Amending Chapter 6 Entitled Buildings 10/27/86 7696-86

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k CITY of SOUTH I:EN ID ilimommomi,N - s ;p4' ROGER O. PARENT, Mayor //j d'0 COUNTY-CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND,INDIANA 46601 1 s-4,..,°. •`\�EACE �;4 Liikik, it N r .1866• DEPARTMENT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT Katherine G. Barnard 219/284-9486 o i rector 219/284-9325 Jack A.Mathews Building Commissioner October 6, 1986 South Bend Common Council Members 3rd Floor, County-City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 RE: Amendment to Chapter 6 of the South Bend Municipal Code Dear Council Members: The attached ordinance amends Chapter 6 of the South Bend Municipal Code entitled "Buildings. " The amendments increase many of the permit fees charged for construction work. The amendments to Section II (3) and (4) adopt the 1985 State Codes for Plumbing and Mechanical Work. Section VII adopts amendments to the State Enforcement of Building Standards Law (The Unsafe Building Law) . The amendments were adopted by the State Legislature in an attempt to further strengthen the Code Enforcement hearing process and the enforcement standards for unsafe properties. The permit fees have not been changed since 1982 . The increases reflect the increased cost of inspection services and have been increased an average of 25%. The rationale for changing the fees 25% was based on increased material and labor costs of 6% per year since 1982. This is a moderate increase when we consider the additional cost to the City of providing inspection services for new construction and rehabilitation projects. If Code Enforcement were to attempt to recover the full cost to the City for eight building inspectors, the increase in permit fees would have been 85%. These proposed changes in the permit fees attempt to more realistically reflect the cost of the building inspectors services which are performed in order to assure that construction work is completed according to the codes and to insure that all health and safety regulations are followed.