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ORDINANCE No. 7863-88
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 28, 88
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Attest: t e- ``' City Clerk
IRENE K. GAMMON
Attest:
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 29, 88
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IRENE K. GAMMON
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BILL NO.
ORDINANCE NO. 74.447
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-6.5 OF THE SOUTH BEND
MUNICIPAL CODE WHICH SETS FORTH RESTRICTED FIRE LIMITS.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT:
In order to remove unnecessary restrictions on the development
of parking structures within the downtown area it is necessary to
exempt such structures from the Central Downtown Restricted Fire
Limits and East Bank Restricted Fire Limits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Section 6-6. 5 of the Municipal Code of South Bend,
Indiana, regulating restricted fire limits is amended as follows:
6-6.5(d) The provisions of subsection (c) shall not apply
to ether the following:
(1) A building or structure which meets all of the
following criteria:
a. Requirements of this section are not
otherwise required by the building code;
b. Each building or structure is located at
least twenty ( 20) feet from any other building
or structure;
c. Fire lanes are adequate to accomodate
firefighting equipment, as determined by the
fire chief;
d. The total square footage of the building or
structure, does not exceed fifty thousand
(50,000) square feet;
e. The area of the subject property is not
congested. Congestion shall be defined as a
condition where the ratio of the total square
footage of buildings and structures to the total
square footage of land on the subject parcel and
all parcels abutting the subject parcel is more
than 1.15: 1.
( 2) Minor improvements to existing buildings or
structures, which meet all of the following criteria:
a. There is no change to the existing occupancy
classifaction; and
b. Improvement is limited solely to providing
additional exits;
c. There are no structural alterations to the
building; and
Section 2: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by
the Mayor.
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JON R. HUNT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ANN KOLATA p p
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR March 1 , 1988
South Bend Common Council
4th Floor County City Building
South Bend, IN 46601
Dear Council Members:
Attached is an ordinance amending Chapter 6 , Article 2 ,
Section 6 - 6 . 5 of the South Bend Municipal Code. This ordinance
would exempt non-combustible parking structures from the provisions
of Section 6 - 6 . 5 (c) which would require them either to be Type I
construction or to be totally installed with automatic sprinkler
devices .
Sincerely,
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Ann E . Kolata
Acting Executive Director
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Attachment
REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING REHABILITATION HUMAN RIGHTS FISCAL R. PROGRAM
ANN KOLATA & BUSINESS ASSISTANCE KATHRYN BAUMGARTNER MARY E. ALLEN MANAGEMENT
284-9371 DONALD INKS 284-9475 284-9355 ELIZABETH LEONARD
284-9335 284-9335
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On the Column CounrU of Or faith of0out11 fiend:
Your Committee
of the Whole
to whom was referred
BILL NO.
16-88 A BILL AMENDING SECTION 6-6. 5 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL
CODE WHICH SETS FORTH RESTRICTED FIRE LIMITS.
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion
This bill should be recommended to the Council favorable.
Thomas Zakrzewski
Chairman
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