38-25 Amending Articles 1 Through 7 and Article 11 of Chapter 6 of the South Bend Municipal Code to Update Regulations Governing the Building Department

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registration shall be for a term of one(1)year commencing on the effective date of the surety bond. (Ord.No.9126-00,§2;Ord.No.9528-04,§5;Ord.No.9902-09,§IV,2-9-09;Ord.No. 10225- 13,§IT,3-25-13;Ord.No. 10394-15,§IV, 10-26-15) Sec.6-6.7.Soils and water table review required as part of the permit process for new dwelling(s)and building(s). (a) Before a permit is issued to build or construct any new dwelling or building within the City, the person submitting the application shall review the Indiana Department of Environmental Management(IDEM)list of sites with significant water withdrawals,or an equivalent of the IDEM list,to determine the building or dwelling's proximity to such significant water withdrawal site,defined as ground water withdrawal of one hundred thousand(100,000)or more gallons per day.For purposes of this Section,dwelling or building refers to habitable structures,including single-family dwellings,two-family dwellings,multifamily dwellings, hotels,motels,boarding houses,lodging houses,bed and breakfasts,and all commercial buildings.The Building Commissioner for purposes of this Section shall include his/her authorized designee. (b) Upon the Building Commissioner's review of the applicant's materials required to be submitted,and if the construction site for the building or dwelling is located within one quarter('/,)mile radius around a well head where there exists confirmed operations with significant groundwater withdrawals defined as one hundred thousand(100,000)or more gallons per day,with a map depicting the wells registered to pump over one hundred thousand(100,000)gallons per day in the vicinity of South Bend being maintained in the Building Department.The Building Commissioner shall make as condition(s)of any permit, which may be granted,any or all of the following: (1) Soil boring data at completion of boring,and at twenty-four(24)hours after completion of boring which is recorded on boring log in low permeability soils such as silts and clays.Artesian pressure and seepage zones,if encountered,must also be noted on the boring log; (2) Relocation of the proposed building; (3) Elevation requirements; (4) Denial of a basement in the building; (5) A Soils and Water Table Review conducted by a soil engineer,hydrologist or other person qualified in the study of soils and soil conditions and registered by the State of Indiana as same which indicate and confirm that: (i) The soil compressive capacity will support all imposed loads of the proposed building. (ii) The lowest point of any habitable space or footing has a minimum of two(2)feet of separation above the seasonal high waterhigh-water level of any subterranean aquifer. (c) The Building Commissioner shall also review as part of the building permit process,in addition to the requirements set forth in this Chapter,the new building or dwelling's location on drawings provided by the person applying for a required permit which depict the proposed construction using the following maps,which may be overlays to the drawings submitted' Page 22 of 51