Monthly Meeting
Third Monday of the month at 5:00pm
Study Session
First Monday after Meeting (tenative)
Duties and Powers
The duties and powers of the Plan Commission are defined in Indiana Code 36-7-4, Local Planning and Zoning. Duties include:
- Make recommendations to the legislative body or bodies concerning the adoption of the comprehensive plan and amendments to the comprehensive plan; the adoption or text amendment of an initial zoning ordinance, a replacement zoning ordinance, and a subdivision control ordinance;
- the adoption or amendment of a PUD district ordinance; and zone map changes
- Render decisions concerning and approve plats, replats, and amendments to plats of subdivisions
- Assign street numbers to lots and structures
- Renumber lots and structures
Powers include:
- The plan commission may establish a schedule of reasonable fees to defray the administrative costs connected with processing and hearing administrative appeals and petitions for rezoning, special exceptions, special uses, contingent uses, and variances; issuing permits; and other official actions taken under this chapter
- Each advisory plan commission shall sue and be sued collectively by its legal name, styled according to the municipality or county, "Dyer Plan Commission", with service of process on the executive director or the president of the commission. No costs may be taxed against the commission or any of its members in any action
Plan Commission Membership
Dyer's Plan Commission is comprised of seven members, three of whom are town council representatives appointed to one year terms, four of whom are citizens appointed to four year terms.
Current Plan Commission
|
Thomas Brown
|
President
|
|
|
Pat McGrath
|
Vice President
|
|
Scott Jefferson
|
Executive Secretary
|
|
|
Don Basco
|
Member
|
|
|
Annette Ludwig
|
Member, Town Council
|
|
|
Bob Starkey
|
Member, Town Council
|
|
|
Mary Tanis
|
Member, Town Council
|
|
|
Sue Grelewicz
|
Recording Secretary
|
|
Corridor Plans
If you would like to receive an electronic copy of the Sheffield Avenue or Calumet Avenue Corridor Plans, please email blane@townofdyer.com