Parking Rules in Tippecanoe County, IN (2026)
7 rules for unincorporated Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
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RV & Boat Parking
In unincorporated Tippecanoe County, the Unified Zoning Ordinance treats a stored recreational vehicle, boat, or boat trailer the same as parking. Under UZO 4-1-c(18), that storage is regulated by the front-setback rule in 4-4-6(a): it cannot sit in the required front setback of a residential lot, though driveways and turnarounds stay open for it.
Tippecanoe County RV and Boat Storage Setback Rule
Some RestrictionsTippecanoe County Unified Zoning Ordinance §§ 4-1-c(18), 4-4-6(a)
(18) storage of recreational vehicles, boats and boat trailers (as regulated in 4-4-6-a below); ... 4-4-6 SETBACKS FOR PARKING: (a) Except in 4-4-6-b through 4-4-6-d below, required parking, either open or under cover, is not permitted in the minimum standard front setback of any residential use, or any residential zone (Amend 8). Optional parking is also not permitted in the minimum standard f...
Driveway Rules
Building or paving a private driveway onto a county highway in unincorporated Tippecanoe County requires a permit from the County Highway Department, per § 96.16(A). The permit sets construction and setback standards, and § 96.19 charges $25 for a standard residential driveway, up to $200 for a major subdivision entrance.
Tippecanoe County Driveway Access Permit Rules
Some RestrictionsTippecanoe County Code of Ordinances §§ 96.16(A), (B), (D), (Q), 96.19
§ 96.16 PRIVATE DRIVE ACCESS STANDARDS. (A) No private drive or other access way shall be made onto any county highway, without a specific permit being first duly obtained from the County Highway Department for that particular drive or access at that particular location. (B) No entrance shall be closer than five feet to the adjacent property line... (D) ...If it is proposed to co...
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Tippecanoe County caps how big a truck, semitrailer or bus can be before it is illegal to park on any county highway, street or alley. Under Code § 71.01, trucks over 8 feet wide, 10 feet high or 28 feet long, semitrailers over 36 feet, and buses over 26 feet cannot park outside active loading or unloading.
Tippecanoe County Oversized Truck Parking Limits
Some RestrictionsTippecanoe County Code of Ordinances § 71.01(B)(2)-(4)
(2) No person shall park a truck that is wider than 8 feet or higher than 10 feet or longer than 28 feet, which dimensions shall include any load carried thereon on any highway, street or alley, except when loading or unloading as provided by this chapter or other ordinance of the city. (3) No person shall park a semitrailer, either along or coupled to a tractor on any highway, street or al...
Street Parking Limits
Tippecanoe County posts no-parking signs and pavement markings to control stopping, standing and parking on county highways and property, and a vehicle left in a posted zone for 24 hours can be towed. Code § 71.03 also fines any parking violation up to $150 plus court costs and creates a timed no-parking zone near county high schools.
Tippecanoe County On-Street Parking Restrictions
Some RestrictionsTippecanoe County Code of Ordinances § 71.03(A)(5)-(7), (E)
(5) The parking of vehicles in the right-of-way of any road in the county is unlawful while the road is being paved, repaired or repaved. (6) The County Highway Department or the Department's contractors or assigns may post temporary no parking signs, clearly and conspicuously, along any road or right-of-way in the county when they consider it necessary that parking not be permitted to allo...
Abandoned Vehicles
Leaving a vehicle on someone else's private property without permission, or parking it where it blocks traffic or creates a hazard on public property, is unlawful in unincorporated Tippecanoe County. Code § 71.02 lets the property owner or any witness complain to the County Sheriff's Department, and investigating officers can order the vehicle towed.
Tippecanoe County Unauthorized Vehicle Parking Rule
Some RestrictionsTippecanoe County Code of Ordinances § 71.02(B)
Unauthorized parking prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle, house trailer, one, two or three wheel trailers, tractor trailer or any other type of motorized or nonmotorized conveyance ordinarily pulled or attached to a motor vehicle, on any private property without the express or implied consent or authorization of the owner, holder, occupant, lessee, agent or trust...
Loading Zones
Tippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance requires new or substantially altered buildings that receive or distribute goods by truck to provide off-street loading berths, sized by a formula tied to gross floor area. The Administrative Officer sets berth count, placement and screening, and in the NBU, CB and CBW business zones a certified public loading zone can substitute for on-site berths.
Tippecanoe County Off-Street Loading Berth Rules
Some RestrictionsTippecanoe County Unified Zoning Ordinance § 4-6-18(a)-(c)
(a) The Administrative Officer shall determine the need for loading berths to be provided for newly erected or substantially altered buildings which receive or distribute materials or merchandise by truck, up to the maximums shown in 4-6-18-a-1 below. ... (b) Unless certified by the Administrative Officer under 4-6-18-c below, required off-street loading berths shall be located on the same lot ...
Snow Removal Parking Rules
When the Board of Commissioners declares a travel watch or travel warning for snow, ice or storm debris, county roadways move under a parking prohibition immediately. No one may park or leave a vehicle on the affected unincorporated roadway while the ban is active, and it stays in force until the Commissioners announce the emergency has ended.
Tippecanoe County Snow Emergency Parking Ban
Some RestrictionsTippecanoe County Code of Ordinances § 73.05
§ 73.05 PROHIBITION OF PARKING ON ROADWAYS. (A) Whenever the Commissioners declare a travel watch or travel warning or otherwise invoke a classification described in § 73.04 of this chapter determining that existing or expected weather conditions or other hazardous situations will make it necessary that motor vehicle traffic be expedited or prohibited and that parking on county roadways be proh...
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