Sec. 2. (a) This chapter applies to a town that satisfies either of the following criteria:

(1) The town contains a qualified historic hotel.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-7-11.5-2

  • historic hotel: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-7-11.5-1
  • qualified historic hotel: refers to a historic hotel that has an atrium that includes a dome that is at least two hundred (200) feet in diameter. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.5-1
(2) The town contains a historic hotel and is adjacent to another town containing a qualified historic hotel.

     (b) The towns described in subsection (a) may enter into an interlocal agreement under IC 36-1-7 to establish a historic hotel district under this chapter. The historic hotel district:

(1) may not include any area outside the county of the towns that enter into the interlocal agreement; and

(2) consists solely of the real property that is:

(A) owned by the historic hotels; and

(B) part of the tract of land (as defined in IC 6-1.1-1-22.5) that includes the parcel or parcels of land upon which the historic hotel building is located.

As added by P.L.92-2003, SEC.62.