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CITY of SOUTH BEND <br />ROGER O. PARENT, Mayor <br />COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 <br />Katherine G. Barnard 219/284.9486 <br />Director, Substandard Buildings 219/284 -9498 <br />219/284 -9133 <br />October 7, 1980 <br />South Bend Common Council <br />County -City Building, 4th Floor <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Dear Council Members: <br />The main function of the Substandard Building Department is to achieve <br />the rehabilitation of real property through the enforcement of the BOCA <br />property maintenance code and the Unsafe Building Law. <br />In 1977 the South Bend Common Council voted to amend Chapter 11 of the <br />Municipal Code and adopted the 1970 BOCA Basic Housing - Property Maintenance <br />Code as the official housing and property maintenance code of the City of <br />South Bend. <br />We are now proposing to you that the revised 1978 BOCA Basic Property <br />Maintenance Code be adopted by the Common Council. The BOCA Code is intended <br />to establish the minimum acceptable standards for the maintenance of existing <br />structures and premises. The Code deals primarily with conditions which must <br />be maintained in existing structures to protect the health, safety and general <br />welfare of the citizens of South Bend. <br />The 1978 BOCA Code will be a more useful tool for the inspectors to use <br />when inspecting buildings and premises because it is more specific in the <br />explanation of code violations, In addition the 1978 BOCA Code is broader in <br />its approach to property maintenance and has included new sections such as: <br />properly maintaining exterior property,such as vacant land,and more emphasis <br />on plumbing facilities, heating facilities and fire safety requirements. <br />If you have any questions or comments concerning the adoption of the 1978 <br />BOCA Code or any of the proposed amendments to Chapter 6, Article 10 of the <br />Municipal Code, please feel free to contact me. <br />Thank you for your consideration of this proposal. <br />Sincerely, R <br />ka.�i�,,.� Lo'-_ ` <br />Katherine G. Barnard, Director <br />KGB:eh Substandard Building Department <br />Atts. <br />cc: Richard Hill <br />Eugenia Schwartz <br />