Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Deer Creek Township, Indiana

Rules another office applies inside Deer Creek Township

Deer Creek 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)

  Unincorporated land inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana, covered by the Cass County Zoning Ordinance district tables (AG, RR, R1, B1, B4, AB, I1, I2, CG); not land under a city or town plan commission

  • The ordinance applies to unincorporated land only, except land under a city or town plan commission's jurisdiction, which was not mapped for Deer Creek township.
  • District standards are set out in Table A (uses) and Table B (dimensions); district names were read from column headings.

  “304 district performance standards: district minimum lot area, lot width, minimum lot area per family, minimum front; side, and rear yards; and maximum lot coverage are listed in table b.”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Unincorporated land inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana, in the AG district (table B 'ag' column) of the Cass County zoning ordinance

  • Table B lists two minimums: 43,560 sq ft with no central sewage and 24,000 sq ft with central sewage.
  • Section 305.01 allows lots of record, or lots sold by verifiable land contract, before the ordinance to be smaller than the table figure; not read in full.
  • District name AG was read from the table column heading; the ordinance's own district definition was not opened.
  • Applies only where no city or town plan commission has jurisdiction.

  minimum lot area, no central sewage: >= 43560 sq ft (applies where there is no central sewage) · minimum lot area, with central sewage: >= 24000 sq ft (applies with central sewage)

  “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”

  2 more reviewed findings on this topic

  • Specified — Unincorporated land inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana, in the RR district (table B 'rr' column) of the Cass County zoning 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”

  • Specified — Unincorporated land inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana, in the R1 district (table B 'r1' column), the likely main single-family residential district, of the Cass County zoning 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”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Unincorporated land inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana, in the AG district (table B 'ag' column) of the Cass County zoning ordinance: minimum front yard 50 ft, side yard 20 ft, rear yard 25 ft

  • Table B footnote (b) states that yard distances are in feet.
  • Footnote text reads '1) or one half the depth of the lot, whichever is greater' and '2) setbacks are better defined in section 405.05e'; which row each footnote governs was not resolved, and section 405.05e was not read.
  • Section 306 bars structures from projecting into required yards except as listed; not read in full.

  minimum front yard: >= 50 ft · minimum side yard: >= 20 ft · minimum rear yard: >= 25 ft

  “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”

  2 more reviewed findings on this topic

  • Specified — Unincorporated land inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana, in the RR district (table B 'rr' column) of the Cass County zoning ordinance: minimum front yard 50 ft, side yard 20 ft, rear yard 25 ft

    “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”

  • Specified — Unincorporated land inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana, in the R1 district (table B 'r1' column), the likely main single-family residential district: minimum front yard 45 ft, side yard 15 ft, rear yard 20 ft

    “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 coverageSpecified

  Unincorporated land inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana, in the AG district (table B 'ag' column) of the Cass County zoning ordinance

  • Table B shows '10 or 30*' for AG; the asterisk footnote allows 30% only for residential used properties under 1 acre on pre-existing properties established before 10/2017.
  • Lot coverage is measured by the percent footnote (c) in Table B.

  maximum lot coverage: <= 10 percent (30 percent only for residential used properties under 1 acre on pre-existing properties established before 10/2017)

  “* 30% only applies to residential used properties that are less than 1 acre on pre-existing properties established before 10/2017”

  2 more reviewed findings on this topic

  • Specified — Unincorporated land inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana, in the RR district (table B 'rr' column) of the Cass County zoning ordinance

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

  • Specified — Unincorporated land inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana, in the R1 district (table B 'r1' column), the likely main single-family residential district

    “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 Deer Creek Township or Cass County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits for new homes inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana
• Building code adopted — Building code for new construction inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana
• Inspections — Building inspections for new homes inside Deer Creek township, Cass County, Indiana
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes inside Deer Creek 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.