(A) Creation of a Hearing Officer. Purpose: appoint a Hearing Officer to hear and decide specific subject matters.
(B) Board of Zoning Appeals. The Hearing Officer will not hear and has no authority in BZA cases.
(C) Plan Commission.
(1) Type of hearing: one lot subdivisions with the following conditions:
(a) The new parcel meets all requirements as outlined in the county zoning regulations; and
(b) The remaining acreage is within conformity of the district development standards for which the area is zoned.
(2) If the Hearing Officer does not wish to make a finding on a proposed petition, he or she shall notify the applicant that the petition shall be heard by the Plan Commission at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
(3) If the Hearing Officer denies the petition, he or she shall inform the applicant of the reasons for his or her decision. He or she shall inform the applicant that the applicant may request the Plan Commission to hear the petition. If the applicant so requests, within 30 days, the Hearing Officer shall cause the petition to be placed on the docket of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Plan Commission.
(D) Hearing conducted by the Hearing Officer.
(1) The hearing shall be conducted in the similar fashion as the regular meetings of the Commission.
(2) The meeting shall be conducted at a time to be determined by the Hearing Officer, minutes taken and a written decision made.
(Ord. 2012-3-5, passed 3-5-2012)