(A) There is hereby established an Advisory Plan Commission for the town, pursuant to the authority of I.C. 36-7-2-2.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. The Town Board of Zoning Appeals.
COMMISSION. The Advisory Plan Commission of the town.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The comprehensive long-range guide, as adopted by the town.
COUNCIL. The Town Council.
TOWN. The Town of Leo-Cedarville, Indiana.
(C) The Commission shall consist of seven members as follows.
(1) The Council shall appoint three persons who must be elected or appointed town officials or employees in the town as members.
(2) The President of the Town Council shall appoint four citizen members of whom no more than two may be of the same political party.
(3) The Council shall appoint one member of the Commission to serve as an advisory member to the County Plan Commission.
(4) The Council may create and appoint a technical advisory committee or an ad-hoc committee at any time to assist the Commission in the performance of its functions and duties.
(D) The term of office of a member of the Commission shall be as set forth below.
(1) The term of office of a member who is appointed from the membership of a legislative body is co-extensive with the member’s term of office on that body.
(2) Upon the initial appointment, two of the non-elected members shall have a term of three years and two of the non-elected members shall have a term of four years. The terms shall expire on the first Monday in January of the third or fourth year as the case may be. When the initial term of office for a non-elected member expires, each new appointment is for a term of four years. A member serves until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. A member is eligible for reappointment.
(3) A member serves until his or her successor is appointed and is qualified.
(4) If a vacancy occurs among the members of the Commission, the Council shall appoint a member for the unexpired term of the vacating member.
(E) A member of the Advisory Plan Commission may not participate in a hearing or decision of that Commission concerning a matter in which he or she has a direct or indirect financial interest. The Commission shall enter in its records the fact of any disqualification.
(F) The duties and responsibilities of the Commission shall be:
(1) Prepare and recommend to the Council a comprehensive plan;
(2) Prepare and recommend to the Council zoning and subdivision control ordinances;
(3) Receive and render decisions concerning the approval or disapproval of all subdivision
plats or re-plats;
(4) Review all petitions for amendments to the zoning ordinances and zone map and recommend approval or disapproval to the Council;
(5) Conduct public hearings as required by law concerning proposed changes in the comprehensive plan, zoning ordinances, or other regulations and provisions to this section;
(6) Review and revise the comprehensive plan, zoning ordinances, and other regulations and provisions of title to ensure compliance with changing conditions;
(7) Review all proposals of the abandonment or vacation of public thoroughfares and platted lots and recommend approval or disapproval to the Council;
(8) Appoint and prescribe the duties and fix the compensation to employees as are necessary for the discharge of the duties of the Commission; and
(9) Supervise and make rules for the administration of the affairs of the Commission.
(Ord. 2.3-2, passed 1-5-1999)
(Prior Code, § 32.01)