HomeMy Public PortalAbout1998-03 City CodeORDINANCE 1998 -3
AN ORDiNANCE AMENDING § 10 -14 and § 10 -15
OF GREENCASTLE CITY CODE
BE IT ORDAINED AND ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of
Greencastle, Indiana, that § 10 -14 and § 10 -15 of the Greencastle City Code is hereby
amended as follows:
Sec. 10 -14
5. the amendment will not interfere substantially with the Comprehensive Plan.
If the report of the Commission is adverse to a proposed amendment
referred to it, the amendment may be passed by a simple majority vote of the Council,
and failure by the Council to pass a proposed amendment within ninety (90) days after
its rejection by the Commission constitutes a rejection thereof by the Council. A
proposed amendment rejected by the Commission and the Council may not be
reconsidered by the Commission or the Council until expiration of one (1) year after the
date of its original rejection by the Commission.
c. Council Amendment to or Rejection of Amendment - If the Council rejects or
amends a proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, including without limitation
Chapter 806, the zoning chapter thereof (except as concerns the rejection of a proposed
redistricting, the procedures for which are set forth in Subsection 'b'), it shall return such
amendment to the Commission for further consideration with a written statement of the
reasons for its rejection or amendment. The Commission has forty -five (45) days in
which to consider the rejection or amendment and to file a report with the Council
thereupon. If the Commission approves the Council's amendment, the ordinance
thereupon stands, as passed by the Council, as of the date of the recording of the
Commission's report with the Council. If the Commission disapproves the rejection or
amendment of its recommended amendment, the action of the Council on the original
rejection or amendment stands only if confirmed by a simple majority vote of the
Council. If the Commission does not file a report with the Council within forty -five (45)
days, the Council's action in rejecting or amending the original amendment becomes
final.
Sec. 10 -15 Vacation of Plats and Ways
Upon the filing with the City Council of any petition by any person who owns or is
interested in the subject real estate for the abandonment or vacation of any public way
or platted lot, the Council shall promptly refer such petition to the Plan Commission for
initial consideration at a duly noticed and held public hearing. Thereafter, the
Commission shall promptly forward its recommendation to the Councii upon the
requested abandonment or vacation, and the Council may override or approve the
Commission's recommendation by a simple majority vote of the elected members of the
Common Council.
• This Ordinance shall not affect any matter approved by the Plan Commission
before the adoption of this Ordinance.
This Ordinance only address the sections of § 10 -14 and § 10 -15 as to the vote
requirements of Council from a two- thirds (2/3) vote of the Council to a simple majority
vote of the elected members of the Common Council. All other aspects of § 10 -14 anc
10 -15 remain in full force and effect and are not changed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Greencastle,
Indiana this ��ay of 1998.
Nancy A. Mic ael, Mayor
Presiding 0 1 er
ATT ST:
Pamela S. Jones. Cle reasurer
Presented by me to the Mayor of Greencastle, Indiana this /c'�day of (Z f
1998, at o'clock/Z.M.
Pamela S. Jones, C r - easurer
Approved and signed by me this4ze' ay of 1998, at�L,'S_7)
_o'ctock�. M.
N icy A. Michael, Mayor
AT T:
Pamela S. Jones, Cler - r surer
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