Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 36-7-30-32 - Conditions on property development; development fees(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a reuse authority may: (1) impose conditions on the development of any property in a reuse area; and(2) require the payment of development fees or other fees by private persons to pay, defray, or mitigate the costs of the construction, operation, and maintenance of infrastructure that is required or needed to serve the development, redevelopment, and reuse of property within the reuse area.(b) Before a reuse authority may impose conditions under subsection (a)(1), the reuse authority shall adopt a written resolution finding that the conditions to be imposed are:(1) necessary to carry out at least one (1) of the purposes of this chapter; and(2) reasonably related in nature and extent to the impact upon the development, redevelopment, and reuse of the property upon which the conditions are imposed.(c) Before a reuse authority may impose fees under subsection (a)(2), the reuse authority shall adopt a written resolution finding that:(1) the infrastructure for which the fees are to be imposed is necessary to carry out at least one (1) of the purposes of this chapter and is required or needed to serve the development, redevelopment, and reuse of the property within the reuse area; and(2) the fees to be imposed are reasonably related in nature and extent to the impact upon the infrastructure attributable to the development, redevelopment, and reuse of the property within the reuse area upon which the fees are imposed.(d) Conditions imposed under subsection (a)(1) must be approved by the plan commission of the unit or other body responsible for developing a general plan for the unit. To approve the conditions, the plan commission or other body shall adopt a written resolution making the same findings required to be made by the reuse authority under subsection (b).(e) Fees imposed under subsection (a)(2) must be deposited in the appropriate fund of the unit responsible for constructing, operating, and maintaining the particular infrastructure for which the fee has been imposed.As added by P.L. 228-1997, SEC.4.