Indiana Code
Chapter 6. City Legislative Body
36-4-6-14. Ordinance, Order, or Resolution Adoption; Requirements

Sec. 14. (a) An ordinance, order, or resolution passed by the legislative body is considered adopted when it is:
(1) signed by the presiding officer; and
(2) either approved by the city executive or passed over the executive's veto by the legislative body, under section 16 of this chapter.
If required by statute, an adopted ordinance, order, or resolution must be promulgated or published before it takes effect.
(b) An ordinance prescribing a penalty or forfeiture for a violation must, before it takes effect, be published in the manner prescribed by IC 5-3-1, unless:
(1) it is published under subsection (c); or
(2) there is an urgent necessity requiring its immediate effectiveness, the city executive proclaims the urgent necessity, and copies of the ordinance are posted in three (3) public places in each of the districts from which members are elected to the legislative body.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (e), if a city publishes any of its ordinances in book or pamphlet form, no other publication is required. If an ordinance prescribing a penalty or forfeiture for a violation is published under this subsection, it takes effect two (2) weeks after the publication of the book or pamphlet. Publication under this subsection, if authorized by the legislative body, constitutes presumptive evidence:
(1) of the ordinances in the book or pamphlet;
(2) of the date of adoption of the ordinances; and
(3) that the ordinances have been properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved.
(d) This section (other than subsection (f)) does not apply to a zoning ordinance or amendment to a zoning ordinance, or a resolution approving a comprehensive plan, that is adopted under IC 36-7.
(e) An ordinance increasing a building permit fee on new development must:
(1) be published:
(A) one (1) time in accordance with IC 5-3-1; and
(B) not later than thirty (30) days after the ordinance is adopted by the legislative body in accordance with IC 5-3-1; and
(2) delay the implementation of the fee increase for ninety (90) days after the date the ordinance is published under subdivision (1).
(f) Subject to subsection (j), the legislative body shall:
(1) subject to subsection (g), give written notice to the department of environmental management not later than sixty (60) days before amendment or repeal of an environmental restrictive ordinance; and
(2) give written notice to the department of environmental management not later than thirty (30) days after passage, amendment, or repeal of an environmental restrictive ordinance.
(g) Upon written request by the legislative body, the department of environmental management may waive the notice requirement of subsection (f)(1).
(h) An environmental restrictive ordinance passed or amended after 2009 by the legislative body must state the notice requirements of subsection (f).
(i) The failure of an environmental restrictive ordinance to comply with subsection (h) does not void the ordinance.
(j) The notice requirements of subsection (f) apply only if the municipal corporation received under IC 13-25-5-8.5(f) written notice that the department is relying on the environmental restrictive ordinance referred to in subsection (f) as part of a risk based remediation proposal:
(1) approved by the department; and
(2) conducted under IC 13-22, IC 13-23, IC 13-24, IC 13-25-4, or IC 13-25-5.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-3-6 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.335-1985, SEC.36; P.L.100-2003, SEC.2; P.L.78-2009, SEC.25; P.L.159-2011, SEC.46.