HomeMy WebLinkAboutAppropriating $30,000.00 Community Development Block Grant Fund Establishing a Revolving Fund for a Code Enforcement ProgramPassed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana_
Y 11 -1977
IRENE K. GAMMON
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Ind'ana
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Clerk
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IRENE K. GAMMON
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BILL NO.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $30,000.00 FROM THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A REVOLVING FUND FOR A
CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM UNDER THE STATE'S UN-
SAFE BUILDING ACT OF 1973, AS AMENDED BY THE
ACT OF 1977, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT /BUREAU OF
SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT:
As part of the City's efforts to maintain and upgrade
the quality of South Bend's housing stock and to protect, pre-
serve, and revitalize residential neighborhoods within the
City, the Division of Community Development has established a
revolving fund for the rehabilitation of substandard housing
units. This revolving rehabilitation fund will be utilized by
the Building Department and Bureau of Substandard Buildings as
part of the City's Code Enforcement and Hearing Officer Program
established under the Unsafe Building Act of 1973 (as amended
by the Act of 1977).
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council
of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows:
SECTION I. The sum of $30,000.00 is hereby appropriated
for the program year starting July 7, 1977, from the City of South
Bend's Community Development Block Grant Fund (Program Year 1977).
The appropriation shall be used within the boundaries of the Com-
munity Development "target areas" as approved by the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development under Title
Twenty -Four (24), Code of Federal Regulations, Part Five Hundred
and Seventy (570) for the Community Development Program Year
1977. The appropriation shall be administered by the Division of
Community Development and the Building Department /Bureau of Sub-
standard Buildings.
PROGRAM - CD - 77 - 400
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
PURPOSE AMOUNT
Revolving Rehabilitation Fund $30,000.00
for Code Enforcement
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and
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John E. DeLee, P.E.
Building Commissioner
CITY of SOUTH BEND
PETER I NEMETH, Mayor
COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601
Mr. Roger 0. Parent
President
South Bend Common Council
400 County City Building
227 West Jefferson Boulevard
South Bend, Indiana 46601
Dear Mr. Parent:
Bureau of Substandard Buildings
284 -9486 • 284 -9498
Room 1301
June 17, 1977
The attached ordinance using Community Development Funds, Program: CD -77-
400, is hereby submitted for Council action.
The $30,000 appropriation request shall be used for non - personnel costs
to establish a Code Enforcement Revolving Fund as provided by statute
(I.C. 18- 5- 5.5 -17). The purpose and intent of the Fund shall be to up-
grade substandard structures and, thus, to lessen urban blight.
If you have any questions or you have need of further information, please
contact me at your convenience. „
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cc: John E. DeLee, Building Commissioner
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Your Committee OF THE WHOLE
to whom was referred
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $30,000.00 FROM THE COM-
MUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND FOR THE PURPOSE
OF ESTABLISHING A REVOLVING FUND FOR A CODE ENFORCE -
MENT PROGRAM UNDER THE STATE'S UNSAFE BUILDING ACT
OF 1973, AS AMENDED BY THE ACT OF 1977, TO BE ADMIN-
ISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DIVISION
OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING.DEPARTMENT /BUREAU
OF SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS.
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their o anion THIS ORDINANCE SHOULD BE
RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL VAVORABLE.
FRANK HORVATH
Chairman
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