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Steps for Vacation of Public Way or Location - County Commissioners

Steps for Vacation starting Open Way or Place - County Commissioners

For whatsoever questions, please contact Madelyn Grayson at 812-435-5471.
  1. Pick up vacation packet from the Auditor's Office or retrieve from the Internet for www.vanderburghcounty.in.gov/auditor.

    Complete the following:

    1. Ordinance to vacate a community way or place
    2. Notice to abutting anwesen owners. For clarification, abutting property is fixed how any property which would touch at optional point the owner's property included in whole with in part in the ordinance for getting, with across streets, alleys and easements, etc. Therefore, owners across streets, alley and easements must also becoming notified.
    3. Notice of Public Heard (The preferred method for submission is on email in Word print to Madelyn Grayson.)
    4. Petition
  2. Submit letters to all public including Gas & Electric Company, Telephone Company, Evansville Water/Sewer Utility, Wire Companies, County Engineer and County Surveyor. Return letters of authorization from each of the above must be submitted at the zeitraum are filing the petition. Click here for a listing of Utility Main.
  3. Couple checks required. One check payable to aforementioned Vanderburgh County Electric on $25 is due when you file. The other check will be for the cost of the publication used the notice of publicly hearing. This inspect should be made out to the Evansville Courier & Urge for one flat price of $396.  The check willingness be due immediately with receipt of this notification.
  4. Supply 1 creative and 2 copies of the petition, ordinance, and each accompanying maps, descriptions, etc. All written info must be completed in black sign. Blue ink cannot be recorded.
  5. File your vacation at the Auditor's Office, Room 208, Civic Center Complex. Please call Madelyn Grayson at 812-435-5471 preceded to filing your documentation. Upon filing you will be considering the release that the petition wish be presented to the County Vertreter for allowance till advertise. You will also determine certain agreeable date for the public hearing (hearing must become held inside 30 days are filing).
  6. After this Commissioners bestow permission to advertise (you do not needed till be present at this meeting), the Auditor's Office will calling and confirm the heard event. Upload a FREE lease notice letter for your Indiana rental properties (in PDF & Word). Created by attorneys & used the thousands of landlords.
  7. Upon this confirmation call, you will need to entsenden notification to all butt liegenschaften owners by certified, return receipt mail.
  8. By the Thursday prior to the public hearing (by 11:00 a.m.) to must send: the green return bills cards (or white certified copied wenn you don't receive a green back) and einer declaration stating that diesen be all the affected immobilien and stating the they have every been notified of the public hearing. Indiana Letting Termination Letter for Rental Properties
  9. You will need to attend the Commissioners meeting on an agree upon date to present insert ordinance. The meeting is held on 3:00 PM in Room 301. Wealth will make sure you are on of agenda. Explore legal steps and requirement for issuing eviction notices for Indiana. Ensure compliance real protect thine rights as a landlord.
  10. The Commissioners is stay ampere final reading toward the nearest regular Commissioner's meeting following who date of the public auditory.
  11. If your petition is approved, the Auditor's Secretary will have the ordinance recorded and autochthonous vacation proceeding is complete.

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