Clark County, IN Ordinances (2026)

Outside Jeffersonville, Clarksville and the county's other incorporated towns, every waste hauler must offer residential customers once-a-week curbside trash collection under Clark…

Clark County Code § 50.02 makes every unincorporated-area waste hauler offer residential customers a voluntary curbside recycling agreement, keep recyclables separate from trash in the…

Dumping waste, litter, trash, appliances or tires on county roads, including the roads leading to the Clark-Floyd landfill, is an ordinance violation in Clark County. A court can enter…

Inside the I-265 Corridor Overlay District, Clark County requires every dumpster and outside storage area to sit on the side or rear of the building and be screened from adjacent…

Unincorporated Clark County bans nearly all non-stormwater discharges into its MS4 storm sewer system under Code § 53.07, and any development disturbing one acre or more of land must…

Clark County requires a grading permit and an approved erosion and sediment control plan before any land disturbing activity of 40,000 square feet or 400 cubic yards or more, or…

Any development activity in a Clark County special flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit before work begins, and development inside a mapped floodway also needs a…

New or substantially improved buildings in Clark County's mapped flood hazard areas must have their lowest floor at or above the Flood Protection Grade, two feet of freeboard above the…

Clark County requires a permit from the County Sheriff before any parade or procession may occupy, march or proceed along a county road. Only funeral processions, U.S. armed forces…

Clark County requires smoke detectors in every dwelling rented for occupancy in the unincorporated county, with specific type, placement and maintenance rules. The county's Fire…

Clark County's noise ordinance, Section 90.04, does not restrict fireworks: subsection (B)(7) exempts sounds associated with the use of legal fireworks or celebrations of legal…

Section 90.05 flatly prohibits any outdoor burning of wood, brush, trash, refuse or other burnable material by fires ignited on the ground, at any location, throughout unincorporated…

Clark County's traffic code bars parking on the traveled portion of any county road and within five feet of it, blocking a travel lane in a residential or business district, or…

In unincorporated Clark County, parking an abandoned vehicle or abandoned mobile home on land that has not been zoned or granted a special use for salvage purposes becomes a code…

Clark County requires separate $5,000 owner and operator licenses, issued by an Adult Entertainment Commission, before any live adult entertainment business can operate. Applicants…

Clark County zones massage parlors as adult entertainment: they are allowed only in the M1, M2 and M3 industrial districts and must sit at least 500 feet from homes, churches, parks…

Clark County only exempts lawn mowers, garden tractors, construction equipment and power tools from its noise ordinance between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., and only if the equipment is…

Clark County bans running any sound-producing or sound-reproducing device, loudspeakers, radios, CD players, TVs, phonographs and musical instruments included, if it is clearly audible…

Section 91.40(F) makes it a nuisance violation for an owner to fail to prevent habitual barking or loud, continued noise from a dog or cat that causes serious annoyance or disturbance…

Operating a motor vehicle with a modified or defective exhaust system that is clearly audible 50 feet away, on a public road or on private property, violates Clark County's noise…

Anyone who performs electrical work requiring a permit in unincorporated Clark County must first hold a contractor's license from the county Executive Director. Applicants need six…

Clark County requires inspections at set stages of every permitted building project in the unincorporated county, with a fixed schedule by construction type. Concrete, electrical…

Plumbing work in unincorporated Clark County is governed by the state-adopted Indiana Plumbing Code, and a permit with a set fee is required before work starts. Permits are issued…

Clark County requires a permit before any construction, alteration, demolition or repair of a building or structure in the unincorporated county. Permits issue through the Plan…

Clark County adopts Indiana's unsafe building statute, I.C. 36-7-9, as its own dangerous-building ordinance for the unincorporated county. The Planning and Zoning Board acts as hearing…

Unincorporated Clark County limits single-family lots in the R1 district to 30% lot coverage and A1 Agricultural lots to 25%, capping the combined footprint of a house, garage and…

Unincorporated Clark County caps house height at 30 feet in its R1 Single-Family Residential district, with a separate, lower 15-foot cap for detached accessory buildings like garages…

In the R1 Single-Family Residential district, unincorporated Clark County sets a ten-foot rear setback, a six-to-ten-foot side setback depending on lot width, and a front setback tied…

In unincorporated Clark County, above-ground swimming pools must be enclosed by a barrier at least 60 inches tall with a self-closing, self-latching gate, per Code of Ordinances…

Placing an above-ground swimming pool in unincorporated Clark County requires a location improvement permit under Code of Ordinances Section 156.03(C)(3), the same permit used for…

Clark County treats animal hospitals and kennels as a special use, Table S.U. item #6, meaning a site needs Board of Zoning Appeals approval on top of its base zoning before a vet…

Section 91.39 requires every female dog or cat in heat to be confined in a building or secure enclosure so it cannot contact another animal except for planned breeding, a rule enforced…

Section 91.36 requires every dog and cat in Clark County to be kept under restraint at all times, defined by Section 91.35 as not being allowed to run at large on public property or on…

Clark County's zoning code draws the line for a residential pet owner at four animals: Section 156.05 defines a kennel as any premises keeping more than four dogs, cats, or other…

In Clark County's A1 Agricultural Zone, raising livestock is a permitted use by right. Section 156.21(B)(1) lists agricultural uses, including crop raising and raising of livestock…

Clark County's zoning definitions limit what a privacy fence can be built from: Section 156.05 allows wood, painted rustproof metal, vinyl, or other commercially produced synthetic…

A privacy fence in unincorporated Clark County is capped at eight feet under the code's definition, cannot block a driver's sight lines, and in residential zones cannot stand closer…

Every Planned Unit Development in Clark County must form a self-perpetuating Owner's Association to control maintenance of open space and common facilities, with legal assurances…

Clark County's zoning code classifies an in-home daycare serving six or more unrelated children as a Child Care Home under Section 156.05, and the zoning table lists 'Child care home'…

Clark County zones home-based businesses as Home Occupation, Special Use 31, meaning a resident needs Board of Zoning Appeals approval before operating one. Section 156.48(C)(5) bars…

Clark County bans specific lighting on off-premises billboards countywide: no emergency-look lights, no flashing or colored flashing beyond white, and no rotating or revolving beams…

In unincorporated Clark County, an accessory building or shed needs an improvement location permit before construction starts, and it must sit at least five feet off the side and rear…

Clark County allows accessory living quarters as Special Use #28, but only when clearly complementary to the main residence and expressly not for rental purposes, per the Table S.U…

Clark County's zoning code sets aside the A1 Agricultural Zone specifically to shield working farms from being crowded out by development. Section 156.21(A) states the district's…

Countywide, Clark County bans flashing, moving or intermittent lights (other than steady white) on any outdoor advertising display, which rules out digital billboards that flash…

Bars and nightclubs in unincorporated Clark County are not automatically exempt from the county noise ordinance: sound that carries 50 feet past the property line still violates 90.04…

Clark County's noise ordinance bans sound audible 50 feet from its source, but Section 90.04(B)(3) carves out burglar alarms and other warning devices, including car alarms, as long as…