Plan Commission
Members appointed

The Pulaski County Commissioners appointed Monday (March 19) members to the new Pulaski County Advisory Plan Commis-sion to study and develop a comprehensive plan and land use ordinance.

Those members mandated by state statute are commissioner Terry Young, county council member Jay Sullivan, surveyor Joyce Weaver and Extension Educator Michael Reetz. Citizen members will be Fred Yaggie (one-year term), Kathleen Thompson (two-year term), Darin Wagner (three-year term), Don Good and Steve Seifert (four-year terms).

The Pulaski County Community Development Commission will assist in organizing the first meeting, and begin the process, and mandate, for the Pulaski County Plan Commission.

Planning comes first. Zoning is the tool to help implement the plan.

Land Use Planning,
Zoning
First step approved

By Karen Clem Fritz

The Pulaski County Commissioners approved a resolution Feb. 20 to appoint a Pulaski County Advisory Plan Commission to study and develop a comprehensive plan and land use ordinance.

According to state statute, the purpose of a plan commission is to study and develop a comprehensive plan to promote public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare of citizens and to plan for the future development of their communities.

The planning legislation found in Indiana Code IC 36-7-4 encourages each city, town, and county in the state to create a plan commission.

As prescribed by state law, the advisory plan commission will consist of nine members who will include a county commissioner, a county council member, the county surveyor (or her designee), the Purdue agricultural extension educator, and five citizen members, appointed by the commissioners, who are residents of unincorporated areas of the county and of whom not more than three may be of the same political party.

The new plan commission will be mandated to develop a comprehensive plan and land use ordinance for Pulaski County within 18 months. The commission will report to the county commissioners on a regular basis on the progress of their work.

Once the plan commission prepares a draft for a comprehensive land use plan and zoning ordinances, a public hearing is held. Finally, the commission recommends it to the commissioners who may reject, amend or approve the ordinance.

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Feedback on this issue may be directed to the CDC office at (phone) 574-946-3869,
(fax) 574-946-3852 or (email) ddolezal@pulaskionline.org
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To Learn More about Land Use Planning and Zoning

Purdue Land Use Publications - click here
To see a Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Ordinances (Fulton County) - click here
Benton County land use plan gets support from residents (Lafayette Journal & Courier) - click here