Dearborn County, IN Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, no development can begin in a special flood hazard area without a floodplain development permit from the Floodplain Administrator, who is…

Chapter 94 of the Dearborn County Code requires erosion and sediment controls on every land-disturbing site in unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, including protected storm drain…

Land-disturbing work in unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana needs erosion control measures installed before the ground is touched and kept in place until the whole site is…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, new construction or a substantial improvement inside a special flood hazard area must put the lowest floor, basement included, at or above…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, the only printed campfire standard applies once a burn ban is declared: campfires and other recreational fires must sit inside a fire ring…

Consumer fireworks can be prohibited in unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana only through a declared burn ban, and even then use cannot be prohibited on set holiday windows: June 29…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, the President of the Board of Commissioners can declare a burn ban that the full Board must ratify or reject. While it runs, open burning of…

Dearborn County, Indiana imposes a 5% innkeeper's tax on gross retail income from lodging rented for periods of less than 30 days in hotels, motels, boat motels, inns and tourist…

In Dearborn County, Indiana, the Board of Commissioners' animal chapter defines LIVESTOCK as horses, cows, goats, pigs or any other four-legged animal used for pleasure or profit, and…

Dearborn County, Indiana does not ban retail sales of dogs or cats. A pet shop is a commercial animal establishment engaging in the retail sale of animals, and § 90.22 requires an…

Dearborn County, Indiana strongly advises sterilizing every dog and cat over six months old, but only adopted animals face a mandate under § 90.21(B): an adult must be spayed or…

In Dearborn County, Indiana, an exotic animal is any animal native to a foreign country or not native to the United States, and it can be possessed only with proper licensing from…

Dearborn County, Indiana makes it unlawful for an owner or harborer to let any animal run at large, collar and tag or not. Under § 90.17(C) a dog must be enclosed, tethered, or on a…

Dearborn County, Indiana names no restricted breed. Instead §§ 90.18 and 90.19 let an animal control officer designate a dog vicious and dangerous based on conduct, then require a…

Dearborn County, Indiana requires no license for cats, but a cat counts as a community cat only if it is ear tipped, sterilized and vaccinated against rabies at least once. Caregivers…

Dearborn County, Indiana lists a pet grooming shop as a commercial animal establishment, so it must be at a permanent building or facility permitted by the applicable zoning laws and…

Dearborn County, Indiana has no standing grill placement rule for balconies or multifamily housing. Its only grill provision exempts charcoal briquette and propane cooking grills from…

In Dearborn County, Indiana, it is unlawful for any person standing, sitting, walking or otherwise located on a highway to solicit contributions of any nature from the occupants of…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, an applicant for a retail food establishment or bed and breakfast permit must hold a valid food handler certificate under the state Food…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, the Health Department inspects each retail food establishment at least once every three months and hands the operator a written inspection…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, no sexually oriented business can operate without a county permit for its particular type of business. The annual permit fee is $1,500, and…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, anyone who knows of illegal dumping gives notice to the Sheriff, who investigates the site and tries to identify the dumper from items left…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, § 70.05(C) bars anyone in charge of, in control of, or owning an obstruction from letting it block an access, driveway, easement…

In Dearborn County, Indiana, any construction or utility installation inside the county right-of-way requires a permit, and connecting a driveway or new road to a public road requires…

Building a swimming pool in unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana requires a building permit from the Building Commissioner before work starts. The county code defines a structure to…

Construction in unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana is prohibited without a valid building permit from the Building Commissioner, obtained before work begins. The application needs…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, all construction is subject to periodic inspection by the Building Commissioner, whether or not a permit was required. Inspectors can enter…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, installing permanent electrical systems counts as construction that needs a building permit from the Building Commissioner. The county…

Section 70.05 of the Dearborn County Code lists vehicles, trailers, and watercraft among the obstructions that no one can leave on the trafficked portions of a county road right-of-way…

Operating a mobile food-service establishment in Dearborn County, Indiana requires a valid permit from the County Health Officer. The permit runs January 1 to December 31, renews…

Section 93.01(A) of the Dearborn County, Indiana code bars operating or permitting any radio, television, phonograph, tape player, loud speaker, musical instrument, siren, car alarm…

Dearborn County, Indiana treats an animal that makes continued and repeated howling, barking or whining that causes unreasonable annoyance to neighbors as a PUBLIC NUISANCE under §…

Under § 93.01(B) of the Dearborn County, Indiana code, the owner or person in possession of a motor vehicle with a sound device cannot cause or permit any noise from the vehicle that…

Dumping at any location in unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, other than an approved landfill site, is unlawful under the county's Dumping Ordinance. A violator faces a fine of…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, anyone who removes or transports refuse from premises to another location for disposal needs an unrevoked permit from the County Health…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, a building that is structurally impaired, a fire hazard, a health hazard, a public nuisance, or vacant and unmaintained is an unsafe…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, a tract with no building or structure is unsafe premises under § 154.06(C) if it is a fire hazard, a public health hazard, a public…