Warrick County, IN Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

Section 154.075 of the Warrick County Code, part of the county's Subdivision Control chapter, sets lot standards for new subdivisions in unincorporated Warrick County. Division (E) requires that the minimum building setback lines established in the Zoning Ordinance be observed on every lot in a subdivision, and division (D) ties minimum lot width and area to the Zoning Ordinance standards for the district where the subdivision sits. Division (F) then adds a road-frontage rule specific to the subdivision process: residential lots fronting an arterial, an urban or rural major collector, or a rural minor collector should be platted with extra depth so homes can be set back farther from the traffic artery, measured from the roadway centerline.

The printed distances are 70 feet for an arterial, 65 feet for a rural major collector, and 60 feet for an urban collector or rural minor collector. These figures apply during the Area Plan Commission's primary plat review under Chapter 154, before lots are ever built on, so the extra depth is baked into the subdivision layout rather than enforced lot-by-lot after construction. The same section also requires that every lot abut a dedicated public street (division (A)), that side lot lines sit approximately at right angles to street lines (division (B)), and that double-frontage lots be avoided except along limited-access highways or railroads (division (C)), with no right of access permitted along lot lines abutting those limited-access roads and railroads.