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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CITY CODE CHAPTER 3o SECTION 3-32
SETTING FORTH THE REOUIREMENT OF A PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL ON PETITIONS FOR
ORDINANCES CHANGING THE OFFICIAL ZONING
MAP, ANNEXATIONS, AND TEXT AMENDMENTS TO
CITY CODE CHAPTER 10
WHEREAS, it has been the policy and procedure of the Common
Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, to require a public hearing
on petitions requesting ordinances changing the official zoning
map, annexation, or test amendments to the zoning ordinance;
and
WHEREAS, the statutes of the State of Indiana do not impose
this obligation on a petitioner or statutory authority requesting
or recommending an ordinance changing the official zoning map,
annexation or text amendment; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the citizens of the
City of Carmel, Indiana, that a public hearing be imposed;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA, as follows:
City Code Chapter 3, Section 3-32 is hereby established by
adding the following:
( a ) Every recommendation of an ordinance changing the
official zoning map and/or annexation of real estate to the
municipal corporate boundaries and/or a recommendation for a text
amendment to City Code, Chapter 10, shall be placed on the agenda
of the Common Council as a public hearing
(b) Notice of the public hearing shall be given by the
petitioner ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing, not
including the date of the hearing itself, in one newspaper having
a paid subscription, with offices in the City of Carmel or Clay
Township, and a general circulation within the City and/or the
Township. In the event there is no such newspaper with an office
in the City or Township and of general circulation within the City
or Township having a paid subscription within the City or Township,
then, in that event, notice shall be published ten (10) days prior
to the hearing, not including the date of the hearing itself, in
any one newspaper, of general circulation in Hamilton County,
Indiana, having offices within the County and having a paid
subscription. The cost of such notice shall be the responsibility
of the individual(s) requesting this particular hearing. It shall
be the responsibility of the petitioner to provide proof of
publication to the office of the clerk-treasurer of the City of
Carmel prior to the hearing.
(c) All legal notices for recommendation of an ordinance
changing the official zoning map and annexations shall include a
common address. A general description, when no such common address
exists, of the location of the parcel identified in the petition
that is easily recognizable by the public.
(d) Other than the advertising requirement provided in this
ordinance, the public hearing shall be conducted before the Common
Council in the same manner as all other public hearings are
conducted before the Common Council.
(e) This ordinance, upon passage, shall repeal City Code
Chapter 10, Section 10-7.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage. Passed by the Common Council of the
City of Carmel, Indiana, this 20th day of January 1992.
PASSED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
THIS 6th DAY OF JANUARY, 1992.
Presiding Officer
Presented by me t h ayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana on
the ~ day of '_~,,a~- k , 1992, t the hour of ~ F.m.