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

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Exception: When the outdoor temperature is below the winter outdoor design temperature for the locality, maintenance of the minimum room temperature shall not be required provided that the heating system is operating at its full design capacity. The winter outdoor design temperature for the locality shall be as indicated in Appendix D of the International Plumbing Code. temperature conditions. 2. Areas in which persons are primarily engaged in vigorous physical activities. (c) Adoption of Unsafe Building Law. Pursuant to the authority granted by the Indiana General Assembly through the Acts of 1981, Public Law 309, § 28, the City of South Bend, Indiana, hereby adopts the Enforcement of Building Standards Law, being IC 36-7-9-1 through 36-7-9-28, as it may be amended from time to time; and incorporates herein the definition of "substantial property interest" contained in IC 36-7-9-2, as it may be amended from time to time. (d) Administration. The Department of Code Enforcement is hereby designated as the executive department which shall administer the provisions of the Unsafe Building Law. The Director of the Department of Code Enforcement shall be the person responsible for the administration of the Unsafe Building Law. (e) Adoption by reference. The Minimum Maintenance Standards for buildings in historic districts as adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County at its regular monthly meeting on December 16,1991 is hereby adopted by reference as fully as if set forth herein. The Preservation Standards for Historic Landmarks in South Bend and St. Joseph County as adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County at its regular meeting on October 21, 1975 is hereby adopted by reference as fully as if set forth herein. At least two (2) copies of the Minimum Maintenance Standards and the Preservation Standards for Historic Landmarks in South Bend and St. Joseph County shall be kept in the De}epartment of Code Enforcement for public inspection. (f) The Board of Public Safety shall have the responsibility for fixing the average "processing expense" as provided in the Unsafe Building Law. (g) Unsafe building fund: (1) As provided by Section 14 of the Unsafe Building Law, a fund designated as the "unsafe building fund" shall be established in the operating budget of the Department of Code Enforcement. Any balance remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried over in the fund for the following year and shall not revert to the general fund. Monies for 1. Processing, storage and operation areas that require coolinq_orspecial