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CHAPTER 6 BUILDING'
<br /> ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
<br /> Sec. 6-1. Definitions.
<br /> As used in this chapter:
<br /> (1) Building Code means the provisions of this chapter and the standard state-wide
<br /> Building Codes as adopted by reference in this chapter, and as amended by this
<br /> chapter.
<br /> (2) Building Official, code official, and Building Commissioner mean the City of South
<br /> Bend's Building Commissioner or their designee.
<br /> (3) City means the City of South Bend, Indiana.
<br /> (4) "Class 1 structure"has the meaning ascribed thereto in IC 22-12-1-4.
<br /> (5) "Class 2 structure"has the meaning ascribed thereto in IC 22-12-1-5.
<br /> (6) "Commission"has the meaning ascribed thereto in IC 22-12-1-6.
<br /> (7) "Construction"has the meaning ascribed thereto in IC 22-12-1-7.
<br /> (8) Department means the City of South Bend's Building Department.
<br /> (9) "Industrialized building system"has the meaning ascribed thereto in IC 22-12-1-14.
<br /> (10) "Manufactured home" has the meaning ascribed thereto in IC 22-12-1-16.
<br /> (11) "Mobile structure" has the meaning ascribed thereto in IC 22-12-1-17.
<br /> (12) "Person"has the meaning ascribed thereto in IC 22-12-1-18.
<br /> (13) "Structure"means both Class 1 and Class 2 structures, unless specifically stated
<br /> otherwise.
<br /> (14) "Temporary structure" has the meaning set forth in 675 IAC 12-6-2 (f).
<br /> (15) "Vehicular bridge"has the meaning ascribed thereto in IC 22-12-1-26.
<br /> "Terms not defined": Where terms are not defined in this Ordinance and are defined in the
<br /> General Administrative Rules, Indiana Building Code, Indiana Fire Code, Indiana
<br /> Mechanical Code and Indiana Fuel Gas Code, such terms shall have the meanings
<br /> ascribed to them as in those codes. Where terms are not defined through the methods
<br /> authorized, such terms shall have ordinarily accepted meanings such as the context
<br /> implies.
<br /> (Ord. No. 8243-92, § 1)
<br /> Sec. 6-2. Powers of County Health Department, Health Officer and Chief of Fire Department not
<br /> affected by chapter.
<br /> Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to reduce, limit, or remove any of
<br /> the power or authority of the County Health Department, the Health Officer or the Chief of
<br /> the Fire Department.
<br /> (Ord. No. 8243-92, § 1)
<br /> Sec. 6-3. Effect of chapter as to other ordinances or laws.
<br /> Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to reduce or remove any pertinent
<br /> provisions of other ordinances or laws now in effect unless specifically designated in this
<br /> chapter or unless such provisions are less restricted than similar provisions of this chapter.
<br /> (Ord. No. 8243-92, § 1)
<br /> 'Editor's note(s)—Ord. No. 8243-92, § 1, adopted Feb. 10, 1992, amended Ch. 6, Arts. 1-10 to
<br /> read as herein set out. Prior to amendment, Arts. 1-10 contained §§ 6-1-6-4, 6-4.1-6-
<br /> 4.5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-6.1-6-6.3, 6-6.3.5, 6-6.5, 6-7, 6-7.1, 6-7.2, 6-8, 6-8.1, 6-9-6-25, 6-36, 6-
<br /> 36.1-6-36.3, 6-37-6-44, which pertained to similar subject matter. For a comprehensive
<br /> listing of the ordinances from which Arts. 1-10 derived, please refer to the Code
<br /> Comparative Table in the back of this Code book.
<br /> Cross reference(s)—Plumbing permit fees, § 6-10(c); plumbing contractors' registration fees, §
<br /> 6-10(d)(2)(b); heating, air conditioning and ventilating contractors'registration fees, § 6-
<br /> 36(i); installation fees for heating, ventilating air conditioning and refrigeration equipment,
<br /> § 6-36.3(c).
<br /> State law reference(s)—Building Code compliance and enforcement, IC 36-7-9-1 et seq.; power
<br /> of Council to regulate building, IC 36-7-10-2.
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