BRADFORD, Judge.
Appellant-Petitioner Michael Howard appeals the trial court's dismissal of his petition for judicial review of the decision by Appellee-Respondent the Allen County Board of Zoning Appeals ("the Board") to grant a use variance for property owned by Appellee-Respondent Alvin Schmucker. The trial court determined that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case because Howard failed to timely file the board record or timely request an extension of the filing deadline. Because the timing of filing the board record does not implicate matters of jurisdiction, we conclude that the trial court's determination was clearly erroneous. But, because we interpret Indiana Code section 36-7-4-1613 to require dismissal where no materials supporting judicial review of the petitioner's claim are timely filed and an extension of the filing deadline is not timely requested, we affirm the trial court's judgment.
On July 19, 2012, the Board approved a use variance for Schmucker's property, allowing him to operate a tire repair business in an Agricultural Zoning District. On August 17, 2012, Howard, a nearby property owner, petitioned for judicial review of the Board's decision. In his petition, Howard argued that Schmucker presented insufficient evidence of "unnecessary hardship" and "condition peculiar to the property" as required by Indiana's variance approval statute. Ind.Code § 36-7-4-918.4.
On August 27, 2012, pursuant to Indiana Code section 36-7-4-1613, Howard requested that the Board produce a certified record of all materials relevant to its decision. The Board responded by immediately hiring an outside firm to prepare a transcript of the public hearing and business meeting on Schmucker's use variance application. Howard acknowledged that he had until September 17, 2012, thirty days after filing his petition, to file the board record or request an extension of the filing deadline. As of September 17, 2012, neither the record nor an extension request had been submitted.
On September 25, 2012, Schmucker filed a motion to dismiss based on Howard's failure to timely file the board record. On September 26, 2012, Howard belatedly moved for an extension of the filing deadline. The Board filed an objection to Howard's motion for an extension and joined Schmucker's motion to dismiss.
On October 1, 2012, Howard filed an amended petition for judicial review. Howard's amended petition was identical to the original, except that it sought a thirty-day extension to file the board record.
Howard argues that the trial court committed clear error in dismissing his petition based on lack of jurisdiction. "The standard of appellate review of rulings on motions to dismiss on jurisdictional grounds depends on whether the trial court resolved disputed facts, and if so, whether the trial court conducted an evidentiary hearing or ruled on a paper record." Wayne Cnty. Prop. Tax Assessment Bd. of Appeals v. United Ancient Order of Druids-Grove No. 29, 847 N.E.2d 924, 926 (Ind.2006) (citing GKN Co. v. Magness, 744 N.E.2d 397, 401 (Ind.2001)). Where, as here, the facts before the trial court are not in dispute, the question of jurisdiction is one of law, and no deference is afforded the trial court's conclusion. Magness, 744 N.E.2d at 401.
Indiana Code sections 36-7-4-1600 through 36-7-4-1616 (the "1600 Series") "establish[] the exclusive means for judicial review of zoning decisions...." Ind. Code § 36-7-4-1601(a). At issue in this case is section 1613, which provides:
Ind.Code § 36-7-4-1613. "Only a person who qualifies under ... section 1613 ... is entitled to judicial review of a final zoning decision." Ind.Code § 36-7-4-1602(b)(4).
Because the judicial review provisions of the 1600 Series are materially identical to their analogs in the Administrative Orders and Procedures Act ("AOPA"), we are compelled to conclude that the legislature had the same intent in enacting both. We therefore interpret these respective provisions in the same manner and rely on AOPA case law below. See Habig v. Bruning, 613 N.E.2d 61, 64 (Ind.Ct.App. 1993).
Howard claims that his failure to timely file the board record was an error of procedure, not of jurisdiction. We agree. "Like the rest of the nation's courts, Indiana trial courts possess two kinds of `jurisdiction[]'": (1) subject matter jurisdiction, "the power to hear and determine cases of the general class to which any particular proceeding belongs[,]"
Howard contends that dismissal is "not mandatory" under the 1600 Series, relying on this court's recent decision in Lebamoff Enterprises, Inc. v. Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission, 987 N.E.2d 525, 528-29 (Ind.Ct.App.2013). In Lebamoff, we recognized that "cause for dismissal" under AOPA "does not mean that the case must be dismissed;" rather, the trial court has discretion in the matter. Lebamoff Enters., Inc. v. Ind. Alcohol & Tobacco Comm'n, 987 N.E.2d at 529-30. But, there, we reversed the trial court's dismissal of a petition for failure to timely file the agency record because materials submitted with the petition were sufficient for judicial review of the question of law at issue. Id. at 530-31.
Howard suggests that, under Lebamoff, the trial court's discretion with regard to untimely filings permits the court "to accept a belated record even where an official extension has not been granted."
For the reasons explained above, we reject Howard's claim under Trial Rule 15 that the relation back doctrine forgives the tardiness of his second belated extension request, which Howard included in his amended petition for judicial review. Moreover, "[a]fter a filing deadline has elapsed, a party is not permitted to amend a petition to cure its procedural defects."
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
RILEY, J., and BROWN, J., concur.