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Zoning Bulletin August 25, 2011 I Volume 5 1 No. 16 <br />tivity conducted for profit or gain." The court found that the rental activ- <br />ity undertaken by the Siwinskis was conducted for profit or gain. Their <br />rental activity was "commercial activity," which was allowed only in the <br />Commercial District, not in the Residential District. <br />See also: Ragucci v. Metropolitan Development Com'n of Marion Coun- <br />ty, 702 N.E.2d 677 (Ind. 1998). <br />Case Note: The court also concluded that, under Ind. Code § 36- <br />1 -3 -8, the Siwinskis were liable for a maximum fine of $32,500 <br />for their five violations of the ordinance. (A fine of not more than <br />$2,500 for the first offense, plus fines of not more than $7,500 for <br />the second and each subsequent offense.) <br />Zoning News from Around the Nation <br />DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA <br />The D.C. Council recently amended its zoning laws to "help re-estab- <br />lish a federal firearm licensee (FFL) dealer in the district." Under D . C.'s <br />zoning laws, gun - related businesses must be at least 300 feet away from <br />schools, libraries, playgrounds, and other locations. The new amend- <br />ment allows for a licensed gun dealer to register and process gun sales at <br />Metropolitan Police headquarters. <br />Source: Fox News; www.foxnews.com <br />ILLINOIS <br />A proposed ordinance that is "intended to force banks and other fi- <br />nancial institutions to better maintain their vacation properties" is now <br />under the consideration of Chicago's full council. Among other things, <br />the ordinance "includes language that expands the definition of a prop- <br />erty owner in the city code to include `any person who alone, jointly or <br />severally with others is a mortgagee who holds a mortgage on the prop- <br />erty, or is an assignee or agent of the mortgagee.'" This expanded class <br />of owners would be required to follow existing vacant building rules. <br />The proposed ordinance essentially "ratchet[s] up banks' requirements <br />under the law by effectively establishing mortgage holders as owners of <br />vacant property." <br />Source: ChicagoNow; www.chicagonow.com <br />© 2011 Thomson Reuters 11 <br />