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2018 Annual Report—Department of Code Enforcement 9 <br /> Ordinance Violation Citations Issued <br /> Both the office of Code Enforcement (CE) and South Bend Animal Ordinance Violation Citations Issued <br /> Care and Control (SBACC) have been issuing ordinance violation Average <br /> citations to encourage compliance from owners/violators. Year Count Total Sum per <br /> Ticket <br /> CE increased the number of citations written by 20.7%since 2017. 2016- CE 3,676 $ 1,019,450 $277.33 <br /> The average citation amount for CE decreased by 33.4%; largely due 2017- CE 3,317 $ 1,335,250 $402.55 <br /> to many continuous enforcement properties naturally expiring and 2018-CE 4,005 1,073,995 $268.16 <br /> not receiving the second year fee. 2016 SBACC 67 $ 8,025 $119.78 <br /> SBACC has been working toward holding people accountable for their 2017-SBACC, 344 $ 54,975 $159.81 <br /> animals. Improved ordinance violation citation practices have 2018 SBACC 1022 $ 239,850 $234.69 <br /> become standard practice (to achieve compliance). Ordinance violation citations increased 197%over the previous <br /> year.Staff are issuing ordinance violation citations for common ordinance violations like:failure to license pets,failure <br /> to obtain rabies vaccinations, running at large,etc. <br /> Housing Data and Analysis <br /> Housing Data <br /> New Housing Cases 2016 2017 2018 ' <br /> New Housing Cases 682 612 747 <br /> Due to working between software programs and transferring cases Secure Orders Issued 128 98 135 <br /> form the old software to the new,the number of new housing cases Closed Housing Cases 889 1,181 515 <br /> increased by 22%. However,that will contain some duplicates since Housing Hearings 893 963 1,009 <br /> some cases were already preexisting but were now updated in the <br /> new software. A total of 515 housing cases were resolved in 2018. <br /> We continue to monitor Vacant and Abandoned (V&A) properties Vacant&Abandoned Activity <br /> and added 48 new V&A properties in 2018. 116 V&A properties 2016 2017 2018 <br /> were closed in 2018 with a majority of those being repaired by New V&A Properties 83 68 48 <br /> owners. Our goal is to continue closing more V&A cases than are V&A Cases Closed 187 79 116 <br /> added every year. Demolished by City 110 4 32 <br /> Demolished by Private 0 2 4 <br /> Repaired by Private 77 73 80 <br /> 1300 County-City Building, 227 W.Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, IN 46601 <br />