This ordinance may be amended utilizing the procedures specified in sections 12.01—12.10, inclusive, of this ordinance.

Whenever the public necessity, convenience, general welfare, or good zoning practices require, city council may by ordinance after receipt of recommendations thereon from the plan commission, and subject to procedures provided by law, amend, supplement, change, or repeal the regulations, restrictions, and boundaries or classification of property.

Amendments to this ordinance may be initiated in one of the following ways:

1.

By adoption of a motion by the plan commission;

2.

By adoption of a resolution by city council;

3.

By the filing of a petition with the plan commission by at least 50 percent of the owners of property within the area proposed to be changed or affected by said amendment.

Applications for amendments to the official zoning map adopted as part of this ordinance by section 3.00 shall contain at least the following information:

1.

Name, address, and phone number of applicant;

2.

The filing fee as established by city council according to section 11.60;

3.

Present use;

4.

Present zoning district;

5.

Proposed zoning district;

6.

A vicinity map at scale approved by the building commissioner showing property lines, thoroughfares, existing and proposed zoning within 300 feet, and such other items as the building commissioner may require;

7.

A list of all property owners and their mailing addresses who are within, contiguous to, or directly across the street from the parcel(s) proposed to be rezoned and others that may have a substantial interest in the case;

8.

A statement on how the proposed amendment relates to the comprehensive plan.

Immediately after the filing of a petition for amendment, said petition or application shall be transmitted to the commission.

The plan commission shall schedule a public hearing after a petition is received. Said hearing shall not be less than 20 nor more than 40 days from the date of adoption of such motion, transmittal of such resolution, or the filing of such application. Notices shall be in the newspaper as described in section 12.06.

Before holding the public hearing required in section 12.05, notice of such hearing shall be given in the newspaper of general circulation of the City of Princeton at least ten days before the date of said hearing. The notice shall set forth the time and place of the public hearing and a summary of the proposed amendment.

If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict ten or fewer parcels of land, as listed on the tax duplicate, written notice of the hearing shall be mailed by the applicant by registered mail, at least 20 days before the day of the public hearing to all owners as identified in section 11.38. The failure to deliver the notification, as provided in this section, shall not invalidate any such amendment. The notice shall contain the same information as required of notices published in newspapers as specified in section 12.06.

Within 60 days from the receipt of the proposed amendment, the plan commission shall transmit its recommendation to the city council. The plan commission may recommend that the amendment be granted as requested, or it may recommend a modification of the amendment requested, or it may recommend that the amendment be denied.

Upon receipt of the recommendation from the plan commission, city council shall schedule a public hearing. Said hearing shall be not more than 40 days from the receipt of the recommendation from the plan commission. Notice shall be published at least twice within ten days before the time set for the hearing (I.C. 18-7-5-64).

Recommendations by the plan commission to the city council as to the adoption or modification of an amendment shall be consistent with Indiana Code 18-7-5-67 and 18-7-5-78, as amended from time to time.

BUILDING PERMIT ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE No. _______ 19 _______

"Within the Jurisdictional Area of the City of Princeton, Indiana, no structure, improvement, or use of land, may be altered, changed, placed, erected or located on platted or unplatted lands, unless the structural improvement or use, and its location, conform with the Comprehensive Plan and Ordinance of the City of Princeton, and a Building Permit for such structure, improvement or use has been issued." It is hereby declared to be [that] the intent of the permit requirements of this Ordinance shall not prevent with respect to a structure including a dwelling which is clearly incidental to agricultural operations.

The Building Commissioner of the City of Princeton shall issue Building Permit, upon written application, when the proposed structure, improvement or use and its location conform in all respects to the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Princeton.

Every application for a Building Permit shall be accompanied by a site plan, drawn to scale, showing the location of the structure, improvement or use to be altered, changed, placed, erected or located, the dimension of the lot to be improved, the size of yards and open spaces, existing and proposed streets and alleys adjoining or within the lot, and the manner in which the location is to be improved. Application for a Building Permit shall be accompanied by a fee as indicated in Section 11.40(B) in the Zoning Ordinance of 1981.

Any decision of the Building Commissioner of the City of Princeton concerning the issuance of a Building Permit may be appealed to the Board of Zoning Appeals when the decision in question involves a requirement of the "1981 Zoning Ordinance of the City of Princeton, Indiana," or to the Princeton City Plan Commission when the decision in question involves the requirements of other parts of the Princeton Comprehensive Plan, by any person claiming to be adversely affected by such decision.

A decision of the Princeton City Plan Commission may be reviewed by certiorari procedures as provided for the appeal of zoning cases from the Board of Zoning Appeals.

Action on the violation of any provision of this ordinance and the right of injunction against such violation shall be as provided by Chapter 174, Acts of 1947 of the Indiana General Assembly, all Acts amendatory thereto, and Section 11.50 of the "1981 Zoning Ordinance of the City of Princeton, Indiana."

All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this zoning ordinance or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, are hereby repealed to the extent necessary to give this ordinance full force and effect. This ordinance shall become effective upon passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.

Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Princeton, Indiana, on the 14th day of Sept., 1981.

CITY COUNCIL
[Signatures Deleted]

This Ordinance approved by me, Jack Nixon, Mayor of the City of Princeton, Indiana, this 14th day of Sept., 1981.

/s/ _____
Jack Nixon, Mayor

Attest:

/s/
Nancy Jayne Deckard
Clerk-Treasurer