(A) There is hereby established the Plan Commission under the authority provided in I.C. 36-7-4-207 through 36-7-4-220.
(B) Upon the establishment of a seven member municipal plan commission, two citizen members shall initially be appointed for a term of three years and two shall initially be appointed for a term of four years. Each member’s term expires on the first Monday of January of the second, third, or fourth year, respectively, after the year of the member’s appointment.
(I.C. 36-7-4-218)
(C) (1) When a municipal plan commission exercises jurisdiction outside the incorporated area of the municipality as provided for in § 205 (I.C. 36-7-4-205) of the advisory planing law, the executive of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall appoint two additional citizen members to the Municipal Plan Commission. The citizen members must:
(a) Be residents of:
1. The unincorporated area; or
2. The county, and must also be owners of real property located in whole or in part within the unincorporated area; and
(b) Not be of the same political party.
However, at least one of the members must be a resident of the unincorporated area.
(2) Initially, one member under subsection (1) above shall be appointed for a term of one year and the other for a term of four years. Thereafter, each appointment is for a term of four years. The additional citizen members are entitled to participate and vote in all deliberations of the municipal plan commission.
(3) If the unincorporated area referred to in subsection (1) above lies in two counties, the executive of each of those counties shall appoint one 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.
(I.C. 36-7-4-214) (Ord. 2-1952, passed 6-2-52)