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47 <br />ANNUAL REPORT 2025 <br />AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY <br />• Building related quesƟ ons <br />• Building related permiƫ ng <br />• Required building inspecƟ ons <br />• Floodplain quesƟ ons <br />SERVICES <br />• Building, construcƟ on, and remodeling <br />• Signs <br />• Moving of structures <br />• Plumbing, heaƟ ng, electrical <br />• Air condiƟ oning <br />• VenƟ laƟ on <br />• DemoliƟ on <br />• Fences <br />• Floodplain <br />• Solar <br />PERMITS <br />• City and County Plan Review – commercial buildings <br />• Licensing of electrical and heaƟ ng Contractors <br />• RegistraƟ on of general, plumbing, excavator and demoliƟ on contractors <br />ADDITIONAL <br />• City of South Bend <br />• Unincorporated areas of St. Joseph <br />County <br />• Towns of Indian Village, Lakeville, North <br />Liberty, Roseland and Osceola <br />AREAS OF JURISDICTION (APPROX. <br />440 SQUARE MILES) <br />• City of South Bend <br />• St. Joseph County (except New <br />Carlisle, Walkerton, Mishawaka) <br />• Total <br />POPULATION (2020 CENSUS) <br />102,136 <br />114,734 <br />216,870 <br />INSPECTION REPORT <br />BUILDING <br />7,002 <br />ELECTRICAL <br />3,774 <br />PLUMBING <br />3,237 <br />HEATING <br />3,553 <br />COMPLIANCE <br />856 <br />MILEAGE <br />158,596 <br />INSPECTION REPORT DETAILS <br />St. Joseph County covers approximately 440 square miles. Our <br />inspectors cover the enƟ re county fi ve days per week: fi Ō y-two <br />weeks per year. Not only do we emphasize effi ciency in planning daily <br />inspecƟ ons, but we also highlight safe driving as part of our daily <br />duƟ es. <br />BUILDING DEPARTMENT