The City of Peru, Indiana

Planning & Zoning

Lisa Ford is the Zoning Administrator for the Plan Commission & Board of Zoning Appeals. She can be contacted at Peru City Hall on the second floor. Her email is zoning@cityofperu.org or reach her by phone at 765-919-4127.

Plan Commission:

An Advisory Plan Commission for the city, is here to promote the orderly development of its governmental units and environs and for the purpose of improving the present health, safety, convenience and welfare of the citizens of the city, to the end that highway systems be carefully planned, that new community centers grow only with adequate highways, utilities, health, educational and recreational facilities, that the needs of agriculture, industry and businesses be recognized in future growth, that residential areas provide healthy surroundings for family life, and that growth of the city is commensurate with and promotive of the efficient and economical use of public funds.  The Plan Commission shall serve in an advisory capacity to the City Executive of the city and shall have such regulatory power affecting the public welfare of the citizens of the city as are not otherwise controlled, and such other power as may from time to time be granted to carry out the purpose of this chapter, 151 in the City Ordinance.

Plan Commission Board Members

• Dennis See
• (Vacant)
• Joe Molyneux (Chair)
• Jim Baker
• Mike Siblisk
• (Vacant)
• Drew Stevenson (Vice-Chair)

Board of Zoning Appeals:

 The Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the power to effectively carry out their duties as follows:

   (A)   Hear and determine appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision or determination made under this chapter, by the Zoning Administrator;

   (B)   Permit and authorize contingent uses and special exception subject to, and within the limitations prescribed by the provisions of this chapter.

   (C)   Approve or deny, upon written application in specific cases, variances from the terms of this chapter. Such variances may be approved only upon written determination by the Board of the findings set forth in IC 36-7-4-918.4, as the same may be amended from time to time.

   (D)   In exercising its power, the Board  may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from as in its opinion, ought to be done in the premises; and to that end have all powers of the official, person or entity from whom or which the appeal is taken. In approving a special exception, contingent use or variance, the Board may also impose such reasonable conditions regarding the location, character and other features of the proposed building, structure, or use with which the appeal or application before it is concerned, as it may deem advisable in the furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, and the protection of the public convenience and welfare. Such conditions may include a requirement for the recordation of a written instrument in a form acceptable to the Board, binding the present and subsequent owners of the parcel of land affected and all parties having an interest therein, to the terms of such conditions.

Board of Zoning Appeals Board Members

• Mike Siblisk
• Brent Wedding (Chair) 
• Joe Molyneux
• Myke Wilson
• Stephen Kuykendall