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2016 Annual Report— Department of Code Enforcement 15 <br /> Inspector Area Violation Count <br /> Our department splits South Bend into 8 areas. One inspector <br /> is assigned to monitor each area. s <br /> Below is the number of records created in 2016 per inspector ! _ <br /> area. <br /> 1 � <br /> z <br /> Records per Inspector Area <br /> 8 1,257 <br /> 7 ,900 \ - <br /> 6 1,404 _. <br /> . 1 G <br /> 5 1,408 <br /> 4 1,292 5 <br /> 3 1,460 ,l <br /> 2 1,494 <br /> 1 1,822 <br /> NEAT Crew <br /> Code Enforcement is responsible for the abatement of environmental violations. The Neighborhood Enforcement <br /> Action Team (NEAT) is the branch of Code Enforcement that is tasked with this responsibility. NEAT consists of one <br /> supervisor and three operators. In 2016, NEAT was assigned 4,587 properties to abate. 36%of those assigned violations <br /> were cleaned by owner with the other 64% being abated by our crew. Over 4 million pounds of litter and debris and <br /> 6,314 tires were abated by the NEAT Crew in 2016! Total amount of billable abatements was$801,207. The average <br /> amount billed was$274. <br /> Continuous Enforcement <br /> 2016 was the first year inspectors were able to add properties to continuous enforcement without requiring a Code <br /> Enforcement Hearing by issuing direct orders from the Director. Not only has using direct orders saved money by not <br /> processing cases through the hearing process, it also allows us to more quickly remove environmental violations. <br /> As with continuous enforcement orders through a Code Enforcement hearing, under the Indiana Unsafe Building Law, <br /> once we provide the initial notification to the property owner informing him/her that the property has a continuous <br /> enforcement order,we do not need to cite the property in order to abate it for the next two years (continuous <br /> 1300 County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, IN 46601 Rev.MI 3.10.17 <br />