Bartholomew County, IN Ordinances (2026)

Musical groups and anyone using amplified sound equipment need the County Park Board's advance approval before performing in any Bartholomew County park, playground or recreational…

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, § 92.04(D) makes it unlawful to keep or harbor an animal that creates a nuisance, including one that barks, howls or yelps loudly, frequently or…

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, occupants of single-family dwellings must exterminate rodents and other pests on the premises themselves, while owners take over that duty once a…

Every food service establishment in Bartholomew County must keep at least one certified food-sanitation employee on duty each shift. Section 110.03(B) requires the certificate, issued…

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, keeping an unlicensed or inoperable vehicle on private or public property in plain public view violates County Code Chapter 98. The county's…

Unincorporated Bartholomew County has no general on-street parking code. Chapter 73's only enacted no-parking zones are two specific stretches: County Road 1140 E and two Oakcrest…

Unincorporated Bartholomew County bans discharging anything but stormwater into its municipal separate storm sewer system, from paint and motor oil to yard waste and sewage, under a…

Any construction site in unincorporated Bartholomew County that disturbs more than one acre, outside an approved subdivision or site plan, needs MS4 Department site development…

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, the Plan Commission won't approve a subdivision unless each lot has enough land outside the floodway to fit its permitted use and any required…

County parks, playgrounds and recreation centers in unincorporated Bartholomew County must close to the public every night, staying open only from sunrise until 9:00 p.m. unless a…

Selling goods, services or entertainment inside a Bartholomew County park, playground or recreational center is unlawful unless the County Park Board first consents. Section 99.20…

Operating a food truck or other mobile food service establishment in Bartholomew County requires an annual license from the county Health Officer under § 110.02. The license runs…

Tattoo artists and body piercers in Bartholomew County need a separate artist license and facility permit from the Health Department under Chapter 112, which also bans extreme…

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, the Health Officer can enter and inspect any dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit to check compliance with the county's Minimum Housing…

A renter in unincorporated Bartholomew County who moves into a unit without the required smoke detector cannot be occupied and can file written notice with County Code Enforcement or…

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, the Health Officer can condemn and placard any dwelling that is damaged, decayed, unsanitary, unsafe or vermin infested enough to endanger…

Unincorporated Bartholomew County landowners must cut and remove weeds or rank vegetation whenever it exceeds the height limit in § 94.03, per § 94.05. If an owner ignores a Board of…

Anyone wiring a building in unincorporated Bartholomew County must have the work inspected by the Chief Technical Code Enforcement Officer before it's concealed in conduit or covered…

Unincorporated Bartholomew County requires a permit before plumbing work that costs more than $300, and the county's Building Code adopts the Indiana Plumbing Code, Article 16 of 675…

A building permit is required in unincorporated Bartholomew County before any construction, alteration or repair whose cost exceeds $300, under section 150.36 of the county Building…

Once a building permit issues in unincorporated Bartholomew County, section 150.41 requires the Department of Code Enforcement to inspect the construction for compliance with the…

Bartholomew County does not regulate dogs by breed. Instead, county law defines a "vicious animal" as one known to have bitten or injured a person without provocation, or one that…

Bartholomew County Code § 92.05(G) bars anyone in unincorporated Bartholomew County from keeping a wild animal as a pet unless the Animal Control Officer permits it. Section 92.01…

Bartholomew County does not require pet owners generally to spay or neuter their animals, but § 92.05(H) caps any breeder in unincorporated Bartholomew County at ten unaltered female…

Every cat owner in unincorporated Bartholomew County must license the cat as state law requires, and abandoning a cat is unlawful, but the code carves out a specific exception for…

Unincorporated Bartholomew County sets no flat cap on dogs or cats per household, but keeping four or more animals turns a home into a KENNEL under § 92.01's definition, the same…

It is unlawful in unincorporated Bartholomew County for an owner to let a dog repeatedly run at large so as to create a public nuisance, and a dog running at large under § 92.04(A) can…

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, § 94.03 declares weeds or other rank vegetation a public nuisance the moment it grows past 12 inches tall on a residential parcel. Trees…

Campfires and cooking fires are allowed outdoors in unincorporated residential developments without a permit, but campfires must stay at least 25 feet from any structure and be…

Outdoor burning on any parcel within a residential development in unincorporated Bartholomew County is unlawful unless it fits one of the permitted categories in § 91.38. The rule…

Every dwelling, dwelling unit, apartment house, lodging house, and mobile home rental in unincorporated Bartholomew County must have approved, working smoke detectors, placed within…

Working in a county road, street, sidewalk, roadside ditch or right-of-way in unincorporated Bartholomew County requires a permit from the County Highway Engineer under the county's…

Unincorporated Bartholomew County charges a building permit fee to add a shed or other accessory structure to a residence: $100 minimum plus $0.10 per square foot of floor area under…

Unincorporated Bartholomew County requires a building permit before installing an in-ground or above-ground residential swimming pool, and section 150.20(F) sets a $150 minimum permit…

Bartholomew County's Minimum Housing Standards, Chapter 152, require every rental dwelling unit in unincorporated Bartholomew County to have a working kitchen sink, a private toilet…