11-23-15 Agenda, Packet & Committee Meeting Notice

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sa. el /865 .... CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETE BUTTIGIEG,MAYOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS November 19, 2015 Mr.Tim Scott Council President,South Bend Common Council 4th Floor, County-City Building South Bend, IN 46601 Re: Bill#68-15 Substitute Version Dear Council President Scott, On October 7, 2015, I, Patrick C. Kerr,City Engineer, filed Bill#68-15 which is an ordinance proposing to charge reasonable fees to recover costs of providing services to persons requesting site developments; excavation permits; construction or repair of sidewalks, curbs,gutters, driveways, alleys, and roadways;and barricade permits.That Bill, based upon further review,would benefit from the addition of language regarding bonding and insurance as well as several clerical and minor items. Notable substitutions to the original bill are as follows: 1) The Utility Verification Fee was determined to be better suited in Chapter 6 instead of Chapter 17 as it will be handled as part of the building permit process.This substitution has removed any proposed codification to Chapter 17 and has resulted in the renumbering of ensuing Sections of this Bill as the material from the original Section III has been relocated to Section I. 2) The non-uniformity of our current bonding and Insurance language in Sections 18-26, 18-44,and 18-62 was addressed by allowing for permit requesters to be granted single or continuing bonds whereby the amount would be defined by the Board of Public Works and the duration would be defined by the City Engineer. 3) Section 18-43 has been rewritten to handle Penalties for Violations.The existing code covered sidewalk contractor licenses which I propose to discontinue. 4) In Section 18-61,the Type of Street was renamed from Residential to Local to match the city's street classification scheme. In addition,the non-traffic restriction weekly fee for local streets was reduced from $35 to$20 to mirror the existing fee for homeowners requesting dumpsters. 0/001