Sec. 4. One (1) or more municipalities (meeting the population, proximity, and ordinance requirements under section 9 of this chapter) and one (1) or more counties may cooperatively establish single and unified planning and zoning entities as joint districts to carry out this chapter on a less than countywide basis. As added by P.L.300-1989, SEC.2. […]
Sec. 5. (a) The legislative bodies of one (1) or more municipalities (meeting the population and proximity requirements under section 9 of this chapter) and one (1) or more counties may establish, by identical ordinances, a joint district planning and zoning commission. The ordinances must specify the following: (1) The legal name of the commission. […]
Sec. 6. After a commission is established, it shall exclusively exercise all the planning, zoning, platting, and land use policy authority for real property in the joint district. The joint district commission has exclusive authority, subject to section 7 of this chapter, to adopt a zoning ordinance or a subdivision control ordinance, or both. Any […]
Sec. 7. (a) A joint district council is established for each joint district formed under this chapter. (b) The membership of the joint district council consists of: (1) the president of the town board of trustees; (2) the president of a second class city legislative body; (3) the president pro tempore of a third class […]
Sec. 8. (a) A commission may adopt a comprehensive plan (as provided for under the 500 Series of the advisory planning law) for the development of the joint district. The comprehensive plan, if adopted, does not have extraterritorial effect outside the defined boundaries of the joint district. However, a comprehensive plan adopted by a commission […]
Sec. 9. The members of the commission shall be determined as follows: (1) The legislative body of each county where any part of the joint district is located shall choose four (4) members. (2) The legislative body of each municipality having a population of more than three thousand (3,000), but less than fifteen thousand (15,000), […]
