Oh, okay.
Preston can.
You're a brother preacher.
Well, I got the black sheep jeans.
Oh, you did?
Yeah.
Both the other two brothers got all of
them.
Good jeans?
Good jeans.
Could you lead us in the pledge, please?
Yes, sir.
All right.
Call the meeting to order.
Let's stand.
We'll have a pledge and a prayer.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation,
under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
Bow your heads, please.
Most gracious Heavenly Father,
we do thank you for this day and
your blessings, Lord, for so many.
Father,
we just thank you for this meeting.
Just go into it, Father, with open minds.
whoever's speaking that what's best for
all right proof of the agenda there is
one minor altercation we're going to table
the memorandum of understanding washington
county fair board and washington county i
need a motion to that effect
Okay, second.
All those in favor, say aye.
Aye.
All right.
Other than that,
do you have any changes to the agenda,
Mr. Cardwell?
No, sir.
All right,
need a motion to approve the agenda.
I make that motion.
I'll second that.
All those in favor, say aye.
Aye.
Thank you.
All right.
Max Green, come forward, please.
I was really hoping to send the third
commissioner here,
so it might make a difference,
but I might wait to present anyway.
The public hearing on the ordinance...
As I can tell,
did not meet the state requirements under
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state of indiana and that's also you know
in that section e where the governing body
may report instead of uh have if they
do not have live internet internet
capacity which uh the uh uh some of
the board has actually had live training
capacity and still haven't been compliant
with the same law yet and it's been
in effect since july uh i'm gonna say
that the senior
The favor to comply with this having legal
notice is what cost the court to over
to turn accounting in the Turner case just
last year because Judge Medlock decided
that they couldn't have the sixty foot
setback because they couldn't prove they
had a legal or a legal notification to
the public.
I'm saying it appears that you're just
talking about the same thing all over
again.
The new ordinance for Washington County
subdivision control ordinance is to
replace the old ordinance which is in
effect from May, twenty eleven.
The problem with the current,
the new ordinance does not meet the legal
requirements under Indiana code thirty six
dash seven dash four dash seven oh two.
that which requires a minimum width depth
and lot area public laid with grade curves
and coordination subdivision uh public
wave with the current and planned public
wave and the extension of water sewer and
municipal services the the old ordinance
which the county has right now in effect
has all that that was written out it
had the grades and the curves and
everything that was required it had the
the lots with depths
and everything that's required under state
law, but the new one doesn't have that.
I'm asking it to go back to the
committee and actually become,
take the new idea that combined with the
old one,
which is actually legal at this time,
instead of replacing it with a new
ordinance that does not comply with state
law.
And in saying that also,
that we have a,
we have three commissioners in the county
one of them is actually sitting on the
board right now that an owner uh resides
within the jurisdiction of the board
doesn't have the skin in the game i
think that the other commissioners one who
actually does have skin in the game should
be considered the people on this planning
board when it goes back to be re
re-evaluated and written in a proper way
for the public
that's not uh saying that the commissioner
doesn't have a ability and authority to
serve on that board but it's uh the
rest of the citizens members have to
reside in the jurisdiction of the board
and abide by those same rules where in
the two mile frames they have for instance
a fifteen hundred foot setback from five
speeding operations where out the county
is only four hundred feet i think they
should provide with the same statutes that
the rest of the county does on anything
they go forward with
Okay, thank you, Max.
You're over your time.
Thank you.
No, I'm giving him my time.
Okay.
I'm good.
Okay.
However you want to do it.
Oh, no, no, no.
I'm good.
okay rhonda you're up next no no i
gave my time to him he wasn't over
can i take your time yeah please yeah
whatever's left yeah you you can't do that
i don't think you can do that you
and max can but come ahead morning good
morning good morning
I'm sorry to see Phil's not here,
so I hope we all keep him in
our thoughts and prayers.
He's got some reference to handle.
So I come in before us this morning
to talk about the subdivision plan,
and I sit on the plan commission.
I voted against the subdivision the way it
is currently sitting for a number of
reasons.
There are a number of anomalies that are
in the current subdivision plan that has
been proposed, and contradictions,
for example.
In the administrative section on page
four,
it says that the section shall provide
procedures including less than five
parcels, including the parent tract.
So less than five by definition would be
four, three, two, or one,
including the parent tract.
But yet when we go just a few
sentences down to applicability,
it says the division of land into no
more than five parcels,
including the remainder of the parent and
at least one.
So here we have one that's an internal
contradiction there.
If we go to the minor subdivision,
it has something which I think is kind
of similar.
There it is, minor subdivision.
So the section shall provide procedures
for subdivisions that include more than
five, but no more than eight.
So that would be by definition six, seven,
and eight,
because it has to be more than five.
But when we go back to the minor
subdivision,
it said that it had to be less
than five.
So we literally have a situation where the
administrative says it has to be four,
three, two, or one.
And then the minor says it has to
be six, seven, or eight.
So we literally don't have a plan for
somebody having five,
which is kind of weird.
I didn't catch that during the planning
commission when we were looking at that.
So that's something that we need to catch
is looking for more of those anomalies.
Another thing that I think is really
unfair and not well thought out is that
there's a
there's a rule in there that there would
be no more than three parcels per
easement.
And that really restricts the ability to
subdivide property in such a way that it's
useful to the people who are using it.
And the whole point of this is to
have guidelines so that people can have
their property divided in a way that works
for them.
And by putting these kinds of restrictions
on there ahead of having an actual
situation where we can see how that
actually applies,
or we're putting ourselves in a situation,
then why did that do later?
As I talked about at the plan commission
with regards to surveys,
letter H says under minor that plot plans
prepared by a surveyor must be submitted.
Right now, if I had a hundred acres,
I could just put a line right through
the middle of it and I could bring
that and they would take that line that's
written on a piece of paper.
I wouldn't have to go and have a
survey done for thousands and thousands of
dollars.
The thing that I'd like to see most
in this is the removal of the number
of parcels that things are subdivided
into,
because there's really very little
difference between the less than five,
more than five, we can number five,
and a complete and utter exemption and
waiver for families that are dividing.
No family should be affected by this.
Time's up, thank you.
We will take all these.
things under advisement i've spoken to mr
cardwell about one in particular
appreciate that thank you for your time
all right uh meeting minutes from the
october seventh meeting
I think I want you to approve the
minutes of October seventh.
Yeah, thank you.
I'll second that.
All those in favor, say aye.
Aye.
Claims and payroll.
I'd still like to know what that one
company does for us.
They do a variety of things.
I was just curious.
The Baker Kill.
Oh.
They do a variety of things.
i'm just curious where that goes well they
helped with bonding on our whenever we
built the jail any construction projects
anything to do with whenever we had the
art money cares act money they are take
care of the bonding issues well in the
past and audits uh uh the the art
money there's dozens and dozens of things
that they
provide services for and have for many
years.
I'd like a motion to accept the approved
claims.
Okay.
I'll second that.
All those in favor say aye.
Aye.
All right.
Aaron Shellhammer with
uh the i believe tyler and sherry come
forward please good morning how are you
we're all right good um it's going to
be time it's now time to um
do our reassessment contract.
I ran all the ads for requesting bids.
No one else placed any bids.
So we have Tyler Tech's bid in place.
I shared a copy with Kyra
and a copy of the contract as well
and would like to submit that for approval
and Aaron is here to answer any questions
that you may have okay I've not had
an opportunity to read through it are
there any changes from the previous year I
know you guys
This is pretty much all you do.
You've done us a good job over the
years.
Now, you are pretty salty,
but when somebody does the kind of work
you do, it requires some expertise.
And you guys have always been there for
us.
I know any time that I would stop
in,
when you're here in the courthouse and ask
a question you've been very helpful and
you know your stuff and i just would
like to know if there are any changes
to the previous contract i don't believe
there are i think it's essentially the
same same services as before yeah and what
was the amount of that annual contract
i believe it was two four years two
forty eight seven thirty yeah two hundred
forty thousand seven hundred thirty but
that is four for four years yes okay
just for the uh benefit of the taxpayers
and community and everyone could you just
briefly uh tell us what you do for
the county and how
important it is because basically you are
in charge of making sure that the county
receives the correct income.
Right?
Yeah.
So we review all the commercial and
industrial properties and utility
properties for the county.
We also do the annual ratio study,
which determines the overall value of the
properties every year.
uh we do a land order um that
determines the land values all that kind
of goes rolls up into the overall value
um we have to follow the lgf guidelines
on that every year so we're kind of
governed within where we can work um but
essentially that's what uh kind of what we
do yep being asked to be pull your
microphone
They keep us within our guidelines that we
have to meet and keep us in compliance.
I would like to point out that the
fee amount is less than what we had
anticipated and it is less than what we
have been paying.
Okay, great.
I saved you money.
That's what we like to hear.
That's part of your job.
I try.
You know you do.
So you basically do this section for our
property taxes.
Yeah, we do.
You have to pay twenty five percent of
the county every year.
So the county handles the res and ag
section of that and exempt properties and
we handle the rest.
And then on top of that, of course,
you do
You said twenty five percent a year.
Do you pick a section or is it
random?
It's pretty well set out.
We initially set that up kind of by
township,
but the state gets very strict and they're
twenty five percent.
So we're allowed a two percent variance
either way of that.
So sometimes we have to dip into another
section to meet that requirement.
But for the most part,
it's initially set up on certain townships
during that period of time.
And they can't,
the state can change where they want us
to be.
Excuse me.
We still reassess every year.
Yeah.
If you were to follow out of line
of what the DLGS specifications were for a
ratio study,
they could request you go in and reassess
that area.
But usually if you're within their
statistical analysis framework,
you're okay.
they won't step in there.
They want that local control given to the
county.
They don't want to step in,
but there have been cases in the past
in counties where they have.
All right.
Do you have any other questions?
No, I appreciate the education.
I'm sure you'll talk with Dennis too.
Yeah,
anytime you guys have any questions on
kind of what we do,
feel free to stop in and we'll kind
of show you the interurbans.
Yeah.
Well, thank you.
Appreciate it.
I need a motion to approve the Tyler
contract.
I'll second that.
All those in favor say aye.
Aye.
Good to go.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
All right.
First reading of the subdivision control
ordinance.
And was Lisa going to do that?
I think so.
Lisa,
did you want to zip through that for
us?
Good morning.
Okay.
We start with a table of contents,
and I'll just briefly go through that so
you know what's coming.
Under subdivision control,
there's classifications and general
provisions and discussion of preparation
of subdivision plats.
And then there's a section on subdivision
authority.
And then we get into the three sections,
which deal with, first off,
the administrative subdivision.
the minor subdivision,
and the major subdivision.
And then here's the certificates and
locations pages.
So I'm going to go pretty quickly.
If I go too quickly,
you all will stop me.
Subdivision control.
This ordinance shall establish regulations
pertaining to the division of land in
Washington County pursuant to the
comprehensive plan for the orderly planned
division and economic development of the
county.
Any prior ordinances pertaining to
subdivision control of amendments thereto
are hereby amended and repealed.
Land to be subdivided shall be of such
character that can be used safely for
building purposes without danger to health
or peril from fire, flood,
or other minutes.
Minutes.
It's hard to say.
Minutes.
Land shall not be subdivided until
adequate infrastructure and services exist
or are guaranteed in accordance with this
ordinance and proper provisions have been
made for drainage, water, sewage,
and public facilities, such as parks,
recreational facilities, streets,
and sidewalks.
Private wells and septic systems in lieu
of public water and sewer facilities are
allowed and were approved by the
Washington County Health Department
pursuant to Indiana Code XIII-AP-XII and
IV-X Indiana Administrative Code VI-VIII
and IV-X Indiana Administrative Code VI-X.
All wells and septic systems must conform
to state regulations set forth by the
Indiana Department of Environmental
Management, also known as I-M,
and the State Board of Health.
subdivision of land shall fall within one
of three classifications of land divisions
when determining which class of
subdivision the proposed development falls
within the applicant or agent shall refer
to the materials that follow in this
ordinance before submitting any of the
materials required so again the
subdivision classifications are
administrative minor and major
subdivisions
And general provisions are that no parcel
shall be created upon the adoption of this
ordinance without the approval of the
Washington County Surveyor.
Any division of a parcel of land must
be compliant with this ordinance.
And no proposed parcel shall be advertised
as for sale or constructed upon until the
Washington County Surveyor has approved
the subdivision plan.
No parcel or remainder thereof shall be
rendered landlocked as a result of the
subdivision.
Residential structures to be erected on a
parcel created prior to the passage of
this ordinance that does not meet the
prescribed handling shall be deemed legal
non-compounding and may be issued a
building permit with proof of the dated
record deed and approval from the
Washington County Health Department unless
connection to a municipal sewage system is
available.
Preparation of subdivision plans.
All subdivision of land shall be
accompanied by a flat prepared by a
professional land surveyor,
licensed in accordance with the laws of
the state of Indiana.
All surveys and flats shall be in
accordance with page eight sixty-five of
the Indiana Administrative Code one dash
twelve and any amendments thereto.
All flats shall be no larger than
twenty-four inches by thirty-six inches.
Subdivision Authority.
The Washington County Commissioner shall
adopt the subdivision control ordinance
and any amendments thereto.
County commissioners shall accept
appropriate performance guarantees and
maintenance guarantees and shall take such
actions as necessary to enforce the terms
of those guarantees pursuant to Indiana
code thirty six dash seven dash four dash
seven oh nine.
The county commissioner shall accept
dedications of rights of way or public
improvements on behalf of Washington
County.
In accordance with Indiana code thirty six
dash seven dash four dash seven oh one
B,
After the subdivision control ordinance is
adopted and a certified copy of the
ordinance has been filed with the county
recorder,
the plan commission has exclusive control
over the approval of all flats and
replants involving land under the
subdivision control ordinance,
subject to subsection C and F of Indiana
Code,
thirty six dash seven dash four dash seven
oh one.
In accordance with Indiana Code thirty six
dash seven dash four dash seven oh four,
the Planning Commission shall adopt the
scheduled fees for the review and approval
of subdivision plans.
In accordance with Indiana Code,
thirty-six dash seven dash four dash seven
oh five and Indiana Code,
thirty-six dash seven dash four dash seven
oh seven,
the Planning Commission shall establish
procedures for holding hearings and for
maintaining accurate records of its
proceedings.
In accordance with Indiana Code,
thirty-six dash seven dash four dash seven
oh one E,
the County Planning Commission may appoint
a planning committee
to hold hearings on and approve flats and
replants on behalf of the Commission.
The Planning Committee is authorized to
grant primary approval without notice or
hearing of a minor subdivision that
complies in all respects with the
standards of this ordinance,
subject to the right to appeal to the
Planning Commission.
The Planning Committee shall keep accurate
records of its proceedings and shall
operate in accordance with the Planning
Commission's Rules of Procedure.
The Planning Commission may appoint a
Technical Review Committee at their
discretion to assist with the technical
review of proposed subdivisions.
the Technical Review Kit Committee may
make recommendations to the discretion of
the Planning Commission.
Administrative Subdivisions.
This section shall provide procedures for
subdivisions that include less than five
parcels, including the parent track,
changes in existing parcel lines,
and proposed utility and access easements.
These subdivisions do not substantially
affect the comprehensive plan,
require new or the extension of public
roads or utilities,
and are exempt from the approval of the
Planning Commissioner Planning Committee.
applicability.
This section shall apply to the following
proposed subdivisions.
The division of land is no more than
five parcels,
including the remainder of the parent
tract of at least one acre.
The proposed subdivision shall not include
any new streets, public or private.
Each parcel shall have a minimum of fifty
feet of deeded access to be deemed a
residential building tract.
Each parcel shall have a minimum width of
one hundred and fifty feet measured at the
front building line.
Tracts exceeding ten acres are exempt and
are not included in the five acre
parcel,
including the remainder of maximum
requirement.
Newly created parcels accessed exclusively
by easement shall be labeled as
non-residential building tracts,
and the subject easement shall be labeled
as agricultural or recreational access
easement.
A plot plan prepared by a surveyor shall
be included with any subdivision proposal,
and the plot plan shall include all
features described in items A through E
above,
and shall comply with the requirements of
the International Code Council,
International Residential Code
the subdivision shall not be detrimental
to or endanger the public health safety or
general welfare transfer areas when a
landowner is purchasing property from an
adjoining landowner that an existing
parcel will encompass the transfer shall
be deemed an administrative subdivision
the subject transfer area shall be labeled
as such and hatched this is to denote
the intent of the plan
This parcel shall not be sold or
transferred as a residential building
tract unless adequate access, acreage,
and frontage are provided.
Re-plat.
Parcel re-plats limited to the following
circumstances.
The removal or relocation of the existing
parcel line resulting in no more parcels
than originally planned.
The changing of a location described on
the plat in error.
The subdivision of land pursuant to an
allocation of land by court decree.
the subdivision of land for the
acquisition by the public or by a utility
for right-of-way or easement,
the division of land and cemetery plots
for the burial of corpses.
Standards.
All proposed administrative subdivisions
shall be submitted with a plat and a
meets and bounds legal description,
prepared and certified by a licensed land
surveyor,
and in conformance with the survey
standards set forth in Eighth Sixty-Five
Indian Administrative Code one dash
through twelve.
Approval and recording.
Administrative subdivisions shall be
submitted to the Washington County
Surveyor for review and approval.
The Washington County Recorder shall not
accept a report in an administrative
subdivision unless it carries a stamp of
approval of the Washington County
Surveyor.
Access.
All parcels shall have driveway locations
that shall provide for adequate site
distance and space according to the
Washington County Highway Department and
or the Indiana Department of
Transportation standards.
We're moving on to minor subdivisions.
This section shall provide procedures for
subdivisions that include more than five,
including the parent track,
and no more than any parcels.
These subdivisions do not substantially
affect the comprehensive plan,
require a new or the extension of public
roads or public utilities,
and shall be approved by the Planning
Committee.
After a subdivision request has been
filed,
the Washington County Surveyor shall
determine whether the petition may be
considered as a minor subdivision.
The Washington County Surveyor's decision
may be appealed to the Planning
Commission.
Applicability.
This section shall apply to the following
proposed subdivisions.
The division of land into more than five,
including the parent track,
and no more than eight parcels of at
least one acre.
Each parcel shall have a minimum width of
one hundred and fifty feet measured at the
front building line.
Parcels exceeding ten acres are exempt and
are not included in the eighth parcel,
including the remainder maximum
requirement.
The subdivision shall not impede the
orderly development of land or the
provision of public services and
improvements.
subdivision shall not interfere with the
implementation of the comprehensive plan
the subdivision shall not interfere with
the provision of roads to provide access
to adjoining or nearby property in the
event that such property is developed in
the future all parcels in the subdivision
shall have adequate utilities and drainage
a plot plan prepared by a surveyor shall
be included with any subdivision proposal
and the plot plane shall include all
features described in items a through g
above
and shall comply with the requirements in
the IRC,
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proposed subdivision shall not include
access easements for residential building
tracks unless approved by the planning
committee the planning committee shall not
approve residential access easements
unless all other options have been
exhausted and the planning committee
determines that it can be used safely for
building purposes without danger to health
or peril from fire flood or other menace
and adequate infrastructure exists all
access easements shall be a minimum of
fifty feet wide
For all common access easements,
a written maintenance agreement shall be
submitted and recorded with all landowners
who have a shared interest in the proposed
easement.
In no case shall more than three parcels
be accessed by an access easement.
All parcels shall have driveway locations
that provide for adequate site distance
and space according to the Washington
County Highway Department and or the
Indiana Department of Transportation
standards.
Finally,
an application for approval of a minor
subdivision shall be filed with the
Washington County Surveyor.
Review process.
The Planning Commission hereby establishes
the Planning Committee to review and
decide petitions for minor subdivisions.
The Planning Committee process is as
follows.
Approval.
The Planning Committee shall approve the
proposed minor subdivision in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance.
Review.
The Planning Committee shall review the
proposed plan for compliance with this
ordinance.
Action.
The Planning Committee action shall be by
majority vote.
Notice,
the Planning Committee may approve without
public notice and hearing.
Appeal,
any person agreed by a decision of the
Planning Committee may file a notice of
appeal with the Office of the Building
Commissioner within ten days of the
decision.
The Planning Commission shall hear and
decide such appeals in accordance with
Indiana Code thirty-six dash seven dash
four dash nine one eight point one through
nine one eight point six.
Certifications.
The planning committee chairman and
secretary shall be authorized to sign the
approval certificate of the proposed plan.
Approval, primary approval.
All applications for primary approval of a
subdivision shall be submitted with the
following.
The primary plan,
an original plan prepared by a registered
and licensed surveyor in accordance with
the following standards to include a legal
description or descriptions,
parcel numbers, dimensions,
and size of acreage or square feet
Boundary lines of any special flood hazard
area should be appropriately labeled
applicable in the existing or proposed
easements,
including but not limited to access,
drainage, and utility.
Any public right-of-way in this ordinance
requires all applicable certificates or
notations.
Final approval.
After all conditions of primary approval
have been met,
the applicant may request final approval.
If the planning committee has no
amendments and primary approval is
granted,
final approval may be granted immediately
at the discretion of the committee.
Length of approval.
Primary approval shall be valid for one
calendar year unless the planning
committee grants an extension.
If the plan is not recorded within one
year of final approval,
the final approval shall be null and void.
Filing fee.
Minor subdivision applications shall be
accompanied by the required filing fee as
established by the county planning
commission.
The approved plat must be recorded with
the Washington County Reporter within one
year or the plat shall be null and
void.
Okay,
we're moving on now to major subdivisions.
This section shall provide procedures for
subdivisions that do not meet the
requirements set forth in the
administrative and minor subdivision
sections and will require the extension of
roads, utilities,
and other infrastructure elements.
Major subdivisions require public hearing
as well as primary and secondary approval
accordance with the procedure set forth in
the plan commission's rules of procedure
applicability this section shall apply to
all major subdivisions each parcel shall
be a minimum of one acre each parcel
shall have a minimum width of one hundred
fifty feet measured at the front building
line the subdivision shall not impede the
orderly development of land or the
provision of public services and
improvements the subdivision shall not
interfere with the implementation of the
comprehensive plan
The subdivision shall not interfere with
the provision of roads to provide access
to adjoining or nearby property in the
event that such property is developed in
the future.
All parcels in the subdivision will have
adequate utilities and drainage.
A plot plan prepared by a surveyor shall
be included with any subdivision proposal.
And the plot plan shall include all
features described in items A through G
above and shall comply with the
requirement of
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The subdivision shall not be detrimental
to nor endanger the public health, safety,
or general welfare.
Streets and access.
All proposed parcels shall have adequate
ingress and egress to new or existing
roads.
The proposed subdivision shall not include
access easements for residential building
tracts unless approved by the Planning
Commission.
The Planning Commission shall not approve
residential access easements unless all
other options have been exhausted.
and the Planning Commission determines
that it can be used safely for building
purposes without danger to health or peril
from fire, flood,
or other menace when adequate
infrastructure exists.
All access easements shall be a minimum of
fifty feet wide.
No more than three parcels shall be
accessed by one access easement.
For all common access easements,
a written maintenance agreement shall be
submitted and reported with all landowners
who have a shared interest in the proposed
easement.
All parcels shall have driveway locations
that provide for adequate site distance
and space according to the Washington
County Highway Department and or the
Indiana Department of Transportation
standards.
All streets shall include street signage
according to the current edition of the
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
for Streets and Highways as published by
the U.S.
Department of Transportation Federal
Highway Administration.
Where the proposed street will have less
than four hundred AADT and shall be
classified as a local street
deciding to follow the requirements for
low-lying roads in the manual.
Street name signs shall be placed at all
street intersections.
Local subdivision streets may use a
four-inch minimum ladder height,
but street name signs along collective
roads or rural roads must follow the MUTCD
standards with a six-inch minimum height.
Utility and drainage easements.
Easement locations and widths must be
coordinated with utility companies to
ensure that the needs of each utility are
met
Easements must maintain a minimum width of
ten feet when located adjacent and
parallel to the street driveway.
When easements are not along streets,
a minimum width of sixteen feet shall be
required.
When located along parcel lines,
the easement may be half on each side
of the parcel line.
Filing Process and Approval Procedures.
An application for approval of a major
subdivision shall be filed with the
Washington County Building Commissioner.
The filing review process shall be
followed when considering a major
subdivision.
Conceptual plan review procedure.
Upon the filing of an application,
the applicant shall be placed on the plan
commission agenda for consideration at
their next regularly scheduled meeting.
Prior to the plan commission meeting,
the building commissioner shall review the
conceptual plan.
The plan commission shall review the
proposed conceptual plan at a public
meeting.
The building commissioner will present
comments on the proposed subdivision at
this time.
The commission will discuss the proposed
subdivision and guide the applicant as to
the suitability and feasibility of the
proposed design and layout.
The commission shall by motion,
duly made in segment, approve, deny,
or continue the conceptual plan.
The plan commission will provide a written
record to the applicant of the discussion
within thirty days after the meeting at
which the proposed conceptual plan was
discussed.
Primary approval procedure.
After receiving the written record from
the conceptual plan review,
the applicant may apply for a primary
approval with the Washington County
Building Commissioner.
Upon applying,
the applicant shall be placed on the
Planning Commission agenda for
consideration at their next regularly
scheduled meeting.
Prior to the Planning Commission meeting,
the Building Commissioner shall review the
primary subdivision plan.
The Planning Commission and its
representatives, at its discretion,
may visit the proposed site during the
review process
in accordance with Indiana's open door
law.
The plan commission shall review the
proposed primary subdivision plan at a
public hearing.
Public notice shall be published in
accordance with Indiana Code five dash
three dash one and sent in compliance with
the plan commission's rules and procedure
in accordance with Indiana Code five dash
three dash one dash two B and Indiana
Code thirty six dash seven dash four dash
six zero four.
The applicant shall present to the
Planning Commission at the public hearing,
and the Planning Commission shall make a
decision regarding the application.
The Planning Commission shall make
findings of fact in compliance with the
subdivision application.
The Planning Commission shall, by motion,
duly make the seconded, approve, deny,
or continue the application.
If the Planning Commission denies the
application,
it shall provide written findings that set
forth the reasoning,
and the building commissioner shall sign
the decision and provide the applicant
with a copy within thirty days after the
public hearing.
If the Planning Commission grants primary
approval,
two Planning Commission officers shall
sign the primary certificate.
Secondary approval procedure.
After the conditions of primary approval
have been met,
the applicant may apply for secondary
approval with the Washington County
Building Commissioner.
The Building Commissioner shall review the
secondary plan to determine if it is
compliant with the primary approval
conditions.
If the subdivision plan varies from the
primary approval and conditions,
the subdivision will not receive secondary
approval.
Deviation from the primary approval must
be submitted and approved by the Planning
Commission.
Subdivisions including public improvements
or dedication of right-of-way shall
require acceptance by the Board of
Commissioners and must be installed in
accordance with the approved plans.
Guarantees of performance shall be
required as specified in this ordinance.
Upon secondary approval by the Building
Commissioner,
acceptance of the Board of Commissioners,
and submittal of all guarantees of
performance,
the building commissioner shall sign the
proposed plan as approved.
The secondary plan must be recorded with
the Washington County recorder within one
year of secondary approval,
or the plan shall be null and void.
Conceptual plan review.
Before filing a major subdivision,
applicants are required to present the
conceptual plan for the proposed
subdivision to the plan commission for
approval.
In order to assist the applicant in
preparing an acceptable major subdivision
proposal,
the Planning Commission shall review and
discuss the conceptual plan with the
applicant and or his or her
representatives.
The purpose of this discussion is to
enable the applicant to receive guidance
from the Planning Commission as to the
suitability of the land for the
development proposed and as to the pattern
of development the Planning Commission
considers to be in the best interest of
the county.
Accurate surveys and detailed engineering
data are not required nor recommended at
this stage in the subdivision process.
Required conceptual plan materials.
All applications for conceptual plan
reviews shall be accompanied by the
materials listed in this section.
A north arrow and date,
approximate site boundary of proposed
subdivision,
existing zoning classification,
existing county or state roads that will
serve the proposed subdivision,
general soil classifications and drainage
patterns, existing features of the site,
including streams, ponds, floodplains,
wooded areas or structures,
all existing utilities and utilities that
will be serving the proposed subdivision,
proposed street layout,
proposed parcel layout,
any areas designated for open space or
common areas, including retention areas.
Proposed subdivision name,
applicants shall verify with the
Washington County Surveyor
that the proposed name of the subdivision
does not exist.
Plan commission approval.
Conceptual plan approval shall be valid
for a period of one calendar year from
approval.
If the applicant fails to apply for
primary approval within one year,
the subject conceptual plan approval shall
be null and void.
Prior to guiding the applicant,
the plan commission shall consider the
following.
Subdivision location and layout in
relationship to all existing features and
topography,
traffic patterns and circulation,
drainage on-site in relationship to
adjoining property,
utilities including sewage disposal,
water, electricity, and other utilities,
and how the proposed subdivision aligns
with the comprehensive plan.
Primary rule review and approval.
Upon approval of the conceptual plan,
the applicant may request primary approval
within one calendar year.
File on fee.
Major subdivision applications shall be
accompanied by the required file on fee as
established by the Planning Commission.
Required primary approval materials.
All applications for primary review shall
be accompanied by the materials listed in
this section.
Parcel numbers, dimensions,
and size of acreage or square feet,
existing and plaid streets intersecting or
within the proposed subdivision boundary,
the existing property lines,
including interior lines,
get to be vacated,
and the current owner's title is to be
vacated for the Washington County
recorder.
Boundary lines and any special flood
hazard areas should be appropriately
labeled if applicable.
Any existing or proposed easements,
including but not limited to access,
drainage, utility, et cetera.
Any public rights of way.
All applicable certificates or notations
required by this ordinance.
Topographic contours at vertical intervals
of five feet are shown on a separate
page,
but on the same scale as the original
plaque.
Location and size of all existing proposed
permanent features,
including but not limited to streets,
sewer lines, drains, bodies of water,
railroads, transmission lines,
legal drains, water mains, culverts,
utility lines, hydrants,
drainage features, sidewalks,
street lights, etc.
All streets must meet the required
specifications of the Washington County
Highway Department.
The applicant shall provide documentation
from the Washington County Highway
Superintendent
Verifying that all proposed roads and
right-of-way meets the specifications
required.
Delineation of any future subdivision
phases if applicable.
Preliminary erosion control plan.
Preliminary sewage disposal plan.
Preliminary drainage plan and report.
Preliminary plans for improvements to
existing county roads if applicable.
Restrictions and covenants for the
proposed subdivision if applicable.
and preliminary plan for all improvements
or systems that are to be owned and
maintained by the property owners in the
subdivision,
including the establishment and plan for
financing subject improvements.
Length of primary approval.
Primary approval shall be valid for one
calendar year unless the Washington County
Planning Commission grants an extension.
If secondary approval is not granted
within one calendar year of primary
approval,
the primary approval shall be null and
void.
Secondary approval.
After all conditions of primary approval
have been met,
the applicant may request secondary
approval.
Filing fee.
Major subdivision applications shall be
accompanied by the required filing fee as
established by the Planning Commission.
Required secondary approval materials.
All applications for secondary approval
shall be accompanied by the materials
listed in this section.
A secondary plan.
original drawings prepared by a registered
and licensed plans surveyor in accordance
with the standards set for the this
ordinance and copies with the number to be
specified by the plan commission showing
all information listed above with computed
parcel dimensions and sizes in accordance
with the plan commission's approval final
improvement plan detailing all
improvements to be installed as approved
by the plan commission supporting
documentation
Documentation showing that all conditions
of primary approval have been met.
Certificates and notations.
Surveyor certificate.
A surveyor certificate prepared in
compliance with eight sixty-five of the
Indiana Administrative Code sections one
through twelve and any amendments thereto
shall be included on all flats.
Administrative subdivision certificate.
An approval certificate for all flats
requiring administrative approval shall be
on all flats as follows.
Administrative subdivision approval.
Under authority provided by Indiana code
thirty six dash seven dash four dash seven
or one B subdivision control and any
amendments thereto this plaque was given
administrative approval by Washington
County Indiana as follows.
And there's a spot there for the date
of the approval of the Washington County
surveyor and the surveyor's signature.
Primary approval certificate.
A primary approval certificate for all
plaques requiring primary approval shall
be on all plaques as follows.
under primary approval under authority
provided by indiana code thirty six dash
seven dash four dash seven oh one b
subdivision control any amendments thereto
this plant was given primary approval by
washington county indian as follows
approved by the washington county planning
commission or planning committee committee
at a meeting held on and there's a
date for the meeting and a signature
that's your part from the chairman and the
secretary
Improvement plan certificate.
An improvement plan certificate for all
major subdivisions requiring secondary
approval shall be on all plans as follows.
Improvement plan.
This document contains or is a part of
the approved improvement plan for the
following subdivision.
And there's a spot for the name of
the subdivision.
The improvements to be installed in this
subdivision will not be accepted for
maintenance by the county of Washington
unless and until all improvements shown
herein have been installed and are in
substantial compliance with these plans.
there's a spot for the county highway
superintendent to sign and then the date
of his or her signature dedication
certificate a dedication certificate for
all major subdivisions requiring secondary
approval shall be on plans as follows
county commissioners dedication acceptance
be it resolved by the county commissioners
of washington county indiana the
dedications shown on this plan are hereby
approved and accepted and there's a spot
for the date and to be signed by
the president vice president and member
Private access easement notation.
Plats containing private access easements
as approved by the Planning Committee or
Planning Commission shall include the
following notations.
This plat contains property shown as
private.
The property owner shall assume the
responsibility for maintenance and snow
removal.
This is not the responsibility of
Horseshoe County.
That's it in a nutshell.
Okay.
Seems like a lot, but actually it's,
probably one of the shortest subdivision
ordinances in the state of Indiana.
A week before last, the auditor, auditor,
I'm sorry,
the surveyor randomly went and got online
and looked at eight other counties
throughout the state and made a notation
of how many pages their subdivision
control ordinance was.
Fulton County,
Indiana is a hundred and three pages.
Shelby County,
three hundred and sixty-nine.
Brown County, forty-seven pages.
Randolph County, fifty-three pages.
Vermillion County, thirty-three pages.
It was adopted in nineteen seventy.
Franklin County,
a hundred and ninety-three pages.
Park County,
a hundred and sixty-nine pages.
And Pulaski County,
two hundred and fifty-five pages.
And ours is seventeen.
So for anyone to make the claim that
this is overreaching and extreme, well,
it's just not so.
This is the bare minimum and it's a
good document.
We are going to look at a couple
of things.
Mr.
Carbwell and I spoke about the area of
concern,
but I think it's good to go and
we'll move forward.
And I thank you for reading it.
Sure.
Glad to.
Thank you.
all right health board reappointment uh is
there anybody from the health board here
yes this is just a reappointment i
understand it's a reappointment of janet
heinz beginning january one of twenty six
and ending december thirty first of twenty
nine okay all right i'll make the motion
to reappoint her i second that tony
seconds all those in favor say aye aye
aye
All right.
Mr. Eckert, you can come forward now.
Good morning.
Quick update on the highway garage.
Last week,
Duke finally energized the panel going to
the
office so now we have power out there
to the office which will be used to
power the sign shed the fuel station and
the mixed salt buildings so the
electrician working on getting all those
all powered up and ready to go um
the plumbing in the office will be
starting tomorrow they've already got
everything roughed in i've written the
ball rough getting it
We won't install fixtures yet.
We don't want people using the fixtures
yet,
but they'll get everything ready for
fixtures to be installed.
If you've been out there,
I don't know if you've seen HVAC.
They ran a bunch of stuff,
a ceiling grid.
I won't be putting the tile in until
everybody's done above the ceiling.
But the electrician,
he'll put his lights in and everything in
the office,
then we'll put the ceiling tile in.
Mixed salt and salt buildings.
You can see they're vertical now.
They're all,
Gregor's done a pretty good job getting
all them all siding, siding on the inside.
And everyone put that,
I can't remember what it was,
but the salt preventative panel on the
inside to help out the mixed salt and
salt buildings.
Mechanic shop.
Well, let me back up.
On Duke,
they still have not powered the other
panel that's going to the truck billing,
the truck storage billing.
The way they brought the power in,
they have to send their metering guy to
get that remetered appropriately because
of how they brought that in.
I can't tell you the specifics on that,
although I'm just calling them every other
day and saying, hey,
you got that figured out yet.
But when they changed the power,
from underground to the transformer,
they need to do something with their .
So, as soon as they get that done,
we'll have power to the truck storage
building, the mechanic shop.
Yeah,
those two buildings are fed from that
panel.
So, in the mechanical shop,
the framers have been in there.
He's put up a lot of the walls.
He's left one side open for the plumber.
He's got it insulated.
Plumber will be there.
He's going to be in the office Wednesday.
Thursday, he'll be in the mechanic shop,
try to do all the wall rough in
there.
And then we'll get the drywall and siding
on it to get that all sealed up.
Everything in the mechanic shop,
all the electricals, all surface mounted.
So the plumber,
the electrician will come in after that
and do all the surface mounted electrical
conduits and lighting.
site concrete.
We're out here pouring today on some of
the site concrete.
We're just jumping around.
I think we're pouring on the north side
there around the salt,
mixed salt building in that area today.
Probably tomorrow also.
So we'll just continue on that concrete.
And we'll be putting more stone on the
backside of the mechanics garage trying to
get that entrance built up
and the major highlights.
And Todd gave that letter to Ken Temple
today on the ag bins.
So he should be reviewing and discussing.
I know you all talked about Thursday and
Friday pretty hard.
Looked at the tank kit,
the aggregate bins.
What about it?
About the design, the mounts,
all the items that are included in the
ag bins.
what prairie to the information.
So I just, yeah,
originally to get to the four point eight,
they took the out.
So this is,
if we're going to add them back in,
this is what it takes to add them
back in.
All right.
Mr. Boyles,
do you have any questions for Paul?
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you, Paul.
I do got one.
The solution on the asphalt,
if we can come up with that.
We have discussed all the asphalt with
Phil.
He's wanting to see how far the original
will take us,
and if we're going to try to do
a little bit more.
We're just trying to define that line.
That's still just kind of for debate right
now.
I feel like we'll talk about that once
a week.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you.
I guess you didn't follow me,
but you gave me a look,
so I just came down.
Oh, I can read your mind.
careful it's scary i know it is all
right at the last meeting we opened three
bids for breach thirty nine and the low
bidder was templin temple excavating for
seven hundred and eighteen thousand two
hundred and twenty five dollars after
reviewing the bids would be my recommend
recommendation that we award that project
to them okay all right uh i'll make
a motion too
Thank you.
I'll second that.
All those in favor say aye.
Aye.
Thank you.
That's really all I have for you today.
When's that going to start?
It'll be in the spring sometime.
We're just getting ahead of it.
Yeah, when the water goes down, right?
Yeah, maybe in the middle of summer.
It's hard to guess there.
Okay.
All right.
Everything else runs smooth, I guess.
Fairly well.
No news is good news, so appreciate it.
Take care of yourself.
Don't fall down.
Thank you.
All right.
April, do you have anything for us?
Nothing this morning.
Thank you.
Kara?
No.
Mr. Abbott, do you have anything?
No.
No, I don't believe so.
Preston, do you have anything?
No.
Tom?
I'm just on this subdivision control.
If anybody's got any concern or anything,
I'm open to talk.
I got a few myself and hopefully we
can work with them to minor and get
them took care of.
But I think there needs to be a
few changes.
Yeah,
we just need to figure out what they
are.
make sure you understand what it says okay
entertain a motion to adjourn I'll second
that everyone in favor say aye aye