Floyd County, IN Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Floyd County, every tattoo parlor and body piercing facility must hold an annual permit from the Floyd County Health Department, and every artist or piercer must hold…

In unincorporated Floyd County, no one may operate a sexually oriented business, or employ someone in one, without a license from the county. A new business license requires a $750…

Floyd County keeps a no-knock list of residents who do not want door-to-door solicitors, maintained by the Board of Commissioners under Floyd County Code § 110.03. Soliciting a listed…

Anyone soliciting for a commercial purpose in unincorporated Floyd County must first get a license from the Board of Commissioners' office under Floyd County Code § 110.02. Applicants…

Floyd County does not restrict dogs by breed. Instead, unincorporated Floyd County declares an animal "dangerous" based on its documented behavior toward people or other animals under…

In unincorporated Floyd County, the Animal Control Authority requires any impounded animal to be fitted with a microchip before it can be redeemed by its owner, and the shelter's fee…

In unincorporated Floyd County it is unlawful to let any owned animal run at large; dogs and other pets must be kept under restraint, confined on the owner's property or leashed and…

Unincorporated Floyd County has no ordinance requiring owners generally to spay or neuter their pets. The county's only mandatory-alteration rule applies to animals adopted from the…

Unincorporated Floyd County lets owners keep livestock and poultry, including backyard chickens, but requires them to be confined by an enclosure that keeps the animals off neighboring…

Every cat owned, harbored, or kept in unincorporated Floyd County must be licensed with the animal shelter within 15 days of acquiring the animal, and cats over three months old must…

Unincorporated Floyd County does not ban exotic animals outright but requires owners to register them with the animal shelter, covering everything from big cats and primates to native…

Floyd County bans fireworks, along with firearms, BB guns and other weapons, inside every county-operated park. Floyd County Code § 92.03(C) makes possessing, carrying or discharging…

In unincorporated Floyd County, dumping garbage, yard waste, trash, petroleum products or other non-stormwater materials into the county's storm sewer system is an illicit discharge…

Cutting, tunneling under, or excavating in a county road right-of-way in unincorporated Floyd County requires a road cut permit from the Board of Commissioners, with fees running from…

Floyd County's post-construction stormwater ordinance bars new buildings and structures within a waterway buffer measured from the FEMA-mapped flood plain boundary, on top of a…

Floyd County Code § 152.006 requires a Perimeter Control Plan on construction sites in unincorporated Floyd County to stop sediment from leaving the site before permanent controls go…

Chapter 152 of the Floyd County Code requires a stormwater quality management permit before land-disturbing construction across unincorporated Floyd County's MS4 area and the outlying…

Floyd County requires a driveway permit before building or improving a driveway onto a county road in the unincorporated area, and Section 153.18 sets minimum width, slope, turn-radius…

In unincorporated Floyd County, the county will not issue a building permit for new construction until the property owner has first obtained a driveway permit from the Board of…

Under Floyd County Code § 151.01, the Director of Operations and Planning can order repair or removal of an unsafe building, hold a hearing before the Board of Commissioners, take…

In unincorporated Floyd County, anyone building a residential swimming pool must first obtain a $25 approval permit from the Health Department. Floyd County Code § 51.17(E) lists the…

In unincorporated Floyd County, the County Health Department can shut down an unlicensed home daycare it suspects is spreading a contagious or communicable disease. Floyd County Code §…

Floyd County Code § 92.03(O) makes it unlawful to possess or consume alcoholic beverages anywhere inside a county-operated park. The ban covers every Department of Parks and Recreation…

Floyd County Code § 130.03(A) makes it a violation to loiter or prowl in a place, time, or manner unusual for law-abiding people under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety…

Reserving a Floyd County park picnic area or building for an event requires a permit from the Department of Parks and Recreation. Floyd County Code § 92.04 bars exclusive use of picnic…

Unincorporated Floyd County requires a permit from the County Sheriff or the Board of Commissioners before holding any exhibition or parade of animals; the rule is specific to animal…

Floyd County parks shut down overnight. Floyd County Code § 92.10 makes it unlawful to remain, stay, or loiter in any county park between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. without prior written…

Flying a drone over, or launching one from, a Floyd County park requires the Department of Parks and Recreation's sign-off. Floyd County Code § 92.05 bans operating remote-controlled…

Floyd County Code § 130.03(B) makes it unlawful, once a deputy has warned a person or a 'no loitering' sign is posted, to stand, sit, or lie on a public sidewalk, street, curb…

Floyd County Code § 151.01 adopts Indiana's Unsafe Building Law, I.C. 36-7-9, across unincorporated Floyd County and declares any building found unsafe after inspection a public…

In unincorporated Floyd County, a dog or other animal that habitually barks, whines, howls, or makes similar noise causing serious annoyance to neighbors is declared a nuisance under…