(a)The commission shall have its staff
prepare proposed historic preservation plans for all appropriate areas
of the county. Upon the commission's declaratory resolution of the
historic or architectural significance of any area, structure, or site
designated in it, the proposed historic preservation plan shall be
presented to the metropolitan development commission for public
hearing and adoption as a part of the comprehensive plan of the county.
(b)The proposed historic preservation plan must officially designate
and delineate historic areas and identify any individual structures or
sites in it of particular historic or architectural significance, which
structures and sites must be listed on the county register of historic
places.
(c)With the designation of a historic structure, the pl
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(a) The commission shall have its staff
prepare proposed historic preservation plans for all appropriate areas
of the county. Upon the commission's declaratory resolution of the
historic or architectural significance of any area, structure, or site
designated in it, the proposed historic preservation plan shall be
presented to the metropolitan development commission for public
hearing and adoption as a part of the comprehensive plan of the county.
(b) The proposed historic preservation plan must officially designate
and delineate historic areas and identify any individual structures or
sites in it of particular historic or architectural significance, which
structures and sites must be listed on the county register of historic
places.
(c) With the designation of a historic structure, the plan may
additionally expressly identify and designate the interior, or any interior
architectural or structural feature of it, having exceptional historic or
architectural significance.
(d) The historic preservation plan may include any of the material
listed in IC 36-7-4-503 as it relates to historic preservation. Any plan
designating one (1) or more historic areas, and any historic structures
and sites located in it, must include a historic and architectural or
design analysis supporting the significance of the historic area, general
or specific criteria for preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, or
development, including architectural and design standards, and a
statement of preservation objectives.
(e) In preparing a proposed historic preservation plan, the staff of
the commission shall inform, consult, and cooperate with the staff of
the department of metropolitan development. In carrying out its
planning and redevelopment responsibilities in an area for which a
historic preservation plan is being prepared or is in effect, the staff of
the department of metropolitan development shall inform, consult, and
cooperate with the staff of the commission. To the extent possible,
commission staff and department staff shall carry out a joint planning
effort relative to proposed historic areas with the resulting information
and conclusions relating to historic preservation being placed in the
proposed historic preservation plan.
(f) Concurrently or subsequently, the commission may prepare and
recommend to the metropolitan development commission, for its
initiation, approval, and recommendation to the legislative body for
adoption, a historic district zoning ordinance or ordinances to
implement the historic preservation plan.
(g) Each historic area or historic zoning district must be of such
territorial extent and configuration as will best serve the purposes of
this chapter, there being no maximum or minimum size limitations
thereon whether applied to single or multiple historic properties or
sites, and may include any adjacent area necessarily a part thereof
because of its effect upon and relationship to the historic values and
character of the area.
(h) The proposed historic preservation plan, if approved and
adopted by the metropolitan development commission, constitutes part
of the comprehensive plan of the county.
(i) The proceeding for approval of this plan, including notice and
hearing requirements, is governed by the same rules and requirements
applicable to petitions to the metropolitan development commission for
amendment of zoning ordinances and for creation of new district
classifications, and by all statutory requirements relative to the
metropolitan development commission; however, individual notice of
the hearing shall be given each owner of property in any proposed
historic area, according to the metropolitan development commission's
rules and requirements or, alternatively, the owner's consent to the
proposed historical area designation may be obtained and filed with the
metropolitan development commission.
(j) Amendments to any historic preservation plan, or any segment
of it, shall be made in the same manner as the original plan.
(k) The commission shall receive and consider any pertinent
information or exhibits such as historical data, architectural plans,
drawings and photographs, regarding any proposed or designated
historic area, structure, or site, and any request for historic designation
or for the exclusion of any property or structure from any proposed or
designated historic area.
(l) The commission may adopt any operating guidelines for the
evaluation and designation of historic areas, structures, and sites, so
long as they are in conformity with the objectives of this chapter.
(m) Upon the adoption of the historic preservation plan, the
commission may at any time identify by appropriate markers any
historic areas, structures, and sites designated by the plan, or any
historic area properties in the process of restoration under the plan.
These markers may be erected on public right-of-ways or, with the
consent of the owner, on any subject historic property. These official
informational or identification markers, whether permanent or
temporary, constitute an exception to any codes and ordinances
establishing sign regulations, standards, and permit requirements
applicable to the area.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.6.