Plat committee expedites multiple plats, approves one vacation assessment and schedules Market Street alley hearing

The Indianapolis Plat Committee on Feb. 12, 2025, moved a slate of subdivision and vacation petitions to expedited review, approved a final assessment roll for a November 2024 street vacation and set an assessment hearing for a Market Street alley vacation for March 12, 2025.

Committee action and staff recommendations determined the meeting’s outcome: the committee voted unanimously on recorded roll calls for the formal motions presented, adopted the staff-recommended assessment for one vacation and acknowledged several petitioner requests to withdraw prior waiver requests or to continue hearings.

The committee approved a final assessment roll for case 2024 VAC 003 (North Laurel Street/7200 Sarto Drive) assessing benefits at $1,300 and requiring the petitioner to pay the appraiser’s fee of $1,000. The committee “sustain[ed], confirm[ed] and approve[d]” the vacation and ratified the declaratory resolution associated with that case; the vacation remains subject to public-utility rights under Indiana Code 36-7-3-16.

Separately, petitioners for 608 and 618 East Market Street (2025 VAC 001) requested a three-day waiver of the required written notice; the committee granted the three-day waiver. Petitioners then withdrew…