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A Model Ordinance For Erosion Control On Sites With Land Disturbing Activities, Herpicc

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Publications

This model ordinance was developed by a task group composed of a county engineer, a county commissioner, county surveyors, land developers, and representatives of Indiana Department of Transportation, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Farm Bureau, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, and Hoosier Heartland RC&D.

Guide To Revenue Calculations: Local Option Highway User Tax 1989, Herpicc

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Publications

This guide is provided to explain the output generated by the computer programs, and to suggest ways in which the results can be adapted to specific LOHUT proposals before a County Council. HERPICC neither endorses nor opposes passage of a LOHUT. The revenue projections it provides are intended to be an aid to well-informed decision-making on the part of a county’s citizens and its County Council.

Traffic Signing For Local Areas, Herpicc

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Publications

One of the most important responsibilities of local street and highway departments is to provide the driving public with adequate, appropriate signs to permit safe travel over unfamiliar roads. Unfortunately, this responsibility is frequently neglected or, at best, under-emphasized. The most common excuse used to justify this neglect is inadequate funding, which is undoubtedly true. What is equally true, however, is that resurfacing roads and streets is more politically popular than re-signing them, even though resurfacing leads to increased speeds, which in turn can lead to increased accident experience on improperly or inadequately signed facilities.

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Model County Subdivision Regulations, T. William Patterson

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Publications

This HERPICC model is intended as a basis for helping Indiana counties, cities, and towns to write or revise local regulatory ordinances.