Sec. 3.5. (a) Before an economic enhancement district may be established under this chapter, the clerk of the city-county council shall, in the manner provided by IC 5-3-1, publish notice of a hearing on the proposed economic enhancement district. The clerk of the city-county council shall mail a copy of the notice to each owner of real property within the proposed economic enhancement district. The notice must include the boundaries of the proposed district, a description of the proposed economic enhancement projects, the proposed formula for determining the percentage of the total benefit to be received by each parcel of real property, and the hearing date. The date of the hearing may not be more than sixty (60) days after the date on which the notice is mailed.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-7-40-3.5

  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) At the public hearing under subsection (a), the legislative body shall hear all owners of real property in the proposed district (who appear and request to be heard) upon the questions of:

(1) the sufficiency of the notice;

(2) whether the proposed economic enhancement projects are of public utility and benefit;

(3) whether the formula to be used for the assessment of special benefits is appropriate; and

(4) whether the district contains all, or more or less than all, of the property specially benefitted by the proposed economic enhancement projects.

As added by P.L.169-2024, SEC.2.

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