Amending Variou Sections Chapter 13 Addressing Chronic Problem Property Regulations

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Chronic Problem Property Ordinance Amendments Page 2 3. A combination of valid complaints and /or ordinance citations issued by a sworn member of the Police Department as further addressed in ¶ 1 herein, and /or has been issued letters by the Code Enforcement Department as further addressed in ¶ 2 herein, which together total not less than five (5) in number issued in a sixty (60) calendar day period. However, in the event that a property consists of more than fifty (50) dwelling units which are rented or intended to be rented and are located on a single parcel or lot for which a postal address exists or may exist for each individual unit including residential rental properties, hotels, motels, or other similar properties offering overnight lodging, such address for a property shall not be considered as a chronic problem property until it has been issued more than twelve (12) verified complaints, ordinance citations, letters seeking compliance involving nuisance activity, as further addressed in ¶ 1 through ¶ 3 herein, in any ninety (90) day period. If a property is zoned commercial as defined in Article 3 of Chanter 21 of the South Bend Municipal Code; or is zoned industrial as defined in Article 4 of the South Bend Municipal Code, or is zoned as a Planned Unit Development (PUD) as defined in Article 5 of Chapter 21 of the South Bend Municipal Code, the provisions of (b) 1, 2, and 3 of this Section are the criteria for a chronic problem property. (c) Citation shall mean an act which is prohibited or an offense which is punishable under the South Bend Municipal Code for which a written ordinance violation citation was issued by the Police Department requiring payment of a fine to the Ordinance Violations Bureau. (d) City means the City of South Bend, Indiana. (e) Police documented call for service shall mean when a sworn member of the Police Department is dispatched or deployed to respond to an incident at a specific location as a police response. (f) Police response shall mean any and all police action needed to protect the health, safety and welfare of inhabitants of a property or location where valid complaint(s) have been documented, with such police response being subject to the governing rules and regulations of the Police Department. (g) Valid complaint shall refer to a police documented call for service that a incident took place at a specific property requiring sworn police personnel to be dispatched or caused to respond. The term does not include incidents involving an occupant of the premises as the victim of the crime. (h) Warning notice shall be a written document sent by the South Bend Police Department to any property owner who has received three (3) citations and/or valid complaints from the City