08-10-09 Common Council Meeting Agenda & Packet

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Ordinance No. Bill No. AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 14 ARTICLE 9 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED "REGULATIONS ADDRESSING SPECIAL EVENTS IN RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS" STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT In 2007 the South Bend Common Council passed Ordinance No. 9785-07 which established regulations addressing special events in residentially zoned areas. That ordinance established a fair and systematic process to properly balance the responsibilities of person(s) who host special events which occur in residential areas, with the rights of the surrounding residents and neighborhoods. Last year the City Administration requested that the duties regarding conditional use lawn parking permits be transferred from the Department of Administration and Finance to the Office of the. City Clerk. The Common Council incorporated those changes into Ordinance No. 9889- 08 which was passed by the Council on December 8, 2008. This ordinance would make limited amendments to improve the processing of requests for lawn parking permits. Some of the proposed changes include: changing the deadline from Thursday to Wednesday prior to a home football game for applying for a permit with the Office of the City Clerk; and providing a discount of ten percent (10%) of the Seasonal Conditional Lawn Parking Permit if a qualifying applicant desiring to park ten (10) or more motor vehicles files for, and is issued such a permit, prior to the first home football game of the season. The changes are believed to be in the best interests of administering the regulations. ~a-ca, t~e~o~e, le rt oa~~z~ircec~ by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. Various sections of Chapter 14, Article 9, addressing REGULATIONS ADDRESSING SPECIAL EVENTS IN RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS, shall be amended to read as follows: Sec. 14-51. Definitions.2 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: 2 Many of the definitions set forth in this section and section 14-41 are identical to or similar to those set forth in section 21-11.02 of the Zoning chapter of the South Bend Municipal Code.