Amending Ordinance No. 2243 Building Code, Repearling Section 37a and any Amendements Thereto, Section Establishing Fees for Building Permits

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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2243 COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY REPEARLING SECTION 37a AND ANY AMEND14ENTS THERETO, KNOWN AS THE SECTION ESTABLISHING FEES FOR BUILDING PERMITS, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION 37a ON THE SAME SUBJECT, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL TAKE EFFECT. WHEREAS, all municipal administration costs have increased greatly since permit fees were last established, and WHEREAS, it is deemed appropriate and necessary to modify said permit fees in order to partially compensate for said in- creased costs; NO1110 THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CIVIL CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: SECTION I. That Section 37a of the Building Code of the City of South Bend., Inciana, be and the same is hereby repealed,, and a new Section known by the same number and on the same sub- ject pertaining to fees for Building Permits is hereby enacted in lieu thereof and shall read as follows: SECTION 37a FEES FOR PERMIT The fees charged for the issuing of permits by the Building Department, not otherwise provided for in this Code, shall be paid at the time the permit is issued and shall be as follows: For buildings of Type 1 construction, the fee shall be five cents (5y) for each one hundred cubic feet (100 cu, ft.) of vo- lume or fraction thereof. For buildings of Types 2, 3, and 4 construction, the fee shall be four cents (40) for each one hundred cubic feet (100 cu, ft.) of volume or fraction thereof. For buildings of Type 5 construction the fees shall be six cents (6¢) for each one hundred cubic feet (100 cuo ft.) of volume or fraction thereof. , For the purpose of determining fees predicted on volume, said volume shall be computed from the lowest point of the foundation to the mid -point between the eaves and the ridge of / gable roofs, and from the lowest point of the foundation to the tip of the roof for flat roofs. For open shelter sheds the fee shall be ten cents (10�) for each one hundred square feet (100 sq. ft.) or fraction thereof of ground area, plus one dollar ($1.00). For alterations and'repairs not otherwise provided for, for roof repairs, reroofing, tanks, towers, platforms, stacks, and other miscellaneous buildings and structures not included in the preceding schedule and.for which volumes cannot be computed, the fee shall be two dollars ($2.00) for the first one thousand dollars (41,000.00) of cost or fraction thereof, one dollar and fifty cents ($1,:50) for each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) Of cost or fraction thereof above one thousand dollars (1..000.00) up to and including ten thousand dollars ( "10;000.00), one dot- lar (?1.00) for each one thousand dollars 01,000.00) of cost or fraction thereof above ten thousand dollars (510,000.00), up to and including one hundred thousand dollars (0100 000.00)0 and fifty cents (0.50) for each one thousand dollars (;1,000.00) of cost or fraction thereof above one hundred thousand dollars 051001000.00). The fee for permit for banner signs shall be two dollars (?"2.00) each. The fee for vmecking operations sal be two dollars ($2;00).