Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, “landscape survey” means a systematic scientific identification, inventory, and mapping of the features of the earth’s surface that serve to constitute the landscape of a given area, including key factors such as the following:

(1) Land form.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-32-7-8

  • landscape: means the aggregate of all factors and features that constitute the total visual and perceptive impact of a given area of the earth's surface upon the human senses. See Indiana Code 14-32-7-4
(2) Vegetation.

(3) Wildlife.

(4) Physical characteristics.

(5) Visual perception.

(6) Historical and cultural sites.

     (b) The Indiana state department of agriculture shall use the money appropriated by the general assembly to initiate and carry out a program of landscape surveys for Indiana to develop and present the surficial landscape data and information necessary to promote wise land use decisions.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: 13-4-3-3(i); 13-4-3-7.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.136-1997, SEC.39; P.L.1-2006, SEC.225; P.L.120-2008, SEC.18.