Vanderburgh County, IN Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

010 ties every principal residential structure to the dimensional standards in Table A 'at the end of this title,' and the Maximum Height column is the one that varies sharply by district. The county's lowest-density residential and agricultural zones, A, R-1, R-2, and R-3, carry no numeric height ceiling at all. R-4 caps a principal structure at 80 feet, and R-5, the county's highest-density residential district, allows up to 150 feet. Commercial and office districts sit lower: CO-1, CO-2, and C-1 cap out at 35 feet, C-2 and C-4 at 50 feet, and the W-R waterfront-residential district at 35 feet, while the industrial M-1 through M-3 and W-I districts carry no cap.

080 lets specific rooftop features rise above whatever limit applies: penthouses or roof structures housing elevators, stairways, tanks, or ventilating fans; fire or parapet walls; skylights; television aerials; steeples; cupolas; flagpoles; chimneys; smokestacks; wireless masts; water tanks; grain elevators; silos; gas containers; and industrial installations such as flour mills, steel mills, or refineries. None of that exempted space may be converted to residential, commercial, or industrial floor area. Because Vanderburgh County's zoning title, administered jointly with Evansville through the Area Plan Commission, reaches only the unincorporated county under Indiana law, none of these Table A figures apply inside the Evansville or Darmstadt town limits, where each municipality's own zoning controls height instead.