IN HB1245

Replaces certiorari review of zoning decisions with a new judicial review procedure requiring petitions to be filed within 30 days of the decision, with specific standing requirements and exhaustion of administrative remedies

Establishes procedures for vacating plats and recorded covenants, allowing plan commissions to approve vacations and impose conditions; permits plan commissions to limit reconsideration of disapproved plats for up to one year

Authorizes plan commissions and plat committees to grant waivers from subdivision control ordinance standards and to allow or require written commitments as conditions of approval

Expands appointment of alternate members to all plan commissions (previously only area plan commissions) and establishes disqualification rules for members with financial interests or bias in zoning decisions

Consolidates and clarifies commitment requirements for rezonings, plat approvals, and variance applications, making commitments binding on subsequent property owners and enforceable by plan commissions, boards of zoning appeals, and designated parties