2023 Indiana Code › Title 36. Local Government › Article 7. Planning and Development › Chapter 4. Local Planning and Zoning › 36-7-4-405. Duties of Plan Commission; Street Names and Numbers; Areas Not Subject to Plan Commission; Notice; Development Plans

Sec. 405. (a) ADVISORY ─ AREA. Each plan commission shall:
(1) make recommendations to the legislative body or bodies concerning:
(A) the adoption of the comprehensive plan and amendments to the comprehensive plan;
(B) the adoption or text amendment of:
(i) an initial zoning ordinance;
(ii) a replacement zoning ordinance; and
(iii) a subdivision control ordinance;
(C) the adoption or amendment of a PUD district ordinance (as defined in section 1503 of this chapter); and
(D) zone map changes; and
(2) render decisions concerning and approve plats, replats, and amendments to plats of subdivisions under the 700 series of this chapter.
(b) Each plan commission:
(1) shall assign street numbers to lots and structures;
(2) shall renumber lots and structures; and
(3) if the plan commission does not have the power under an ordinance adopted under subsection (c) to name or rename streets, may recommend the naming and renaming of streets to the executive.
(c) The executive shall name or rename streets. However, a unit may provide by ordinance that the plan commission rather than the executive shall name or rename streets. Streets shall be named or renamed so that their names are easy to understand and to avoid duplication or conflict with other names. The plan commission may, by rule, prescribe a numbering system for lots and structures.
(d) This subsection applies to a plan commission having jurisdiction in a county with a population of at least four hundred thousand (400,000). The plan commission shall number structures on highways within the plan commission's jurisdiction to conform with the numbers of structures on streets within cities in the county.
(e) This subsection applies to unincorporated areas subject to the jurisdiction of no plan commission under this article. The county executive:
(1) must approve the assignment of street numbers to lots and structures; and
(2) may number or renumber lots and structures and name or rename streets.
(f) This subsection applies to areas located within a municipality that are subject to the jurisdiction of no plan commission under this article. The executive of the municipality:
(1) must approve the assignment of street numbers to lots and structures; and
(2) may number or renumber lots and structures and name or rename streets.
(g) An executive acting under subsection (e) or (f) shall name or rename streets:
(1) so that their names are easy to understand; and
(2) to avoid duplication or conflict with other names.
(h) If streets are named or renamed or lots and structures are numbered or renumbered under this section, the commission or executive that makes the naming or numbering decision shall notify:
(1) the circuit court clerk or board of registration;
(2) the statewide 911 board established by IC 36-8-16.7-24 and the administrator of an enhanced emergency telephone system established under IC 36-8-16 (before its repeal on July 1, 2012), if any;
(3) the United States Postal Service; and
(4) any person or body that the commission or executive considers appropriate to receive notice;
of its action no later than the last day of the month following the month in which the action is taken.
(i) Each plan commission shall make decisions concerning development plans and amendments to development plans under the 1400 series of this chapter, unless the responsibility to render decisions concerning development plans has been delegated under section 1402(c) of this chapter.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-20 part; 18-7-3-7 part; 18-7-3-8 part; 18-7-4-405; 18-7-5-28 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.21; P.L.13-1988, SEC.21; P.L.119-1989, SEC.2; P.L.260-1993, SEC.2; P.L.320-1995, SEC.4; P.L.132-2012, SEC.10.