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BILL NO. <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br /> INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE BY <br /> THE INCLUSION OF NEW SECTION 6-6.6 ADDRESSING SOILS AND WATER <br /> TABLE REVIEW REQUIRED AS PART OF THE PERMIT PROCESS <br /> STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br /> The South Bend Common Council notes that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the <br /> Natural Resources Conservation Service, in cooperation with Purdue University Agricultural <br /> Experiment Station and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Soil <br /> Conservation and State Soil Conservation Board, published in 2001, a 690 page Soil Survey of St. <br /> Joseph County, Indiana which is available at: <br /> http://www.solIdatamart.usda..gov/manuscri]2ts/IN141/O/ST—Josoh IN pdf <br /> The Common Council further notes that this publication contains detailed soil maps which can <br /> be used for planning which are the result of detailed fieldwork operations. It was provided to the <br /> St. Joseph County Soil and Water Conservation District for their technical use & assistance. <br /> The Common Council recognizes that the State of Indiana has a website maintained by <br /> the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) which sets forth ground water data in the <br /> State of Indiana since 1935. As noted on that site: http://www.in.gov/dnr/water/3482.html <br /> "ground water does not stay in one place. Gravity causes ground water to flow downward and <br /> outward. Porosity-the-size and number of void spaces in the formation —determines how much <br /> water can be stored in an aquifer. Permeability — the ability of water to move through void <br /> spaces — indicates how quickly the water will travel through the aquifer...ground water flows <br /> easily through the spaces between loose sand and gravel particles." <br /> The Common Council further recognizes that a wealth of detailed information is <br /> available to the Building Department which includes but not limited to: <br /> • St. Joseph County Soil Information — Soil New Classifications dated June 24, 2010 <br /> with this data being available from internal GIS sources <br /> • Maps depicting Wetlands <br /> • Maps depicting Floodplains <br /> Maps depicting drainage basins/watersheds <br />