The Plan Commission shall:
(A) Supervise, and make rules for, the administration of the affairs of the Plan Commission;
(B) Prescribe uniform rules pertaining to investigations and hearings;
(C) Record and file all bonds and contracts and assume responsibility for the custody and preservation of all papers and documents of the Plan Commission;
(D) Prepare, publish, and distribute reports, ordinances and other material relating to the activities authorized under this chapter;
(E) Adopt a seal;
(F) Certify to all official acts;
(G) Supervise the fiscal affairs of the Plan Commission;
(H) Prepare and submit an annual budget in the same manner as other county departments and be limited in all expenditures to the provisions made for the expenditures by the County Council;
(I) Sue and be sued collectively by its legal name “Owen County Plan Commission” with service of process on the President of the Plan Commission;
(J) Make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners concerning:
(1) The adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, ordinance and amendments; and
(2) Any other matter, within the jurisdiction of the Plan Commission, authorized by the advisory planning law;
(K) Render decisions concerning and approve:
(1) Plats or replats of subdivisions;
(2) Development plans for residential, commercial and industrial uses; and
(3) Variances to subdivision standards;
(L) Assign street numbers to lots and structures and renumber lots and structures, and notify the Circuit Court Clerk or Board of Registration, the administrator of the county’s enhanced emergency telephone system, and the United States postal service of said numbering or renumbering no later than the last day of the month following the month in which the action is taken;
(M) Name and rename streets, in accordance with the guidelines and notify the Circuit Court Clerk or Board off Registration, the administrator of the county’s enhanced emergency telephone system, and the United States postal service of said naming or renaming no later than the last day of the month following the month in which the action is taken; and
(N) Establish a schedule of reasonable fees to defray the administrative costs connected with: processing and hearing administrative appeals and petitions for rezoning, special exceptions, conditional uses, temporary uses and variances; issuing permits; and other actions taken under this chapter.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)