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ORDINANCE NO. G,3 l Q -7 V <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE <br />CITY CODE OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, 1971, <br />ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCE NO. 4990 -68, AS <br />AMENDED, AND GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE <br />ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH <br />BEND, INDIANA. <br />STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br />The Common Council of the City of South Bend recognizes that <br />the establishment of more than two controlled uses, as defined in <br />Ordinance No. 6090 -76, within 1,000 feet of each other tends to <br />create a "skid row" atmosphere. <br />The Common Council further recognizes that the presence of an <br />amusement arcade within 1,000 feet of two controlled uses advances <br />the creation of a "skid row" atmosphere, and, therefore, an amusement <br />arcade should be included in the list of controlled uses. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City <br />of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: <br />SECTION I. Paragraph (a), Section 21 -1 of Article 1 of Chapter <br />21 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend is hereby amended <br />so that subparagraph (2.1) shall read in its entirety as follows: <br />(2.1) Amusement arcade means any establishment which keeps, <br />maintains or operates for hire two (2) or more amusement <br />devices. For the purposes of this Chapter, an amusement <br />device shall be included by but is not limited to the <br />following: automatic baseball court, shooting gallery, <br />pinball machines, tenpin machine, an electronic game machine. <br />SECTION II. Paragraph (a), Section 21 -1 of Article 1 of Chapter <br />21 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend is hereby amended so <br />that subparagraph (15.1) shall read in its entirety as follows: <br />(15.1) Controlled Uses means those uses of property which are <br />recognized as having serious objectionable characteristics, <br />particularly when several of them are concentrated, thereby <br />having a deleterious effect upon the adjacent areas; and shall <br />include the followin <br />(a) Adult Book Store <br />(b) Adult Motion Picture Theater <br />(c) Adult Mini Motion Picture Theater <br />(d) Amusement Arcade <br />�44 TeT Class A Cabaret <br />4e4 T7 Class B Cabaret <br />Establishment for the sale of beer or intoxicating <br />liquor for consumption on the premises <br />k144 RPawnshop <br />14 Pool or Billiard Hall <br />k}4 (j) Public Dance Hall <br />SECTION III. Severability. If any provisions of this bill are <br />held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or <br />applications which can be given effect without the invalid provision <br />words added underlined <br />words deleted - - -- <br />