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SB 735 Local planning commission; action on proposed plat, commercial real estate.

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Local planning commission; action on proposed plat; commercial real estate. Shortens the period within which a local planning commission or other agent must act on a proposed plat, site plan, or plan of development that solely involves parcels of commercial real estate. The bill shortens from 60 days to 30 days the period within which the commission shall act on a plat that has been officially submitted for approval and reduces from 45 days to 20 days the period for action on a plat that the commission has previously disapproved. The bill reduces from 10 business days to seven business days the period within which the commission is required to forward the plat to a state agency if a review by the agency is required, and the agency's initial review period is reduced from 45 days to 20 days. The agency's second review period, for a plat that has previously been disapproved, is reduced from 45 days to 15 days. Once a plat receives all state agency approvals, the period for planning commission action on it is reduced from 35 days to 15 days. Finally, the bill reduces the periods of time that must pass before the subdivider is allowed to petition the circuit court for a decision on the plat from 60 days to 30 days after official submission for approval, from 45 days to 20 days after official resubmission following a previous disapproval, and from 35 days to 15 days from receipt of any state agency response. The bill also reduces the notice period required for the subdivider's petition to the court from 10 days to five days.


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