§ 36-7-4-405 — Duties of plan commission; street names and numbers; areas not subject to plan commission; notice; development plans

(a) ADVISORY ─ AREA. Each plan
commission shall:
(1) make recommendations to the legislative body or bodies
concerning:
(A) the adoption of the comprehensive plan and amendments to
the comprehensive plan;
(B) the adoption or text amendment of:
(i) an initial zoning ordinance;
(ii) a replacement zoning ordinance; and
(iii) a subdivision control ordinance;
(C) the adoption or amendment of a PUD district ordinance (as
defined in section 1503 of this chapter); and
(D) zone map changes; and
(2) render decisions concerning and approve plats, replats, and
amendments to plats of subdivisions under the 700 series of this
chapter.
(b) Each plan commission:
(1) shall assign street numbers to lots and structures;
(2) shall renumber lots and structures; and
(3) if the plan commission does not have the power under an
ordinance adopted under subsection (c) to name or rename streets,
may recommend the naming and renaming of streets to the
executive.
(c) The executive shall name or rename streets. However, a unit may
provide by ordinance that the plan commission rather than the
executive shall name or rename streets. Streets shall be named or
renamed so that their names are easy to understand and to avoid
duplication or conflict with other names. The plan commission may, by
rule, prescribe a numbering system for lots and structures.
(d) This subsection applies to a plan commission having jurisdiction
in a county with a population of at least four hundred thousand
(400,000). The plan commission shall number structures on highways
within the plan commission's jurisdiction to conform with the numbers
of structures on streets within cities in the county.
(e) This subsection applies to unincorporated areas subject to the
jurisdiction of no plan commission under this article. The county
executive:
(1) must approve the assignment of street numbers to lots and
structures; and
(2) may number or renumber lots and structures and name or
rename streets.
(f) This subsection applies to areas located within a municipality
that are subject to the jurisdiction of no plan commission under this
article. The executive of the municipality:
(1) must approve the assignment of street numbers to lots and
structures; and
(2) may number or renumber lots and structures and name or
rename streets.
(g) An executive acting under subsection (e) or (f) shall name or
rename streets:
(1) so that their names are easy to understand; and
(2) to avoid duplication or conflict with other names.
(h) If streets are named or renamed or lots and structures are
numbered or renumbered under this section, the commission or
executive that makes the naming or numbering decision shall notify:
(1) the circuit court clerk or board of registration;
(2) the statewide 911 board established by IC 36-8-16.7-24 and
the administrator of an enhanced emergency telephone system
established under IC 36-8-16 (before its repeal on July 1, 2012),
if any;
(3) the United States Postal Service; and
(4) any person or body that the commission or executive considers
appropriate to receive notice;
of its action no later than the last day of the month following the month
in which the action is taken.
(i) Each plan commission shall make decisions concerning
development plans and amendments to development plans under the
1400 series of this chapter, unless the responsibility to render decisions
concerning development plans has been delegated under section
1402(c) of this chapter.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-20
part; 18-7-3-7 part; 18-7-3-8 part; 18-7-4-405; 18-7-5-28
part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts
1981, P.L.310, SEC.21; P.L.13-1988, SEC.21; P.L.119-1989, SEC.2;
P.L.260-1993, SEC.2; P.L.320-1995, SEC.4; P.L.132-2012,
SEC.10.