Amending Chapter 6, 17 and 18 to Include New Rules, Regulations & Service Charges for Various Permits and Reviews in Connection with Stormwater Control and Construction in the Right-of-Way

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Section III. Chapter 17, Article 12, Section 17-113(d) of the South Bend Municipal Code, shall be amended to read as follows: Sec. 17-113. Site development permit. (d) Each ESCP submittal shall include the name, address and phone number of the owner or developer of the site and any consulting firm retained by the applicant together with the name of the applicant's principal contact at such firm. It shall also include a statement by the owner or developer of the site that any land clearing, construction, or development involving the movement of earth by any party on the project site shall be in accordance with the approved ESCP. Each ESCP shall be accompanied by a non- refundable one hundred dollars ($100)filing-permit review fee per acre of disturbed land up to $1,000 made payable to the City of South Bend, Indiana. Partial acres are always rounded up (e.g. 2.1 acres would have a review fee of$300). The separate ECSP non-refundable filing fee is $100). Section IV. Chapter 18, Article 2, Section 18-20(a) of the South Bend Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: Sec. 18-20. Obstructing free passage of streets; exception; permit required. (a) No person by any means or in any manner shall collect together vehicles or any substance or materials so as to obstruct the free passage or use of any street. All temporary occupancy of public property as hereinafter provided for shall be considered and treated as being at the will of the City, and will be permitted only by special permit issued by the City Engineer as defined in Chapter 18, Article 7 of the South Bend Municipal Code. Section V. Chapter 18, Article 2, Section 18-22 of the South Bend Municipal Code, is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection (e) which shall read in its entirety as follows: (e) City-funded or City Utilities-funded public improvement construction projects shall not be subject to City excavation fees; however, the contractor or City department doing any such construction work must apply and receive approval for excavation permits as described in Section 18-25. Section VI. Chapter 18, Article 2, Sections 18-24 and 18-26 of the South Bend Municipal Code, are hereby amended to read in their entirety as follows: Sec. 18-24.—Excavation permit; fee. Any person desiring to make an opening or excavation contemplated by this article shall pay to the City Engineer's Office for the permit required by Section 18-22 the following: sum of twenty five dollars ($25.00). (a) Excavation of 100 linear feet or less, and for each tunnel opening: 1. In Roadway Pavement $200 3