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

Rules another office applies inside Honey Creek Township

Honey 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.

• Building permitRequired

  Alterations, placement, erection, repair or relocation of buildings and structures on land in unincorporated Honey Creek township (improvement location permit under the county UZO)

  • This is the zoning improvement location permit; a separate building permit may also be required and was not verified.
  • Minor repairs or alterations costing $500.00 or less, adding no living area and meeting yard setbacks are exempt from the improvement location permit.
  • Permit validity and extension rules are stated in the same section (see permit-process-county).

  minor repair exemption cost threshold: <= 500 USD (no additional living area and yard setbacks must be met)

  “and an improvement location permit for the alteration, change, placement, erection, repair”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Unincorporated land in Honey Creek township, Vigo County, Indiana, under the county Unified Zoning Ordinance (not a township ordinance)

  • Honey Creek township has not been shown to adopt its own zoning ordinance; this claim rests on the county ordinance's unincorporated-area jurisdiction.
  • Land inside the corporate boundaries of Terre Haute, Riley, Seelyville or West Terre Haute is governed by that municipality, not this county ordinance.
  • The ordinance text reviewed is dated October 21, 1996; later amendments were not reviewed.

  “this ordinance shall be effective within the corporate boundaries of the city of terre haute, the town of riley, the town of seelyville, the town of west terre haute, and the unincorporated areas of vigo county”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning districts governing unincorporated Honey Creek township under the county UZO

  • Districts apply per the official zoning maps referenced in section 3; parcel-level map for Honey Creek was not reviewed.
  • Opened districts include agricultural A-1 (section 8) and residential districts (section 11); commercial, industrial and other districts were not mapped to parcels.

  “section 3. establishment of zoning districts and official zoning maps section 4. administration”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Residential district in Section 11 of the Vigo County UZO whose designation was not captured in the opened excerpt (20,000 sq. ft. lot standard, listed before the 5,500 sq. ft. single-family standard)

  • Minimum may be increased depending on soil conditions and requirements of the Vigo County Health Department.
  • District name and any other standards for this district must be confirmed (see followups).

  minimum lot area with sewers: >= 20000 sq. ft. (may be increased depending on soil conditions and requirements of the vigo county health department) · minimum lot area without sewers: >= 20000 sq. ft. (may be increased depending on soil conditions and requirements of the vigo county health department)

  “c. minimum lot area 1.with sewers - 20,000 sq. ft. 2.without sewers - 20,000 sq. ft., provided, however, minimum lot area may be increased depending on soil conditions and requirements of the vigo county health department.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Single-family residential district in Section 11 of the Vigo County UZO (5,500 sq. ft. standard; district designation not captured in the opened excerpt)

    “c. minimum lot area - 5,500 sq. ft., provided, however, for the development of any single-family subdivision for which a plat is recorded after the effective date of this ordinance, attachment to a public or semipublic sanitary sewer system and water supply shall be mandatory.”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Single-family residential district in Section 11 of the Vigo County UZO (5,500 sq. ft. standard; district designation not captured)

  • Front setbacks are measured from the street right-of-way by street class; rear and side setbacks are measured from the property line.
  • Setbacks for the 20,000 sq. ft. residential district were not captured and remain to be confirmed (see followups).

  front yard setback, minor or local street: 25 ft · front yard setback, sub collector street: 30 ft · front yard setback, collector: 40 ft · front yard setback, arterial: 60 ft · rear yard setback, principal use building: 25 ft · rear yard setback, accessory use building: 10 ft · side yard setback, principal use building: 5 ft · side yard setback, accessory use building: 5 ft

  “minimum rear yard and setback - shall be provided from the property line as follows: 1.principal use building - 25’ 2.accessory use building - 10’”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Mobile homes on land zoned A-1 (agricultural district) in unincorporated Honey Creek township

  • Mobile home is listed as a special exception use, subject to the provisions of UZO section 18 (special exception regulations, not opened).
  • Residential-district listings also name mobile home as a special exception use; the 20,000 sq. ft. and 5,500 sq. ft. districts were not checked for that listing.

  “special exception uses (subject to the provisions of section 18). mobile home”

• Agricultural exemptionConditional

  Land zoned A-1 (agricultural district) and used for agriculture or agricultural operations in unincorporated Honey Creek township

  • Exemption is subject to compliance with applicable health and safety rules and regulations and the subdivision control ordinance.
  • Only land zoned A-1 and used for agriculture qualifies; land taken out of agriculture must be rezoned first (UZO section 8.01(d)).

  “c. unrestricted use within the agriculture district (a-1). subject to compliance with applicable health and safety rules and regulations and the requirements of the subdivision control ordinance, all land zoned a-1 and used for agriculture or agricultural operations is exempt from any further regulation set forth in this ordinance.”

• Permit processPartial

  Improvement location permit review in unincorporated Honey Creek township under the county UZO

  • Review: the director may take up to five business days to study an application; permit validity and extensions are set out in the same section.
  • Fee schedule, building permit steps, inspections and certificate of occupancy were not located in the opened text.

  “the director may take up to five (5) business days to study an application for an improvement location permit.”

Still unanswered

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

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for a homeowner building in Honey Creek township
• Building code adopted — Which building code applies to new homes in unincorporated Honey Creek township
• Inspections — Building inspections for new homes in unincorporated Honey Creek township
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes in unincorporated Honey Creek township
• Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling size in unincorporated Honey Creek 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.