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Dear Members,
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Spring-New beginnings fresh start to move suddenly
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building business it usually signifies a renewed interest
1 Jan, Garman Treasurer in starting that new home or remodeling project.
1 Wabash Electric Hopefully, all of your businesses are off to a fast, fresh
start this year.
Beth Cartwright, Treasurer If you have noticed events around the US and world
B Angola Lumber lately, you no doubt have sensed an air of change and
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IN Legislative News
HOUSE PASSES LEGISLATION TO HELP HOME
BUILDERS BEFORE WALKOUT
The Indiana House of Representatives approved House Bill 1046
by a vote of 78-20 earlier this week, one of the last bills debated
in the House before the walkout to Illinois. The bill provides a
100% property tax deduction to a residential builder for a single
family residence, townhouse, or condominium that has never
been occupied as a principal residence. Builders would continue
to pay the property taxes on the land, but taxes on the structure
would be exempt. This is a key piece of legislation for the
housing industry as statewide building permits are down 70%
from their peak in the mid-2000s and would allow home builders
to take the deduction on up to three homes for three assessment
dates when the structure is fully assessed. With unanimous
support from the House Ways and Means Committee and an
overwhelming number of Representatives voting for the bill on
the House floor, the bill has made it through the first-half of
session. IBA will be asking for your help in encouraging your
State Senator to support House Bill 1046 as the bill continues to
move through the process. Members can email their Legislator
from IBA's website at www.buildindiana.org.
Please take time to review the roll call which details the State Representatives who voted for
the bill and thank them for their support.
Roll Call Vote on House Bill 1046
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0207.PDF.pdf
Text of House Bill 1046
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/HB/HB1046.2.pdf

LEAD PROGRAM TRANSFER STILL MOVING

Senate Bill 366 (Miller R-Indianapolis) which includes language to
require that the State Department of Health assume control of EPA’s
lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Program was
approved unanimously by the Senate this week and sent to the House
for further consideration. The lead language was amended into this
non-controversial piece of legislation which many Senators
supported. IBA is opposed to the transfer of the program at this time
and will be voicing concerns with House members.
ARIZONA STYLE IMMIGRATION BILL PASSES SENATE
The Indiana Senate passed Arizona-style immigration legislation earlier this week by a vote of
31-18 and now heads to the House for further consideration. The IBA continues to oppose the
legislation and believes the federal government should deal with the immigration issue. IBA
is also a member of the Indiana Compact. For more information or to sign on to the Compact,
please visit the website at http://www.indianacompact.com/.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/SB/SB0590.1.pdf

SURVEYOR BILL APPROVED

Senate Bill 374 (Boots R-Crawfordsville) would allow a licensed land
surveyor and personnel under the supervision of a land surveyor to
enter any land, water, or property in Indiana, except for: land owned or
controlled by the Department of Homeland Security or a public utility;
or a building, dwelling, or structure on the land or property; to conduct a
survey. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 44-5 and now moves to
the House for further consideration.

TRANSFER FEE LEGISLATION MOVES FORWARD

Representative Mike Speedy’s (R-Indianapolis) legislation which prohibits the use of private
transfer fees, with the exception of those transfer fees levied by Homeowners Associations and
Condo Associations, was approved by the House with a vote of 98-0 on Monday. House Bill
1541 will now move to the Senate for further consideration.

ASSESSMENT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND

HB 1326 Assessment of undeveloped land (Steuerwald R-
Danville)
Eliminates a requirement that land in inventory be
reassessed when title is transferred to a person who in-
tends to construct a building on the land.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/IN/
IN1326.1.pdf

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By : Rosa Salter Rodriguez Feb. 27, 2011

With the springtime roofing season

about to go into full swing, there’s a
new wrinkle for homeowners who
want to be protected from the
environment and protect it too. Old Shingles:
Some roofers have begun recycling
the old asphalt shingles torn off
when a new roof is installed. In the
industry, this process is known as
New
Pavement
Roofs to Roads because it takes the
shingles and mixes them into
asphalt for highway paving.
Supporters say the trend has the Last April, INDOT officials unveiled new paving
potential to keep at least 10 million specs that increased the allowable amount of
tons of used shingles out of landfills recycled roofing shingles within asphalt mixes and
annually. allowed tear off shingles for the first time.
“That is a lot of waste,” says, Using shingles and recycling existing pavement will
Rodney Pierce, director of save $10 million to $15 million a year in paving
sustainable solutions for Heritage expenses officials estimate. The practice also will
Environmental Services in reduce the dependence on foreign oil because liquid
Indianapolis, one of the companies asphalt used in paving is petroleum based they say.
behind the local push to recycle roof
debris. Shingle recycling also has been well received by
roofers and homeowners says Marty Henry,
Pierce says shingle recycling just Upstate’s owner. About 30 local roofers have
got a big boost when Owens participated in recycling, he says.
Corning, joined with his company
and Upstate Recycling in Fort “It’s been working out fine. The roofers like it. Every-
Wayne. Last fall, Upstate added a body likes the idea of recycling,” Henry says. “Plus
disposal site geared to shingles at we are saving them money. They’ll save about $100 a
its facility at 11400 Bluffton Road. roof and they can pass that on to their customers.”
Owens Corning began offering local
Henry says the savings come because Upstate
roofers the opportunity to sign a
Recycle metal flashing and plastic from roofing jobs,
recycling pledge they can use in
saving roofers additional trips.
selling their services.
So far, Upstate has been collecting and storing
Another boost, Pierce says, came
shingle waste, but by mid-April the company will
when the Indiana Department of
begin processing asphalt shingles for resale as
Transportation called an early halt
ground asphalt to paving companies, he adds.
to the demonstration projects in the
Indianapolis area using asphalt A second recycling sit might open at Reese Central
mixes with recycled shingles, Wholesale this year, according to Ross Smith,
finding that paving made from company Vice President.
shingles preformed as well as
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convention mixes.
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SHINGLES CT’D
Mike Miller, owner of Ultimate Exteriors in
Leo-Cedarville, says his residential roofing
company has recycled about 50 roofs since
last year.
“I haven’t seen anyone seek me out
specifically for this yet,” he says of the
service. But when he tells customers he can
recycle their torn-off shingles, “They’re like,
‘Whoa! You can recycle shingles? I didn’t
know that.’ They’re very receptive to
it…(But) I don’t think they think too much
about it until you bring it up and tell them
about it.”
Barry Williams, owner of A&B Construction
Inc. in Fort Wayne, says he expects more
area roofers to get more involved in
recycling.
“We have to separate paper and plastic and
metals and wood (from shingles). It’s a little
more work,” he says. “It doesn’t cost more for
the dump fees so with the labor increase it
averages out about the same.”
It’s also a little more work for pavers to use
asphalt mixes with recycled shingles
according to Pierce, whose company also
owns asphalt plants.
Mixes with recycled shingles, he says, are
generally used in base and intermediate
layers of asphalt which are allowed to have 5
percent shingle content in Indiana.
“Asphalt pavers like it once they get used to
it,” Pierce says, adding that the mixes tend
to be a bit stiffer and set more quickly than
virgin asphalt.,
“It’s a benefit because they’re moving the
pavement project quicker, but they don’t
have as much time to mold and shit it,” he
says. “If you have too few people or not the
right equipment, that’s a problem.”
Pierce says shingles are a good paving
additive because the materials they contain
Filler-sand, color granules and fiberglass-
add strength when melted into the mix.
Brooks Construction of Fort Wayne is one of
the companies that uses shingles in its mixes
he notes.
Pierce predicts shingle recycling will
dominate in coming years as more roofs
installed after 1978 when asbestos was
banned come to the end of their predicted
lifespan and are replaced. Shingles with
asbestos cannot be recycled by this process
his company uses he says.
“In Indy we’re doing 25,000-30,000 tons of
shingle waste so we’re already getting about
a fifth or sixth of the market in three years,”
he says. “I think we’re shooting for a quarter
of the market. That would be good for us in
Fort Wayne.”
Owens Corning recently produced new sales
and educational materials so buyers now will
know at the point of sale that their shingles
can be recycled, says Pierce.
Same Gillie, 40, of Fort Wayne says it was a
list of roofers supplied by Owens Corning
that led him in the direction of recycling
when he had the roof on his family’s 55-year
old Cape Cod replaced last year.
“It was one of my prerequisites for choosing
a contractor,” he says. His home, he adds,
had three layers of shingles dating from the
1980’s.
“They (workers) told me when they had
finished we probably had about 5,000 pounds
of shingles which is more than average,” he
says “so it was important to me that that be
kept out of a landfill.”
Pierce hopes more homeowers will start to
think that way. “Recycling is always a
choice,” he says. “But this gives the
homeowner another opportunity to make
buying decisions based on being green.
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 Building Permits
Category Noble* Steuben LaGrange

Homes 2 2 2

Residential 0 5 4
Additions

Industrial 0 1 5

January 2011
*In Noble County six towns issue building
permits as well as the county, these numbers
are reflective of the county.
In Steuben County, the county as well as the
city of Angola issue permits, these numbers
are reflective of the county.
In LaGrange County, all building permits are
issued out of LaGrange.

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 By: Zach Michels, Steuben County Plan Director
Planning Ahead plancommission@co.steuben.in.us OR 260 668.1000 x1600

To Amend or not to Amend…..That is the question

The Steuben County Plan Commission is in the final stretch of ordinance amendment season.
We want to take a few moments to share some of the potential changes that may most impact
the building community. The Plan Commission will be discussing the amendments at their
meetings on March 2 and April 6. Please come out and offer your input or contact staff.
Detached garages.
The proposed amendment will change the height for garages from 18 feet to 15 feet. This height
is measured from the garage floor to the midpoint of the roof, not the peak. For example, a
garage could have 12 foot walls with a peak height of 18 feet or have 10 foot walls with a peak
height of 20 feet and meet the height standard.
Currently, it is only possible to build a garage in a platted subdivision if the owner also has a
home that is adjacent to or across the street from the garage site. The proposed amendment
would allow garages to be built in residential areas within 300 feet of the home site.
Site Plan Requirements.
Currently, the zoning ordinance requires that all structures within 100 feet of a proposed
building be shown on the site plan. In some areas, that can mean a lot of buildings! The
proposed amendment will reduce the distance from 100 feet to 20 feet. This will still show the
spots where buildings may be too close but reduce the burden of preparing a site plan.
The proposed amendment will allow staff to waive the requirement for a residential or
agricultural site plan to be based on a survey if several conditions are met: 1)The property
must be at least 1 acre in size, 2) The structures must be at least 5 feet beyond the required
setback, and 3) The building and impermeable coverage's are at least 3% less than the
maximum allowed.
Minor Subdivision Review Process.
Currently, all subdivisions of land, including minor subdivisions that create 1-4 lots, are
reviewed by the Plan Commission. The proposed amendment will create a plat committee that
can review minor subdivisions. This will allow for a quicker and less expensive process.
Applicants and interested persons can still request that the minor subdivision be heard by the
plan commission.
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