Sec. 501. A comprehensive plan shall be approved by resolution in accordance with the 500 series for the promotion of public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, or the general welfare and for the sake of efficiency and economy in the process of development. The plan commission shall prepare the comprehensive plan.
Ind. Code § 36-7-4-501
Comprehensive plan; requirement; approval; purpose
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Borsuk v. Town of St. John (2005)
Most recently applied in Fifty Six LLC v. Metropolitan Development Commission (August 2015)
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23
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