Amending Chapter 6 Development Design review Amending certain Sections of Chapter 21

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• Section 6-8. Application. (a) An application for any permit issued under authority of the South Bend Municipal Code shall also be deemed to be an application for review by the Development Design Review Committee when the site of the proposed work is within a Development Design Area and the proposed work would affect the exterior appearance of a property or its appurtenances located within that area. Where no other permit is required, an application for Development Design Review Committee approval shall be filed with the Building Commissioner on the form to be prescribed by the Development Design Review Committee. (b) Within five ( 5) working days of receipt of such application, the Building Commissioner shall forward the application to the Development Design Review Committee for review and action. (c) The Development Design Review Committee shall consider any application and within thirty ( 30) days of its receipt shall approve, modify and approve, or deny application. Where the application is modified and approved or denied, the reasons for such modification or denial shall be given in writing by the Committee. Failure of the Committee to take action within forty-five ( 45) days after receiving the application shall constitute approval thereof. (d) The Development Design Review Committee shall forward in writing its action on the application to the Building Commissioner. (e) The Building Commissioner shall not issue a permit for any work which will affect the exterior appearance of property located within a Development Design Area unless the application has been approved by the Development Design Review Committee. Where the Development Design Review Committee has modified and approved an application, the Building Commissioner may issue a building permit for the work as modified by the Development Design Review Committee. Section 6-8. 1. Nothing herein shall be deemed to modify or delete any other requirements of this code for any proposed work within a Development Design Area. SECTION II. Chapter 21 of the South Bend Municipal Code, Section 21-1(a) ( 16 .1) shall be deleted in its entirety. SECTION III. Chapter 21 of the South Bend' Municipal Code, Section 21-169(e) ( 5)c shall be deleted in its entirety. SECTION IV. Chapter 21 of the South Bend Municipal Code, Section 21-170( 2) shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows ( 2) "A-2" Planned Residential Development District and uA-3u-Mixed-Use-Mufti-fat iiy-Residentiai-smd-eemmereiai District:- (a) All signs permitted in the "A" Residence District. (b) Identification signs for permitted commercial uses in a planned residential development or mixed use multi-family residential commercial district not exceeding one-half ( 1/2) square foot in display area per linear front foot of the commercial uses and not visible from any public street outside the development. SECTION V. Chapter 21 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be amended by adding a new Section 21-170( 2. 5) which shall read in its entirety as follows: ( 2. 5) "A-3" Mi xPri TTcP m„A