(A) The County Executive shall, by ordinance, divide the county into four contiguous, single-member districts that comply with division (B) below. The Executive may not divide precincts when redistricting. If it is necessary to do so, the County Auditor shall call a special meeting of the Executive to establish or revise districts. One member of the fiscal body shall be elected by the voters of each of the four districts. Three at-large members of the fiscal body shall be elected by the voters of the whole county.
(B) Single member districts established under division (A) above must:
(1) Be compact, subject only to natural boundary lines (such as railroads, major highways, rivers, creeks, parks and major industrial complexes);
(2) Not cross precinct boundary lines;
(3) Contain, as nearly as possible, equal population; and
(4) Include whole townships, except when a division is clearly necessary to accomplish redistricting under this section.
(C) A division under division (A) shall be made:
(1) In 2001 and every ten years after that; and
(2) When the County Executive adopts an order declaring a county boundary to be changed under I.C. 36-2-1-2.
(D) A division under division (A) above may also be made in any odd-numbered year not described in division (C).
(E) Pursuant to I.C. 36-2-3-4(a) and (d), the county shall be divided into the following County Council election districts:
(1) District I. This district shall consist of Fairfield Township Precincts 1 through 20 inclusive, 22 through 24 inclusive, and 27.
(2) District II. This district shall consist of Jackson Township Precinct 1; Perry Township Precincts 1 through 5 inclusive; Randolph Township Precinct 1; Shelby Township Precincts 1 and 2; Tippecanoe Township Precincts 1 through 6 inclusive; Union Township Precinct 1;Wabash Township Precincts 1, 4, 5, 6, 15 through 20 inclusive; Washington Township Precincts 1 and 2; and Wayne Township Precinct 1.
(3) District III. This district shall consist of Fairfield Township Precincts 21, 25 and 26; Lauramie Township Precincts 1 and 2; Sheffield Township Precincts 1 through 3 inclusive; and Wea Township Precincts 1 through 17 inclusive.
(4) District IV. This district shall consist of Wabash Township Precincts 2, 3, 7 through 14 inclusive, and 21 through 29 inclusive.
(J) Precinct maps adopted by reference. The Tippecanoe County Council Election District Maps reflecting the foregoing County Council election districts are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this code the same as if set forth in full herein. The Tippecanoe County Council Election District Maps are on file in the office of the County Area Plan Commission and two copies of the Tippecanoe County Council Election District Maps are on file in the office of the County Auditor for public inspection during regular office hours. Pursuant to I.C. 36-2-3-4(h), copies of the County Council Election District Maps shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court within 30 days of this section.
(‘82 Code, § 1-3-3) (Am. Ord. 91-35-CM, passed 12-19-91; Am. Ord. 2001-47-CM, passed 12-17-01; Am. Ord. 2002-11-CM, passed 2-4-02; Am. Ord. 2011-31-CM, passed 12-28-11; Am. Ord. 2021-34-CM, passed 12-28-21; Am. Res. 2022-07-CM, passed 2-7-22)