Amending Chapter 13 Article 12 Chronic Problem Property Regulations

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Chronic Problem Properties Regulations Ordinance Page 3 (b) Chronic Problem Property is a property which meets the following criteria: 1. A property address which has received five (5) ordinance citations or verified complaints involving nuisance activity in any sixty (60) calendar day period ; or 2. A property address which has been issued five (5) letters by the Police Department, and /or the Code Enforcement Department and /or the Law Department in a sixty (60) calendar day period which sought compliance by the property owner with section(s) of the South Bend Municipal Code involving nuisance activity, excluding any letters issued under the Property Maintenance Code addressed in Section 6 -37 of the South Bend Municipal Code ; or 3. A combination of valid complaints and /or ordinance citations issued as further addressed in ¶ 1 herein, and /or has been issued letters by the Police Department, the Code Enforcement Department, and /or the Law Department, as further addressed in ¶ 2 herein, which together total not less than five (5) in number issued in a sixty (60) calendar day period. However, in the event that a property consists of more than fifty (50) dwelling units which are rented or intended to be rented and are located on a single parcel or lot for which a postal address exists or may exist for each individual unit including residential rental properties, hotels, motels, or other similar properties offering overnight lodging, such address for a property shall not be considered as a chronic problem property until it has been issued more than twelve (12) verified complaints, ordinance citations, letters seeking compliance involving nuisance activity, as further addressed in ¶ 1 through ¶ 3 herein, in any ninety (90) day period. (c) Citation means the issuance of a written document by a sworn police officer or Code Enforcement Department employee who has a valid police commission. Said document indicates that an act is prohibited as an offense punishable under the South Bend Municipal Code payment of a fine to the Ordinance Violations Bureau. (d) City means the City of South Bend, Indiana. (e) Nuisance activity means any criminal offense governed in Title 35 of the Indiana Code, and /or any citation issued for a violation of the South Bend Municipal Code which occurred on the