or seasonal use. (15) Regulatory Flood means the flood having a one percent probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, as calculated by a method and procedure which is acceptable to and approved by the Indiana Natural Resources Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The regulatory flood elevation at any location is as defined in Section 21-180 of this ordinance. The "Regulatory flood is also known by the term "Base Flood." (16) Special Flood Hazard Area means those lands within the City of South Bend, Indiana that are subject to inundation by a regulatory flood. The Special Flood Hazard Areas are generally identified as such on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps of the City of South Bend, Indiana prepared and published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated February 17, 1988. Special Flood Hazard Areas of those parts of unincorporated St. Joseph County that are annexed into the City of South Bend are generally identified as such on the Flood Insurance Rate Map prepared for St. Joseph County by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated February 17, 1988. (17) Structure means a building or structure that is principally above ground and is enclosed by walls and a roof. The term includes a gas or liquid storage tank, a manufactured home, mobile home, or a prefabricated building. The term also includes recreational vehicles to be installed on a site for more than 180 days. (18) Substantial Improvement means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred "substantial damage" regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not include improvements of structures to correct existing violations of state or local health, sanitary, or safety code requirements or any alteration of a "historic structure," provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as an "historic structure." Sec. 21-179. DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. The Zoning Administrator for the City of South Bend, Indiana, is appointed to review all development proposals to insure compliance with this Ordinance, including but not limited to the following duties: (1) Ensure that all development activities within the Special Flood Hazard Areas of the City of South Bend meet the requirements of this Ordinance. (2) Provide information and assistance to citizens upon request about permit procedures and floodplain construction techniques.