Amending Chapter 13 Article 12 Chronic Problem Property Regulations

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Chronic Problem Properties Regulations Ordinance Page 5 when the property address has been subject to three (3) verified complaints and /or ordinance citations and /or letters issued by the Police Department, the Code Enforcement Department and /or the Law Department, advising said owner that when the City verifies that said number increases to the thresholds in the definition of a chronic problem property, it shall be so designated. The Police Department, the Code Enforcement Department and the Law Department shall update their data on a regular and consistent basis and electronically transmit it to the assigned police officer(s) of the South Bend Police Department_ whose responsibilities include overseeing the warning notice letter process. (c) When designating a specific property as a chronic problem property, the assigned police officer(s) in the South Bend Police Department, shall review and verify: The number of police documented calls for service, the number of verified complaints and ordinance citations issued by the Police Department to a property address in the applicable sixty (60) or ninety (90) day period; and 2. The number of ordinance citations and /or compliance letters sent by the Code Enforcement Department and the number of compliance letters sent by the Police Department and the Law Department to a property address in the applicable sixty (60) day or ninety (90) period. Once designated as a chronic problem property by the assigned police officer(s) in the South Bend Police Department, said property shall remain so designated and tracked on a computerized matrix for compliance /enforcement purposes for one (1) year from the date of designation. Said assigned police officer(s) shall see that the matrix shall be regularly updated and prominently posted on the City's website. Said designation shall only be removed upon action by the Law Department after reviewing documentation from the Police Department and Code Enforcement Department confirming that the subject property has not been the subject of a verified complaint or code violation for a period of not less than three hundred sixty -five (365) continuous days, unless credited per the regulations set forth in Section 13 -158. Additionally, any and all fines and repeat nuisance service call fees associated with the designated chronic problem property must have been paid in full for removal. (d) The South Bend Police Department shall notify in writing to the property owner that his /her property has been designated as a chronic problem property. Said notification shall be delivered in person by an individual designated by the City by leaving a copy of the notification personally to the person to be notified, by leaving a copy of the notification as set forth below, with such notification being documented by the City in their records; or by sending the notice to the property owner by priority mail which is tracked on line with the City tracking the date said notification was delivered. The