(A) There is established a Town Plan Commission under the authority provided in I.C. 36-7-4-201 et seq.
(B) The Plan Commission shall consist of seven members, composed of three persons in the municipal government, to be appointed by the Town Council, and four citizen members to be appointed by the Town Council President, no more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party.
(C) To be qualified for membership on the Town Plan Commission, each citizen member:
(1) Must have knowledge and experience in matters pertaining to the development in the municipality;
(2) May not hold any other office in the municipal government; and
(3) Must be a resident of the municipality.
(D) Additional representation should be provided for any unincorporated jurisdictional area in accordance with I.C. 36-7-4-214 et seq.
(E) (1) Terms of office for members appointed from the Town Council shall be coextensive with the member’s term of office on the Commission, unless the Council appoints, at its first regular meeting in any year, another to serve as representative.
(2) Citizen members shall have initial terms of office as follows:
(a) Two for a term of three years; and
(b) Two for a term of four years.
(c) Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term of four years. Each initial member’s term expires on the first day of January in the third or fourth year, respectively, after the year of the member’s appointment.
(3) Vacancies among citizen members shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term of the vacating member.
(F) The duties of the Town Plan Commission are all those that are enumerated and provided in I.C. 36-7-4-401 et seq.
(‘88 Code, § 10-2-5) (Ord. 81-2, passed 2-2-84; Am. Ord. 94-2, passed 4-4-94)