County-wide stormwater master plan.

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 676-201

in effect

Sec. 676-201. - County-wide stormwater master plan. (a) The department shall be responsible for the preparation, and the periodic update, of a county-wide stormwater master plan. Preparation of the master plan may include tasks such as infrastructure inventory, conveyance system analysis, receiving and responding to neighborhood and citizen input, identification and establishment of priorities for capital improvements, development of a maintenance management program and integration of information into the GIS database. Development of the county-wide stormwater master plan shall include, in so far as reasonably possible, delineation of the geographic area benefited by the stormwater management projects included in the master plan. (b) The Marion County Stormwater Management Technical Advisory Committee shall participate in the periodic update of the master plan as provided in section 676-204(a). (c) The master plan document shall be approved by the board. Prior to taking action on the master plan document, the board shall conduct a public hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be published at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing in accordance with IC 5-3-1-2. (d) Prior to presenting the master plan document to the board for approval, the department shall schedule a thirty-day public comment period and shall accept written comments on the master plan document. At least ten (10) days prior to the beginning of the public comment period, the department shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in Marion County. The notice shall state that copies of the proposed master plan document are available for public inspection at the offices of the department, the central office of the Indianapolis/Marion County Public Library and one (1) branch library in each township, and that written comments may be submitted to the department. (e) The approved master plan document shall be updated periodically, as determined by the department, following the procedures set forth in this section. (f) The initial master plan shall be submitted to the board for approval within ten (10) days of the date on which this chapter takes effect. (G.O. 43, 2001, § 4)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIPUHEWE_CH676STMADI_ARTIIMAPL_S676-201CODESTMAPLFetched: 10/27/2026