Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Loogootee, Indiana

Loogootee’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Loogootee city limits, administered by the city under its Title 16 zoning ordinance

  • Source is a PDF hosted on a website-builder CDN and linked as the city's zoning ordinance; the city homepage (not opened) is reported to list a 'Zoning Ordinances' document dated 6/6/24. Confirm this is the current adopted text.
  • Ordinance states the Loogootee Building Inspector is the administrator of the zoning ordinance.

  “the city is hereby classified and divided in to ten (10) districts and one overlay district (i.e. fha) designated as follows:”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts inside Loogootee city limits

  • Ten districts plus an FHA flood hazard overlay are listed in the ordinance; the district map is titled 'loogootee zoning districts' and the land use chart is in the same ordinance. Map image not opened.

  “the city is hereby classified and divided in to ten (10) districts and one overlay district (i.e. fha) designated as follows:”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Single-family residential (R-1) district inside Loogootee city, residential use

  • With public sanitary sewer: 7,000 sq ft per dwelling unit and 60 ft width.
  • Without sanitary sewer (soil absorption): 3 acres and 150 ft width, subject to Martin County health department minimum requirements (see septic claims).

  minimum lot area (sanitary sewers available): >= 7000 square feet per dwelling unit (where sanitary sewers are available) · minimum lot width (sanitary sewers available): >= 60 feet (where sanitary sewers are available) · minimum lot area (no sanitary sewer, soil absorption): >= 3 acres (where no sanitary sewers are available and disposal is by soil absorption) · minimum lot width (no sanitary sewer, soil absorption): >= 150 feet (where no sanitary sewers are available and disposal is by soil absorption)

  “the lot area shall be a minimum of seven thousand (7,000) square feet per dwelling unit with a minimum width of sixty (60) feet (where sanitary sewers are available).”

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  • Specified — Agriculture (A-1) district inside Loogootee city, every lot with a structure (agricultural, residential or nonresidential use)

    “shall have a minimum area of three (3) acres per dwelling unit (or per structure or per farm or business), a minimum lot width of one hundred fifty (150) feet, and a minimum street frontage of sixty (60) feet.”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Residential accessory structures and uses in a rear or side yard, not attached to the main structure, inside Loogootee city (general provisions)

  • Accessory uses must be under the same ownership and use as the principal use, subordinate in height, area and purpose, and may not be erected before the principal structure or in a required front yard.
  • Private swimming pool wall: not closer than 6 ft from a side or 10 ft from a rear property line.
  • Satellite and antenna receiving systems as accessory use: not less than 10 ft from main structure.

  minimum distance from any lot line: >= 10 feet (rear or side yard, not attached to main structure) · minimum distance from any street line: >= 15 feet (rear or side yard, not attached to main structure) · minimum distance from main structure: >= 10 feet (rear or side yard, not attached to main structure)

  “all residential accessory structures and uses in a rear or side yard, not attached to or part of the main structure or use, shall be located at least ten feet from any lot line, at least, fifteen feet from any street line, at least ten feet from the main structure.”

• Lot coverageSpecified

  Nonresidential uses in the Agriculture (A-1) district inside Loogootee city

  • Maximum floor area ratio for nonresidential uses is 0.5 (same subsection).

  maximum lot coverage, nonresidential uses: <= 25 percent (nonresidential uses only)

  “the maximum lot coverage for nonresidential uses shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent and the maximum floor area ratio (i.e., ratio of gross floor area in structure to lot area) shall not exceed 0.5.”

• Off-grid sanitationLimited

  Single-family residential lots inside Loogootee city with no sanitary sewer available, using soil absorption disposal

  • Lot must be at least 3 acres with 150 ft width.
  • Subject to minimum requirements of the Martin County health department.

  minimum lot area for soil absorption disposal: >= 3 acres (no sanitary sewers available)

  “where no sanitary sewers are available and disposal is by soil absorption the minimum lot area shall be three (3) acres, with a minimum lot width of one hundred fifty (150) feet, subject to the minimum requirements of the martin county health department.”

Still unanswered

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• Building permit — Building permit before construction of a new home inside Loogootee city
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for homeowners building on their own land inside Loogootee city
• Building code adopted — Building code adopted for construction inside Loogootee city
• Inspections — Building inspections of new homes inside Loogootee city
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes inside Loogootee city

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.