§ 36-7-22-6 — Hearing; notice; questions heard

Indiana § 36-7-22-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 7: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 22: Economic Improvement Districts

Text

(a) After receipt of a petition under section 4
of this chapter, the clerk of the municipality or the county auditor shall,
in the manner provided by IC 5-3-1, publish notice of a hearing on the
proposed economic improvement district. The clerk of the municipality
or the county auditor shall mail a copy of the notice to each owner of
real property within the proposed economic improvement district. The
notice must include the boundaries of the proposed district, a
description of the proposed projects, the proposed formula for
determining the percentage of the total benefit to be received by each
parcel of property, and the hearing date. The date of the hearing may
not be more than sixty (60) days after the date on which the notice is
mailed.
(b) At the public hearing under subsection (a), the legislative body
shall hear all owners of real property in the proposed district (who
appear and request to be heard) upon the questions of:
(1) the sufficiency of the notice;
(2) whether the proposed economic improvement projects are of
public utility and benefit;
(3) whether the formula to be used for the assessment of special
benefits is appropriate; and
(4) whether the district contains all, or more or less than all, of the
property specially benefited by the proposed project.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.195-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.207-2018, SEC.2.