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

Rules another office applies inside Smith Township

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

• Building permitRequired

  Construction and remodeling inside Smith township, Posey County, IN, handled by the Posey County Building Department (Smith township is outside the four excepted cities)

  • Excepted from the county building department: city limits of Mt. Vernon, New Harmony, Poseyville and Griffin
  • Improvement location permit from the Area Plan Commission is the first stop; not necessary if the building footprint does not change
  • Final inspection and certificate of occupancy required before occupancy
  • Septic/sewer permits come from the county health department

  “the building department is responsible for issuing construction permits within the limits of posey county. (exceptions: city limits of mt. vernon, new harmony, poseyville, and griffin.)”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Smith township, Posey County, IN, zoned under the Posey County Unified Development Ordinance administered by the county Area Plan Commission, not by the township itself

  • No township-adopted zoning ordinance was found; the county UDO applies inside Smith township
  • Districts named in the agenda include I-1 (Light Industrial) and R-1 (Low Density Residential)

  “petition to rezone 0.95 acres more or less from an i-1 (light industrial) zoning district to a r-1 (low density residential) zoning district under the posey county unified development ordinance.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Septic/sewage permits inside Smith township, Posey County, IN, issued by the Posey County Health Department

  • Fees: new residential sewage permit $75, septic repair permit $50

  new residential sewage permit fee: 75 USD

  “new sewage permit- residential: $75.00 new sewage permit- industrial: $100.00 septic system repair permit: $50.00”

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.