The City of Shelbyville’s Planning & Building Department has released its annual report for 2022.

The report included major projects and milestones including:

• Working with other departments and community organizations to facilitate organizing and permitting the first full-event season of the redeveloped Public Square. That included events such as Wine Walk, Brew Fest, Taste of Shelby County, Mistletoe Market, and the weekly Farmers Markets.
• Reviewing and approving subdivision construction documents for Stratford Place, Bear Run, Twelve Oaks and Isabelle Farms.
• Permitting and inspecting the construction of new single family homes; an increase from 84 new homes in 2021 to 103 in 2022.
• Overseeing all permits pulled for new residential construction, including apartments, condominiums and manufactured homes; in total there were 296 new housing units permitted in 2022 – an increase from the 105 new housing units in 2021.
• Working with developers on a major infill development project in downtown Shelbyville. The Plant Apartments will restore the historic Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (photo below) and redevelop the former Porter Pool Center and Helipad to provide 168 apartment units.

The Plan Commission heard 24 petitions in 2022: six for annexation, four for rezoning, four for site development planning, four for planned development, three for ordinance updates and two for preliminary plats.

The total number of petitions (24) is down from 30 in 2021.

The Board of Zoning Appeals heard 19 petitions, an increase from 12 in 2021.Of the 19 petitions, 17 were for development standards variances while the other two were for a special exception request and a use variance request.

There were 564 code enforcement cases (29.1% increase from 2021), 568 total violations (29.7% increase), and 1,103 total inspections (25.8% increase) in 2022. The code enforcement function of the department works on violations of the city’s nuisance codes with regard to loose trash and debris and grass and weeds in excess of 10 inches.

For the 2023 calendar year, the Planning & Building Department also listed its goals which include modernizing the department, continuing educational training, continuing to provide learning opportunities for residents, tradesmen and developers, and streamlining applications and internal processes to make the department more competitive with neighboring communities.

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