(A) The County Comprehensive Plan is adopted and incorporated by reference into this chapter. Two copies of the Plan are on file in the office of the County Auditor and are available for public inspection and a copy of the Plan is also available from the County Planning and Development Department. A copy of the Plan is available on the County Planning and Development’s website (www.elkhartcountyplanninganddevelopment.com) or the general website of the county (www.elkhartcountyindiana.com).
(B) The final report of the Advisory Plan Commission of the county, known as the Elkhart County 2006 Comprehensive Land Use Plan, as certified to the Commissioners on November 17, 2005, by Richard Groff, Secretary of the Advisory Plan Commission of Elkhart County, Indiana, is hereby adopted and enacted as and for the Comprehensive Plan for the county.
(C) The Plan Director, after seeking input and advice from the Plan Commission, shall report to the Commissioners, on a periodic basis, and not less frequently than during the month of December each calendar year hereafter, commencing with the calendar year 2006, as to the effectiveness, propriety, success, shortcomings and inadequacies of the zoning standards, and in particular the recently adopted Comprehensive Plan, and provide recommendations or suggestions for amendment or improvement thereto as would further or continue to further orderly development and managed growth consistent with the goals of the Comprehensive Plan, and the policies therefor, as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended or expanded.
(Prior Code, § 36-7-4-500) (Ord. 84-710, passed 11-5-1984, 84 COM REC 710–711; Res. PC 87-288, passed 4-20-1987, 87 COM REC 288–289; Res. PC 90-07, passed 1-2-1990, 90 COM REC 33–34; Res. PC 92-26, passed 7-6-1992, 92 COM REC 536–632; Ord. 93-908, passed 10-18-1993, 93 COM REC 809; Res. PC 95-38, passed 10-2-1995, 95 COM REC 932–970; Res. 05-704, passed 11-21-2005, 2005 COM REC 704–705; Res. 05-706, passed 11-21-2005, 2005 COM REC 706–707; Res. 05-704a, passed 3-17-2008; Res. 05-704b, passed 1-20-2009; Res. 05-704c, passed 5-18-2009; Res. 05-704d, passed 6-17- 2013; Res. 05-704e, passed 3-21-2016; Res. 05-704f, passed 8-17-2020; Res. 05-704g, passed 7-6-2021; Res. 05-704h, passed 9-20-2021; Res. 05-704i, passed 12-13-2021; Res. 05-704j, passed 3-21-2022)