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IN Code § 36-7-4-210 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-210. Membership of Commission; Advisory Council on Town Affairs

Sec. 210. (a) AREA. In a county where there are two (2) or more towns having a population of not more than two thousand one hundred (2,100) neither of which has a representative on the area plan commission under section 207(c)(7) of this chapter that are participating in an area planning department, there is established an advisory council on town affairs. Each participating legislative body of such a town shall select one (1) of its members as its representative on the advisory council. The advisory council shall meet as soon as possible after the establishment of the planning department. It shall meet in the town hall of the participating town having the largest population, on the call of the representative of that town, who shall act as chair of the first meeting. Thereafter, the council shall elect its own chair.(b) AREA. The advisory council shall at its first meeting select from its membership an appropriate number of voting representatives to the area plan commission. If the advisory council is composed of five (5) members or less, it is entitled to one (1) voting representative on the area plan commission. If the advisory council is composed of more than five (5) members, it is entitled to two (2) voting representatives on the area plan commission.(c) AREA. The chair and the representatives on the advisory council shall be elected for one (1) year terms, terminating at the end of the year.(d) AREA. If there are not any cities located within a county, then the town having the largest population and participating in the planning department in the county shall select a citizen member to serve on the area plan commission. The legislative body of that town shall appoint that member as prescribed by section 218(e) of this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-210; 18-7-4-26.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.8; Acts 1982, P.L.1, SEC.63; P.L.127-2017, SEC.169.
IN Code § 36-7-4-211 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-211. Membership of Commission; Changes

Sec. 211. (a) AREA. Notwithstanding any other provision of the area planning law, the representation on any area plan commission may be changed by a similar ordinance adopted by the legislative body of each unit that is a participant in a planning department or by the legislative body of each unit that proposes to form a planning department.(b) AREA. Each ordinance adopted under this section must provide for at least one (1) representative from each unit that is a participant in the planning department.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-211; 18-7-4-8.5; 18-7-4-11.5.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.9.
IN Code § 36-7-4-212 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-212. Membership of Commission; Certification

Sec. 212. ADVISORY. The clerk of the municipal legislative body and the secretary of the park board shall certify members appointed by their respective bodies, and the executive shall certify the executive's appointments. The certificates shall be sent to and made a part of the records of the municipal plan commission.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-212; 18-7-5-8.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.170.
IN Code § 36-7-4-213 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-213. Membership of Commission; Advisory Members

Sec. 213. ADVISORY. If a municipality having a municipal plan commission is located in a county that has a county plan commission:(1) a designated representative of the county plan commission shall serve as an advisory member of the municipal plan commission; and(2) a designated representative of the municipal plan commission shall serve as an advisory member of the county plan commission.Each advisory member has all the privileges of membership, except the right to vote.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-213; 18-7-5-16.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23.
IN Code § 36-7-4-214 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-214. Membership of Commission; Additional Members Required for Unincorporated Jurisdictional Area

Sec. 214. (a) ADVISORY. When a municipal plan commission exercises jurisdiction outside the incorporated area of the municipality as provided for in section 205 of the advisory planning law, the executive of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall appoint two (2) additional citizen members to the municipal plan commission. The citizen members must:(1) be residents of:(A) the unincorporated area; or(B) the county, and must also be owners of real property located in whole or in part within the unincorporated area; and(2) not be of the same political party.However, at least one (1) of the members must be a resident of the unincorporated area.(b) ADVISORY. Initially, one (1) member under subsection (a) shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year and the other for a term of four (4) years. Thereafter, each appointment is for a term of four (4) years. The additional citizen members are entitled to participate and vote in all deliberations of the municipal plan commission.(c) ADVISORY. If the unincorporated area referred to in subsection (a) lies in two (2) counties, the executive of each of those counties shall appoint one (1) of the additional citizen members. The executive of the county having the larger proportion of the unincorporated area shall appoint its member first, and the executive of the other county shall then appoint its member, who must not be of the same political party.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-214; 18-7-5-35.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.7-1983, SEC.37; P.L.220-1986, SEC.8; P.L.126-2011, SEC.9; P.L.6-2012, SEC.242.
IN Code § 36-7-4-215 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-215. Membership of Commission; Additional Members Allowed for Unincorporated Jurisdictional Area

Sec. 215. ADVISORY. In addition to the requirements of section 214 of this chapter, the executive of the county may also appoint as members of a town plan commission additional representatives from the unincorporated jurisdictional area, if the executive believes the additional representation is justifiable. The number of appointments shall be determined as follows:(1) Two (2) citizen members, if the population of the jurisdictional area appears to be at least fifty percent (50%) but not more than one hundred percent (100%) of the population of the town itself.(2) Four (4) citizen members, if the population of the jurisdictional area appears to be greater than that of the town itself.These additional members must have the same qualifications and are entitled to the same terms and privileges as prescribed for the additional members appointed under section 214 of this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-215; 18-7-5-36.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.7-1983, SEC.38.
IN Code § 36-7-4-216 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-216. Membership of Commission; Qualifications of Citizen Members

Sec. 216. (a) Each citizen member shall be appointed because of the member's knowledge and experience in community affairs, the member's awareness of the social, economic, agricultural, and industrial problems of the area, and the member's interest in the development and integration of the area.(b) A citizen member may not hold:(1) an elected office (as defined in IC 3-5-2-17); or(2) any other appointed office in municipal, county, or state government;except for membership on the board of zoning appeals as required by section 902 of this chapter and, in the case of an area plan commission, membership on the body from which the member must be appointed under this series.(c) Subject to subsection (d), a citizen member must meet one (1) of the following requirements:(1) The member must be a resident of the jurisdictional area of the plan commission. The member may also be required by statute to reside within an unincorporated area of the jurisdictional area of the plan commission.(2) The member must be a resident of the county and also an owner of real property located in whole or in part in the jurisdictional area of the plan commission. The member may also be required by statute to own real property within an unincorporated area of the jurisdictional area of the plan commission.(d) At least a majority of the total number of citizen members appointed to a plan commission must be residents of the jurisdictional area of the plan commission. The commission shall determine whether a citizen member meets all applicable residency requirements for appointment in accordance with uniform rules prescribed by the commission.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-8-8 part; 18-7-2-7; 18-7-4-216; 18-7-4-13; 18-7-5-9; 18-7-5-13.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.10; P.L.2-1989, SEC.25; P.L.126-2011, SEC.10.
IN Code § 36-7-4-217 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-217. Membership of Commission; Term of Certain Appointees

Sec. 217. ADVISORY─AREA. The term of office of a member (who is appointed from the membership of a legislative body, a park board, or the advisory council on town affairs) is coextensive with the member's term of office on that body, board, or council, unless that body, board, or council appoints, at its first regular meeting in any year, another to serve as its representative.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-217; 18-7-4-12; 18-7-5-7 part; 18-7-5-12 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23.
IN Code § 36-7-4-220 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-220. Membership of Commission; Vacancies; Appointment of Alternate Members

Sec. 220. (a) If a vacancy occurs among the plan commission members who are appointed, then the appointing authority shall appoint a member for the unexpired term of the vacating member who meets the same requirements as the vacating member, including residency, not later than ninety (90) days after the vacancy occurs. The appointing authority may also appoint an alternate member who meets the same requirements as the disqualified member, including residency, to participate with the commission in a hearing or decision if the regular member appointed by the appointing authority has a disqualification under section 223(c) of this chapter. An alternate member has all the powers and duties of a regular member while participating in the hearing or decision.(b) If a vacancy occurs in the office of the county surveyor while the county surveyor is serving on the plan commission, then the county engineer shall participate with the plan commission during the time the office of the county surveyor is vacant. The county engineer has all the powers and duties of a regular member while participating under this subsection.(c) An appointed member who misses three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the plan commission may be treated as if the member had resigned, at the discretion of the appointing authority.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-8 part; 18-7-2-9; 18-7-4-220; 18-7-4-15; 18-7-5-15.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.12; P.L.23-1991, SEC.39; P.L.126-2011, SEC.11; P.L.193-2017, SEC.5; P.L.53-2020, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-7-4-222 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-222. Membership of Commission; Expenses

Sec. 222. If a plan commission determines that it is necessary or desirable for members or employees to join a professional organization or to attend a conference or interview dealing with planning or related problems, the commission may pay the applicable membership fees and all actual expenses of the members or employees, if that amount has been appropriated by the fiscal body of the unit.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-15; 18-7-4-222; 18-7-4-20; 18-7-5-21 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.13; P.L.192-1984, SEC.6.
IN Code § 36-7-4-222.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-222.5. Plan Commission Members Belonging to County Executive or Fiscal Bodies; Mileage and Compensation

Sec. 222.5. Notwithstanding IC 36-2-7-2, a member of a county executive, a member of a county fiscal body, a county surveyor, or an appointee of a county surveyor who is also a member of a plan commission is entitled to receive the following:(1) A sum for mileage for each mile necessarily traveled while performing the duties of a plan commission member in an amount determined by the county fiscal body.(2) A sum for compensation for services as a member of the plan commission in an amount that the county fiscal body may determine for attendance at meetings of the plan commission.As added by P.L.356-1989(ss), SEC.1. Amended by P.L.154-1993, SEC.3; P.L.10-1997, SEC.34.
IN Code § 36-7-4-223 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-223. Membership of Commission; Conflict of Interest; Disqualification

Sec. 223. (a) This section does not apply to the preparation or adoption of a comprehensive plan under the 500 series of this chapter.(b) A member of a plan commission or a legislative body is disqualified and may not participate as a member of the plan commission or legislative body in a hearing or recommendation of that commission or body concerning a legislative act as described in section 1016 of this chapter in which the member has a direct or indirect financial interest. The commission or body shall enter in its records the fact that its member has such a disqualification.(c) A member of a plan commission is disqualified and may not participate in a hearing of that commission concerning a zoning decision as described in section 1016 of this chapter if:(1) the member is biased or prejudiced or otherwise unable to be impartial; or(2) the member has a direct or indirect financial interest in the outcome of the zoning decision.(d) The plan commission shall enter in the plan commission's records:(1) the fact that a regular member has a disqualification under subsection (c); and(2) the name of the alternate member, if any, who participates in the hearing in place of the regular member.(e) A member of a plan commission or a legislative body may not directly or personally represent another person in a hearing before that commission or body concerning a zoning decision or a legislative act.(f) A member of a plan commission may not receive any mileage or compensation under section 222.5 of this chapter for attendance at a meeting if the member is disqualified under this section from participating in the entire meeting.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-223; 18-7-5-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.14; P.L.154-1993, SEC.4; P.L.126-2011, SEC.12.
IN Code § 36-7-4-300 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-300. 300 Series—organization of Commission

Sec. 300. This series (sections 300 through 399 of this chapter) may be cited as follows: 300 SERIES─COMMISSION ORGANIZATION.[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23.
IN Code § 36-7-4-301 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-301. Organization; Quorum

Sec. 301. A quorum consists of a majority of the entire membership of the plan commission, who are qualified by this chapter to vote.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-13 part; 18-7-3-9 part; 18-7-4-301; 18-7-4-18 part; 18-7-5-19 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23.
IN Code § 36-7-4-302 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-302. Organization; Official Action

Sec. 302. (a) ADVISORY─AREA. Action of a plan commission is not official, unless it is authorized, at a regular or special meeting, by a majority of the entire membership of the plan commission.(b) METRO. Action of the metropolitan development commission is not official, unless it is authorized, at a regular or special meeting, by:(1) at least six (6) members, when at least ten (10) members are present at the meeting;(2) at least five (5) members, when eight (8) or nine (9) members are present at the meeting; or(3) at least four (4) members, when fewer than eight (8) members are present at the meeting.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-13 part; 18-7-3-9 part; 18-7-4-302; 18-7-4-18 part; 18-7-5-19 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.212, SEC.1; P.L.192-1984, SEC.7; P.L.164-1995, SEC.17.
IN Code § 36-7-4-303 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-303. Organization; President and Vice President

Sec. 303. At its first regular meeting in each year, the plan commission shall elect from its members a president and a vice president. The vice president may act as president of the plan commission during the absence or disability of the president.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-16; 18-7-3-5 part; 18-7-4-303; 18-7-4-21; 18-7-5-22.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23.
IN Code § 36-7-4-304 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-304. Organization; Secretary

Sec. 304. The plan commission may appoint and fix the duties of a secretary, who is not required to be a member of the commission.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-17; 18-7-3-5 part; 18-7-4-304; 18-7-4-22; 18-7-5-23 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.15.
IN Code § 36-7-4-305 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-305. Organization; Offices and Property

Sec. 305. (a) ADVISORY. The municipality or the county shall provide suitable offices for the holding of advisory plan commission meetings and for preserving the plans, maps, accounts, and other documents of the commission.(b) AREA. After the establishment of the planning department, the county plan commission and participating municipal plan commissions shall transfer their property to the planning department.(c) AREA. Except as may be necessary for the exercise of the powers reserved to municipal boards of zoning appeals by the 900 series of this chapter, all ordinances, maps, reports, minute books, documents, and correspondence of any municipal or county plan commission or board of zoning appeals within the jurisdiction of a planning department shall be made available to or transferred to the plan commission on its written request. The plan commission shall procure suitable offices for the conduct of its work and the work of the planning department.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-18; 18-7-2-48 part; 18-7-4-305; 18-7-4-23; 18-7-4-55 part; 18-7-4-95; 18-7-5-24.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.192-1984, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-7-4-306 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-306. Organization; Regular Meetings and Minutes

Sec. 306. The plan commission shall fix the time for holding regular meetings each month or as necessary. The commission shall keep minutes of its meetings. The minutes of commission meetings and all records shall be filed in the office of the commission and are public records.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-10; 18-7-2-11; 18-7-4-306; 18-7-4-16; 18-7-5-17.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.16.
IN Code § 36-7-4-307 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-307. Organization; Special Meetings

Sec. 307. Special meetings of a plan commission may be called by the president or by two (2) members of the commission upon written request to the secretary. The secretary shall send to all members, at least three (3) days before the special meeting, a written notice fixing the time and place of the meeting. Written notice of a special meeting is not required if:(1) the date, time, and place of a special meeting are fixed in a regular meeting; and(2) all members of the commission are present at that regular meeting.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-12; 18-7-4-307; 18-7-4-17; 18-7-5-18.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.17.
IN Code § 36-7-4-308 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning|36-7-4-308. Organization; Appropriations

Sec. 308. (a) ADVISORY. After a legislative body has adopted an ordinance establishing a municipal or county plan commission, the fiscal body of the municipality or the county, as the case may be, may make appropriations to carry out the duties of the commission.(b) ADVISORY. After a metropolitan plan commission is established, the commission shall use all amounts previously appropriated to, but unexpended by, the county plan commission and the second class city plan commission without any further appropriation or transfer. Then the county fiscal body shall appropriate all necessary amounts for the use of the commission, but the city legislative body may appropriate additional amounts for the use of the commission. These amounts shall be deposited with the county treasurer in a fund to be known as the metropolitan planning fund.(c) AREA. After the planning department is established, the county fiscal body shall appropriate and make available to the planning department an amount equal to three cents ($.03) per person per month for each person in the county's population. This amount is to finance the planning department's operation from its establishment until appropriations are available to it through regular county budget and appropriation procedures. The county fiscal body shall appropriate sufficient amounts to the planning department to insure the continued functioning of the planning department within the participating units. This appropriation shall be made in conformity with the fiscal body's policy regarding the operating budgets of the various divisions of county government.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-3-10 part; 18-7-4-308; 18-7-4-29; 18-7-4-96; 18-7-5-29.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23.