(A) Established. A Plan Commission is established, consisting of nine members, which members of the Plan Commission shall be appointed as follows: the Common Council shall appoint three persons in the City Government as members. The Mayor shall appoint four citizen members, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party; and the County Circuit Court Judge shall appoint two members.
(B) Membership. The members of the Plan Commission appointed by the Common Council shall have terms coextensive with the term of office or position to which they had been elected or appointed. The citizen members of the Plan Commission shall be appointed for the following terms: two for a term of three years; two for a term of four years. The terms shall expire on the first day of January of the second, third, or fourth year respectively, following their appointment. Thereafter, as the terms expire, each new appointment shall be for a term of four years.
(C) Meetings. The Plan Commission shall fix the time for holding regular meetings, but it shall meet at least once in the months of January, April, July and October. The citizen and fringe area members of the Plan Commission shall be paid, for each meeting attended, a reasonable sum established.
(D) Powers and duties. The Plan Commission may formulate policies for the development of public ways, public places, public structures, and public and private utilities, may formulate policies for the issuance of improvement location permits on platted and unplatted lands, may formulate policies of the laying out and development of public ways and services to platted and unplatted lands, and shall have other powers and duties as specified in applicable state law, and specifically adopts the “Advisory Planning Law” as set forth in I.C. 36-7-4-100 et seq.
(E) Purposes. The purpose of the Commission is to plan for future development of the city, to plan for the orderly use and growth of highway, utility, health, educational, and recreational facilities, and to maintain and improve the present health, safety, convenience, and welfare of the citizens.
(`84 Code, § 2-39) (Ord. 94, passed 6-12-61)
Statutory reference:
City Plan Commission defined as a Municipal Plan Commission, see I.C. 36-7-1-12
Advisory Plan Commission defined as a Municipal Plan Commission, see I.C. 36-7-1-2
Authority of a Plan Commission to adopt a comprehensive plan for any part of the contiguous unincorporated area within two miles from
the corporate boundaries of the municipality, see I.C. 36-7-4-205
the corporate boundaries of the municipality, see I.C. 36-7-4-205