(A) Purpose.
(1) An Area Plan Commission for the City of Mt. Vernon, the Town of Cynthiana, the Town of Poseyville and the Unincorporated Area of Posey County, Indiana, is hereby confirmed. The Posey County Area Plan Commission shall exercise the planning and zoning powers for the City of Mt. Vernon, the Town of Cynthiana, the Town of Poseyville, and the Unincorporated Area of Posey County, Indiana. (I.C. 36-7-4-102 and I.C. 36-7-4-203(b), as added by Acts 1981, PL. 309, Sec. 23.)
(2) An Area Board of Zoning Appeals for the City of Mt. Vernon, the Town of Cynthiana, the Town of Poseyville and the Unincorporated Area of Posey County, Indiana, is hereby confirmed. The Posey County Area Board of Zoning Appeals shall exercise the powers of appeals from any action by any entity under the zoning ordinance (except those of the Area Plan Commission and local legislative bodies), approval and denial of special exceptions and certain uses (including special exceptions, special uses, contingent uses and conditional uses) from the zoning ordinance, and approval or denial of variances from the development standards of the zoning ordinance for the City of Mt. Vernon, the Town of Cynthiana, the Town of Poseyville, and the Unincorporated Area of Posey County, Indiana (I.C. 36-7-4-902 and I.C. 36-7-4-918.1 through 918.5). The Posey County Area Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the power to make interpretations of the zoning map and text. The Posey County Area Board of Zoning Appeals is expressly prohibited from granting a variance from a use district or classification under I.C. 36-7-4-918.3.
(Ord. 12-16, passed 8-8-12)