Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Ohio Township, Indiana

Rules another office applies inside Ohio Township

Ohio Township does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Ohio township that is within the Bartholomew County advisory plan commission jurisdiction (not an incorporated area or extended jurisdiction). Applies because no township-adopted ordinance was located; this is county zoning, not an Ohio township ordinance.

  • Article 1 bars county jurisdiction over property within an incorporated area or within an incorporated area's plan commission jurisdiction under IC 36-7-4-205; parcels in Columbus extended jurisdiction or the Edinburgh/Bartholomew/Columbus joint district are governed by those bodies instead.
  • The ordinance is a joint Columbus & Bartholomew County ordinance adopted independently by each body.

  “b. jurisdiction: this ordinance is adopted by bartholomew county for all land within the jurisdiction of the bartholomew county advisory plan commission”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts applicable to land inside Ohio township under county jurisdiction

  • Districts are published in the joint Columbus & Bartholomew County zoning ordinance; each parcel's district comes from the county zoning map layer, which was not opened.
  • Districts do not apply inside Columbus or joint-district jurisdiction.

  “3.6 agriculture: general rural (ag) c. lot standards minimum lot area minimum lot width”

• SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Front setbacks for land inside Ohio township mapped in the Agriculture: General Rural (AG) district under the joint zoning ordinance

  • Applies only where the parcel is mapped in the AG district; other districts (AP, AV, residential) have separate setbacks.
  • Side and rear setbacks for AG were not captured in the opened excerpt.
  • Applies only where county jurisdiction applies (not Columbus extended jurisdiction or joint district).

  minimum front setback, arterial street or road: 50 feet (AG district) · minimum front setback, collector road: 30 feet (AG district) · minimum front setback, collector street: 25 feet (AG district) · minimum front setback, local road: 25 feet (AG district) · minimum front setback, local street: 10 feet (25 feet for any garage with a vehicle entrance facing the street)

  “minimum front setback • arterial street or road: 50 feet • collector road: 30 feet • collector street: 25 feet • local road: 25 feet • local street: 10 feet (25 feet for any garage with a vehicle entrance facing the street)”

• Lot coverageDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Lot coverage for land inside Ohio township mapped in the Agriculture: General Rural (AG) district under the joint zoning ordinance

  • Agricultural structures have no coverage limit in this district.
  • Other districts (AP, AV, residential) have separate coverage rules not captured here.

  maximum lot coverage, non-agricultural structures: <= 35 % (agricultural structures: none)

  “maximum lot coverage • agricultural structures: none • non-agricultural structures: 35%”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Onsite wastewater (septic) systems for land inside Ohio township, administered by the Bartholomew County Health Department under the state onsite rule 410 IAC 6-8.3

  • The state onsite rule (410 IAC 6-8.3) sets the standard; the county health department administers the permit.
  • The health department page does not name Ohio township; service area was not quoted.

  “permit application for on site wastewater disposal system (3352 downloads) popular # download (pdf, 14 kb)”

• Permit processPartial

  Building and construction permit process for land inside Ohio township under county jurisdiction

  • Items listed are those the department may require before issuing a permit, not a complete step-by-step process.
  • Applications are obtained at the Code Enforcement office.

  “the following items may be required by the department of technical code enforcement prior to the issuance of the permit: one set of construction plans, including floor plan, wall detail, engineered truss detail, and material list”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Ohio Township or Bartholomew County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for homes inside Ohio township
• Building code adopted — Building code in force for new homes inside Ohio township
• Inspections — Building inspections for new homes inside Ohio township
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes inside Ohio township
• Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling size for a home inside Ohio township in the Agriculture: General Rural district

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.