INDIANA CITIZEN PLANNER’S GUIDE

This booklet is one in a series of publications of the INDIANA Planning Association to be used as trainingmaterials for CITIZEN planners: plan commission members, board of zoning appeals members,neighborhood organizations, and CITIZEN committees. These materials are intended to supplementpublications such as Planning Made Easy and The CITIZEN s GUIDE to Planning. IPA s materials containinformation specific to INDIANA . Users of these guides are strongly encouraged to read other, moregeneral books on planning and information contained in this booklet is intended for informational purposes onlyand is not to be considered legal PLANNER S GUIDEPart 8: zoning Ordinanceby Timothy J. Porter, AICP &Teree L. Bergman, FAICPa publication ofThe INDIANA Planning Association,a chapter ofThe American Planning AssociationOther parts of the INDIANA CITIZEN Planner s GUIDE can be downloaded CITIZEN PLANNER S GUIDEPART 8: zoning ORDINANCEIn this Part.. Historical perspective Purposes of zoning zoning ordinance contents Developing the ordinance Adopting an ordinance Amending an ordinanceA zoning ordinance divides a jurisdiction of a local government intodistricts or zones and regulates land-use activities, the intensity or densityof such uses, the bulk of buildings on the land, parking, and other aspectsof land use.

each community, and overall patterns of zoning are difficult to see. In these cases it is helpful to have an unofficial overall community map for display and reference, in addition to the official zoning maps in the plat books. A small map, 8.5” x 11" or 11" x 17" is useful as a quick reference for the public, board members, and elected ...

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