2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 36. Local Government
ARTICLE 7. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 4. Local Planning and Zoning
36-7-4-1336. Fee payer credits; petition to determine amount; proceeding before impact review board

     Sec. 1336. (a) If the parties cannot agree on the cost or fair market value under section 1335(d) of this chapter, the fee payer or the person constructing or providing the infrastructure or improvement may file a petition for determination of the amount of the credit with the unit's impact fee review board not later than thirty (30) days after the structural building permit is issued for the development on which the impact fee is imposed. A petition under this subsection may be made as part of an appeal proceeding under section 1334 of this chapter or may be made under this section.

     (b) An impact fee review board shall prescribe the form of the petition for determination of the amount of a credit under this section. The board shall issue instructions for completion of the form. The form and the instructions must be clear, simple, and understandable to a lay person.

     (c) An impact fee review board shall prescribe a form for a response by the applicable infrastructure agency to a petition under this section for determination of a credit amount. The board shall issue instructions for completion of the form.

     (d) Immediately after receiving a timely filed petition under this section for determination of a credit amount, an impact fee review board shall provide a copy of the petition to the applicable infrastructure agency. Not later than thirty (30) days after receiving a copy of the petition, the infrastructure agency shall provide to the board a response on the form prescribed under subsection (c). The board shall immediately provide the petitioner with a copy of the infrastructure agency's response.

     (e) The impact fee review board shall:

(1) review a petition and response filed under this section; and

(2) determine the amount of the credit not later than thirty (30) days after the response is filed.

     (f) A fee payer aggrieved by a final determination of an impact fee review board under this section:

(1) may appeal to the circuit or superior court of the county in which the unit is located; and

(2) is entitled to a trial de novo.

As added by P.L.221-1991, SEC.37.