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

Rules another office applies inside Clay Township

Clay 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 Clay township that is within the Morgan County Advisory Plan Commission jurisdiction, under the county Unified Development Ordinance (county zoning; Clay township itself is not shown to have adopted zoning)

  • The UDO applies to land under the county advisory plan commission that is not subject to the zoning jurisdiction of Martinsville, Monrovia, Mooresville, or Morgantown; whether any Clay township parcel falls within a municipal zoning jurisdiction must be checked against the official zoning map.
  • Property not specifically placed in a district is declared to be in the general agriculture (ag) district, except limited-access or interstate highway right-of-way.

  “the udo shall apply to all land within the jurisdiction of the morgan county advisory plan commission that are not subject to the zoning jurisdiction of the governmental units of martinsville, monrovia, mooresville, and morgantown.”

• Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Single-family residential lots in the Rural Residential (RR) district of the county UDO, where that district applies inside Clay township

  • Minimum lot area depends on sanitary service: 20,000 sq ft with sewer; 1 acre without sewer (subject to Morgan County Health Department approval, per footnote 2).
  • The UDO table text was extracted with its columns scrambled; the mapping of 20,000 sq ft and 1 acre to single-family residential is inferred from column order and should be checked against the table on UDO page 29.
  • Non-residential uses in RR have different lot areas in the same table (1 acre with sewer, 2 acres without sewer per the extracted text).

  minimum lot area, single-family, with sewer: >= 20000 sq ft (requires sewer; see conditions) · minimum lot area, single-family, without sewer: >= 1 acre (subject to approval by the Morgan County Health Department)

  “with sewer 20,000 sq ft 1 acre without sewer2 1 acre 2 acres uses that don’t require sanitary facilities3 n/a 20,000 sq ft”

• Lot coverageDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Maximum impervious surface coverage in the General Agriculture (AG) district of the county UDO, where it applies inside Clay township

  • The extracted table shows 50% for AG; the sewer condition attached to the figure is unclear from the extracted text.
  • Other districts in the same table (for example AI, 50% and 75%) have different figures.

  maximum impervious surface coverage: <= 50 percent (AG district; see conditions)

  “maximum impervious surface coverage 50% 50% with sewer”

• Who permits septicMixed (with conditions)

  Onsite septic systems on land inside Clay township; the Morgan County Health Department administers permits under the state residential onsite sewage rule

  • The state rule (410 IAC 6-8.3, cited on the page as 410 iac 6-8-3) is statewide; the county health department and any Morgan County septic ordinance apply locally.
  • The health department page lists a 'Morgan County septic ordinance' link that was not opened.

  “residential onsite sewage systems, in state law 410 iac 6-8-3”

• Mandatory utility hookupNone

  New homes on AG-district land inside Clay township under the county UDO: no public water or sewer connection is required by the county rule

  • Non-municipal water and/or sewer must be approved by the Morgan County Health Department and/or the Indiana Department of Health.
  • The sentence is in the AG utility standards block; other districts (RR) have their own utility block that was not fully extracted.

  “municipal water and sewer are not required for this district, but all nonmunicipal water and/or sewer shall be approved by the morgan county health department and/or idoh.”

Still unanswered

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

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for homes inside Clay township
• Building code adopted — Which building code applies to construction inside Clay township
• Inspections — Building inspections for construction inside Clay township
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes inside Clay township
• Local zoning — Whether Clay township itself adopts and administers a zoning ordinance for land inside Clay township

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.