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

Rules another office applies inside Adams Township

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

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Land inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana, under the Cass County zoning ordinance (county rule applying to unincorporated land; not a township ordinance)

  • Applicability rests on ordinance section 107 (jurisdictional area); no township-adopted zoning ordinance was located.
  • Walton has its own zoning ordinance listed on the Cass County planning page; whether any part of Adams township is under a town plan commission was not checked.

  “302 establishment of districts: the jurisdictional area of the county divided into the following zoning districts for purposes as stated”

• Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Land inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana, in the AG (agricultural) district under the Cass County zoning ordinance (county rule, not a township ordinance)

  • Minimum lot area 43,560 sq ft (1 acre) with no central sewage and 24,000 sq ft with central sewage, from the first column pair of Table B as printed in flattened text.
  • Column alignment inferred from flattened text; verify against printed Table B.
  • Section 302.01 states the AG district purpose and that public sewage and water facilities will not be provided in it.

  minimum lot area, no central sewage (AG): 43560 square feet (where no central sewage is used) · minimum lot area, with central sewage (AG): 24000 square feet (where central sewage is used)

  “1. minimum lot area (a) no central sewage with central sewage 43,560 24,000 43,560 20,000 36,000 14,000 24,000 6,000”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • District specific (with conditions) — Land inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana, in the R1 district under the Cass County zoning ordinance (county rule, not a township ordinance)

    “1. minimum lot area (a) no central sewage with central sewage 43,560 24,000 43,560 20,000 36,000 14,000 24,000 6,000”

• SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Land inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana, in the AG (agricultural) district under the Cass County zoning ordinance (county rule, not a township ordinance)

  • Minimum front yard 50 ft, side yard 20 ft, rear yard 25 ft per Table B as printed in flattened text.
  • Column alignment inferred from flattened text; verify against printed Table B.
  • Section 405.05e (setback definitions) not opened.

  minimum front yard (AG): 50 feet · minimum side yard (AG): 20 feet · minimum rear yard (AG): 25 feet

  “5. minimum front yard (b) 50 50 45 25 25 40 40 40 40 6. minimum side yard (b) 20 20 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 7. minimum rear yard (b) 25 25 20 20 20 25 25 25 25”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • District specific (with conditions) — Land inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana, in the R1 district under the Cass County zoning ordinance (county rule, not a township ordinance)

    “5. minimum front yard (b) 50 50 45 25 25 40 40 40 40 6. minimum side yard (b) 20 20 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 7. minimum rear yard (b) 25 25 20 20 20 25 25 25 25”

• Lot coverageDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Land inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana, in the AG (agricultural) district under the Cass County zoning ordinance (county rule, not a township ordinance)

  • Table B shows '10 or 30*' for AG; footnote states 30% applies only to residential used properties less than 1 acre on pre-existing properties established before 10/2017, so 10 percent is the general AG limit.
  • Column alignment inferred from flattened text; verify against printed table.

  maximum lot coverage (AG, general): <= 10 percent (30 percent for residential-used properties under 1 acre established before 10/2017 (per footnote *))

  “4. maximum lot coverage (c) 10 or 30* 30 40 80 80 50 50 50 50”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • District specific (with conditions) — Land inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana, in the R1 district under the Cass County zoning ordinance (county rule, not a township ordinance)

    “4. maximum lot coverage (c) 10 or 30* 30 40 80 80 50 50 50 50”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — New construction inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builders constructing homes inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana
• Building code adopted — Land inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana
• Inspections — Inspections of new construction inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of new homes inside Adams township, Cass County, Indiana

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.