07-29-63 Council Special Meeting minutes

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REPORT OF SANITATION OFFICER (continued) of such property on the next regular tax bill forwarded to such owner by the City, and said charge shall be due and payable by said owner at the time of payment of such tax bill. In addition to the above, any owner of a lot, place or area, or the agent of such owner, who violates any provision of this ordinance, after due notice is given, and failure to remove said weeds, grass, or deleterious, unhealthful growths, over 12 inches high, or other noxious matter that may be growing, lying or located within their lot, place or area, on conviction thereof shall be fined for each offense in a sum not less than Twenty ($20.00) Dollars or more than Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days at the option of the court, and each violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Yours very truly, /s/ Leonard Krulewitch, Leonard Krulewitch Sanitation and Safety Officer LK:MAD Councilman Lehman made a motion that the report be accepted and placed on file. Councilman Muszynski seconded the motion. Motion carried. REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY To the Members of the Common Council City of South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen: July 29, 1963 This is in answer to your Directives dated July 24, 1963 concerning the following requests: 1. Councilman Lehman's request that an investigation be made of .the traffic problem in the 1700 block of South Michigan Street near Azar's and Bonnie Doon's Drive -in restaurants. 2. Councilman Allen's request to the Board of Public Works and Safety and the Police Department to check the ice Cream vendors who are violating the Anti -Noise Ordinance. The Board requested the Police Department to submit a report concerning these two items. This report was filed with the Board at its meeting of July 29, 1963. Verifax copy of the report is attached hereto. OFFICERS REPORT 7 -29 -63 Attention: Chief Harman Board of Works Respectfully submitted, /s/ Anthony J. Sabo Anthony J. Sabo, Clerk Board of Public Works and Safety Insp. Nicholas The Council meeting field July 22, 1963 directed the Police Department to check into the following two problems: 1. Ice Cream vendors and the sounding of their bells. 2. So. Michigan Street traffic and noise situation. Ice Cream vendors have been advised by;our department that they must have all the necessary permits and licenses before they can operate,on the city streets. They also have been advised on the City Ordinance pertaining to the sounding of any bells and sounding devices. A policy on what times their sounding devices were set to operate was agreed upon, and this was between the hours of noon and 3:00 P.M. they.would not be able to ring any bells, or use any sounding device. After 9:00 pm in the residential neighborhood no bell or sound was to be heard. If any company violated this agreement, arrest would be made, with the possibility a stricter enforcement of the Ordinance be made. The South Michigan Street traffic problem has been of great concern and officers have been directed to follow a very strict enforcement program, and this has been done. Since July 1, 1963 to this date, 490 traffic arrests have been made in the City of South Bend. Of this total number, over half have been in the So. Michigan Street area. Starting July 20, 1963 assignments were changed so that two traffic cars, two solo bikes, and one three - wheeler were in this area at the times violations ran the highest. During this period (July 20 -July 27) 131 violations were written by these officers. Ther has been a change here, and although the traffic flow is heavy, violations of traffic and noise have been cut down. The Traffic Engineer also has been advised of the problem, and he will check to see if any problem can be straightened out in the way of engineering. The Police Department will continue a strict vigil on both these complaints and will do its best to keep the problem of noise and traffic violations at a minimum. /s/ Cornelius Nicholas Cornelius Nicholas Inspector- Uniform Div. 7 -29 -63 South Bend Police 10:30 am Councilman Muszynski made a motion that the report be accepted and placed on file. Councilman Lehman seconded the motion. Motion carried. REPORT OF TRAFFIC ENGINEER Members of the Common Council City Hall South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen: July 29, 1963 At the regular meeting of the South Bend Common Council on July 22, 1963, a request was made to investigate the traffic problem in the 1700 block of South Michigan Street. _.