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S ��s ,, , 6"M Oo- 4- 3 SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. 18 -13 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE INCLUSION OF NEW SECTION 6 -6.6 ADDRESSING SOILS AND WATER TABLE REVIEW REQUIRED AS PART OF THE PERMIT PROCESS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The South Bend Common Council notes that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, in cooperation with Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Soil Conservation and State Soil Conservation Board published in 2001 a 690 page Soil Survey of St. Joseph County, Indiana which is available at: http:// www. soildatamart.usda.gov /manuseripts/IN141 /0 /ST Joseph IN pdf The Common Council further notes that this publication contains detailed soil maps which can be used for planning which are the result of detailed fieldwork operations. It was provided to the St. Joseph County Soil and Water Conservation District for their technical use & assistance. The Common Council recognizes that the State of Indiana has a website maintained by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) which sets forth ground water data in the State of Indiana since 1935. As noted on that site: http: / /www.in.aov /dnr /water /3482.htm "ground water does not stay in one place. Gravity causes ground water to flow downward and outward. Porosity -the -size and number of void spaces in the formation — determines how much water can be stored in an aquifer. Permeability — the ability of water to move through void spaces — indicates how quickly the water will travel through the aquifer... ground water flows easily through the spaces between loose sand and gravel particles." The Common Council further recognizes that a wealth of detailed information is available to the Building Department which includes but not limited to: • St. Joseph County Soil Information — Soil New Classifications dated June 24, 2010 with this data being available from internal GIS sources • Maps depicting Wetlands • Maps depicting Floodplains • Maps depicting drainage basins /watersheds