Establishing Local Criteria Designation of Areas City of South Bend as Impact Areas for Purpose

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SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. 50 -84 ORDINANCE NO. - 737. -gq AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING LOCAL CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND AS IMPACT AREAS FOR PURPOSES OF USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT: Regulations promulgated for the use of Community Development Block Grant funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and in particular 24 CFR 570.901 (b)(2), permit use of those funds for activities which aid in the prevention or elimination of deteriorating conditions in areas designated under local law. Activities qualifying under this category must address one or more of the conditions which qualify the area. Therefore, in order to establish locally certain targeted areas as impact areas, the South Bend Common Council establishes the following criteria and procedures to be used as a local law to comply with 24 CFR 570.901(b)(2). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Chapter 2, Article 15 of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Article 15. Designation of Impact Areas. Section 2 -171. Board of Public Works Action. (a) Whenever the Board of Public Works finds that an area within the City of South Bend meets the criteria established under this section, it may recommend by resolution that the South Bend Common Council designate that area to be an impact area for the planned use of Community Development Block Grant funds. (b) Before making the finding in subsection (a), above, the Board shall require the Division of Community Development to prepare: (1) Maps and plats showing the boundaries of the area, the location of the various parcels of property, streets, alleys, and other features of relevance within the area, or a description of the general boundaries of the area by its location in relation to public ways, streams, or otherwise, as determined by the Board; and (2) Objectively determinable signs of physical deteriora- tion in the area, in the form of a substantial number of deteriorating or dilapidating buildings or improve- ments, together with comparisons against objective criteria, listed in subsection (c) below for the land use, or uses, of that individual area. (c) Objective criteria to be used in establishing whether or . , , -- - -- - -r 4 -4 -- c.kn1 1