Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Town of Lewisville, Indiana

Rules another office applies inside Town of Lewisville

Town of Lewisville 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 Lewisville town limits. Zoning there is administered under the Henry County Development Code, Title 1 Zoning, by the Henry County Planning Commission. It is not a zoning ordinance adopted by Lewisville town itself.

  • Section 1.5 names the incorporated town of Lewisville among towns that have designated the planning commission as their planning agency. The designation ordinance a town council must pass was not located and is not quoted here.
  • Lewisville town's own code of ordinances could not be opened in this run (lewisvillein.net did not load), so no town-adopted zoning ordinance was confirmed or excluded.
  • The code PDF is undated; its only stated date is the 2004 adoption/effective date in Section 1.6.

  “the provisions of this code shall apply to all lands and land uses and structures in the unincorporated areas of henry county and in incorporated towns and cities that have designated the planning commission as their planning agency, including the incorporated towns of blountsville, dunreith, lewisville, middletown, mooreland, mount summit, spiceland, springport, straughn and sulphur springs”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Land inside Lewisville town limits, under the Henry County Development Code (Planning Commission zoning), not a Lewisville-adopted district map.

  • Residential districts in the Title 1 text include RR, R1, R2 and R3; business and industrial districts also appear (LB, GB, HB1, HB2, I1, I2, RMH).
  • The official zoning maps and whether the Lewisville town boundary is mapped were not opened.

  “the following property development standards shall apply to all land and structures in the rr, r1, r2 and r3 districts, as indicated: table 7 rr, r1, r2, r3: property development standards”

• Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  New dwelling on a lot in the R1 district inside Lewisville town, under the Henry County Development Code

  • Lot area and width depend on whether the lot uses a septic system or sewer. Septic and sewer rows are listed in the same table.
  • Section 11.1(b) makes the minimum lot area for each dwelling unit subject to Henry County Health Department approval.
  • Column alignment of the density row is inferred from extracted text (the 65,340 sf figure assumed for R1 with septic, 1 unit per lot). Confirm against the Table 7 image.
  • Corner lots: increase width by 25 percent (Table 7 note).

  minimum lot area, R1, with septic systems (1 unit/lot): >= 65340 sq ft (column alignment inferred from extracted text) · minimum lot width, R1, with septic systems: >= 150 ft (column alignment inferred from extracted text) · minimum lot width, R1, with sewer systems: >= 100 ft (column alignment inferred from extracted text)

  “maximum density1 with septic systems (1 unit/lot) rr r1 r2 1 unit/20 acres 65,340 sf 65,340 sf”

• SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Front yard setbacks for the R1 district inside Lewisville town, under the Henry County Development Code

  • Only front yard setbacks were extracted. Side yard (two required) and rear yard setbacks for R1 were not captured in the extracted text.
  • Front setback depends on the road classification the lot abuts (major collector, minor collector, local).
  • Column alignment inferred from the table layout; confirm against the Table 7 image.

  front yard setback, lots abutting major collector road or street (R1): >= 75 ft (column alignment inferred from extracted text) · front yard setback, lots abutting minor collector road or street (R1): >= 50 ft (column alignment inferred from extracted text) · front yard setback, lots abutting local road or street (R1): >= 40 ft (column alignment inferred from extracted text)

  “e. minimum front yard setback lots abutting a major collector road or street 85 ft. 75 ft. 65 ft. 55 ft. lots abutting a minor collector road or street 60 ft. 50 ft. 40 ft. 30 ft. lots abutting a local road or street 40 ft. 40 ft. 30 ft. 30 ft.”

• Building heightDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Buildings in the R1 district inside Lewisville town, under the Henry County Development Code

  • Section 11.3 adds further height rules for agricultural structures (not reviewed).
  • Column alignment inferred from extracted text.

  maximum building height, R1: <= 35 ft (also 2.5 stories maximum; column alignment inferred from extracted text)

  “c. maximum building height in stories 2.5 2.5 2.5 3 in feet 35 ft. 35 ft. 35 ft. 35 ft.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Town of Lewisville or Henry County directly.

• Building permit — Building permit for new residential construction inside Lewisville town
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption from permitting inside Lewisville town
• Building code adopted — Building code adopted for construction inside Lewisville town
• Inspections — Building inspection for new residential construction inside Lewisville town
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for a new home inside Lewisville town

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.