Amend Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 37 to update the property maintenance code

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ORDINANCE NO. 1 ~ ~ ~ ~y' AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 8, SECTION 37 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE, TO UPDATE THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Section 6-37 of the South Bend Municipal Code, to replace the 1996 Building Officials and Code Administrators current International Property Maintenance Code, 2000 Edition, published by the International Code Council (ICC). The Common Council of the City of South Bend determines that it is necessary to incorporate the 2000 Edition ofthe International Property Maintenance Code to update the Property Maintenance Standards of the City and to enable the Building and Code Enforcement Officials responsible for enforcing building standards to use the most current standards available. SECTION I. Chapter 6, Article 8, Section 6-37, of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows: Sec. 6-37. Property Maintenance Code. (a) Adoption byreference. The 2000 sedition of the B-OC-r4 Internf~ational Property Maintenance Codefl-996, promulgated by the International Code Council (ICC)+r~, is hereby adopted by reference as fully as if set forth herein to govern existing buildings and structures in the city, except for the additions or deletions which are specified in this section. At least two (2) copies of the 8$C-A 2000 edition of the Internf~}ational Property Maintenance Code~1-996, shall be kept in the Delepartment of Code Enforcement for public inspection. (b) Additions, modifications and deletions. The provisions of the 2000 Edition of the ~@EA Internf~}ational Property Maintenance Code~996, adopted by subsection (a) shall be modified, added to or deleted so that the following articles, sections or subsections shall read as follows: (1) Section _ (2) Sections ~-102.6. 103, 106, 107, 109, 110, and 111 shall be deleted in their entirety. 102.3 shall be modified to read in its entirety as follows: