Warrick County, IN Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Warrick County, the Board of Commissioners bans skateboarding, rollerblading, bicycling and any other recreational wheeled object on or around the County Judicial…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, smoking is banned inside and within 30 feet of any entrance or exit of a Board of Commissioners or county department facility, including the…

Warrick County's smoking ordinance defines SMOKING to expressly include marijuana alongside tobacco and vapor products, then bans that smoking in and within 30 feet of any Board of…

Warrick County makes it unlawful to participate in a party or social gathering between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. that produces noise plainly audible across property boundaries, under §…

Warrick County levies a 5% Innkeepers' Tax on unincorporated county hotels, motels, boat motels, inns, tourist cabins, and college dormitories renting rooms for stays under 30 days…

Mobile food vendors operating in unincorporated Warrick County need a permit from the County Health Department, which is authorized to charge a fee for it under Section 41.02. The fee…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, anyone who sells goods or food while moving from place to place or along the streets is a 'peddler' under County Code § 110.03 and needs a…

Warrick County makes it unlawful to bring refuse, garbage or rubbish into the county from outside except to an approved landfill, and unlawful to deposit refuse anywhere in the county…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, the Solid Waste Management District's curbside program serves single-family homes, qualifying multi-family and embedded commercial…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, County Code § 136.02 requires acceptable waste, including yard waste, to go to the Solid Waste Management District's designated transfer…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, only the hauler the Solid Waste Management District approves may lawfully provide curbside trash and recycling pickup to covered participants…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, the Solid Waste Management District's Curbside Collection and Disposal Program has covered single-family and qualifying multi-family…

Warrick County bans illicit discharges and illicit connections into its municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) under Chapter 53, enforced by the County Department of Stormwater…

Any land-disturbing activity of one acre or more in unincorporated Warrick County needs a stormwater approval with an erosion and sediment control plan before work starts. Cut and fill…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, any development in a mapped floodway or floodplain must comply with the county's separate Floodplain Management Ordinance, cross-referenced…

Warrick County's drainage code sets the yardsticks for flood elevation: it defines Flood Protection Grade as the base flood elevation plus two feet, and requires drainage plans to show…

Warrick County Code § 110.03(B)(3) makes clear that holding a peddler or solicitor license never overrides a property's posted no-solicitation sign: licensed peddlers and solicitors in…

Anyone peddling goods or soliciting orders door-to-door in unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana needs an unrevoked license from the county Administrator under Board of Commissioners…

Anyone buying used gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals and gems in unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana needs a license under Warrick County Code § 111.02: resident…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, tattoo and body-piercing shops need a facility permit and each practitioner needs a personal permit from the County Health Department under…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, any electrical improvement costing more than $750, including a new meter base, panel upgrade, furnace, or hot water heater, needs a building…

Warrick County does not treat elevators or wheelchair lifts inside a private residence as regulated lifting devices, following I.C. 22-12-1-22(b)(12). Instead, County Code § 150.41…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, the Building Commissioner may enter and inspect any construction site at reasonable times under Warrick County Code Section 150.30, whether…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, a Building Commissioner permit is required before any new construction or structural improvement costing more than $2,500 or exceeding 120…

A plumbing improvement costing more than $750 in unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana needs a Building Commissioner permit under Section 150.15, the work must meet Article 16, the…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, sidewalk upkeep falls on the abutting landowner, not the county. Warrick County Code § 159.02 requires that landowner to remove vehicles…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, no one may dig up, cut, restrict, close, or remove a county street, highway, or right-of-way, including a sidewalk, without a permit. Warrick…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, the landowner whose property abuts a sidewalk is responsible for its care, maintenance, and repair at the landowner's own expense under…

Warrick County's Area Plan Commission can require a subdivision plat to disclose proposed restrictive covenants, but County Code § 154.017 says the Commission has no authority to…

Warrick County requires extra lot depth for residential subdivision lots fronting major roads so homes sit farther back from traffic. Under Subdivision Control Code § 154.075(F)…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, landowners must clear snow and ice from the sidewalk abutting their property at their own expense, as and when needed. Failure to comply…

Warrick County adopts Indiana's Unsafe Building Law, I.C. 36-7-9, in total to abate dangerous and substandard buildings in unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana. The Building…

Warrick County declares garbage and junk accumulating on any residential or commercial parcel a public nuisance under § 157.03(A), covering vacant and improved lots alike in the…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, a semi-public pool, including one at a short-term rental or tourist home, that operates without a lifeguard under the § 93.03 shallow-water…

Building a residential in-ground pool or an above-ground pool deeper than three and one-half feet in unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana requires a Building Commissioner permit…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, § 70.03 bars parking outside the painted lines or markers the County Highway Department places on curbs, streets and lots, and bars any…

Warrick County treats an abandoned vehicle, one at least three model years old, mechanically inoperable and visible from public property for more than 20 days, as a public nuisance…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, any farmers' market, street fair, or festival with more than one food vendor selling on streets, sidewalks, alleys, or other public property…

A shed, pole barn, or other accessory storage structure on a permanent foundation in unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana needs a Building Commissioner permit once it exceeds 120…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, open burning is banned unless state law or a listed exception applies. County Code § 133.03 lets the Board of Commissioners declare an open…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, County Code § 133.04 exempts wood-product fires such as cooking fires, school pep rallies, and scouting activities from the general…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, County Code § 136.02(B) lets residents pile yard waste on their own property for composting without a permit, as long as it does not create…

Warrick County's public nuisance ordinance defines WEEDS and RANK VEGETATION as growth nine inches or more in height, or any plant listed as a weed by the USDA, on residential and…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, running a radio, stereo, amplifier, or musical instrument loud enough to be plainly audible across a property line or through a shared wall…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, cats fall under the same restraint law as other pets, except that County Code § 131.20(A) lets cats run at large on the owner's property in…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, County Code § 131.10 bars any dog from straying beyond its owner's property unless leashed or on a supervised, lawful hunt. Section 131.20…

Warrick County does not ban dogs by breed. Instead, County Code § 131.01 defines a DANGEROUS DOG by conduct, such as inflicting severe injury without provocation or being trained for…

Warrick County does not require every pet to carry a microchip, but County Code § 131.32(F) lets Warrick County Animal Control require a microchip, at the owner's expense, before…

Warrick County does not license pet groomers separately. County Code § 131.01 defines a GROOMING SHOP as any commercial place where animals are bathed, clipped, plucked, or otherwise…

Warrick County does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but County Code § 131.32(C) makes it mandatory after a third impoundment. Once an animal other than a pocket pet or…

Warrick County Code excludes chickens and other poultry from its LIVESTOCK definition, so backyard fowl are not covered by Chapter 131's livestock rules. Cattle, sheep, goats, pigs…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, County Code § 158.03(B) bars running mechanically powered saws, drills, sanders, grinders, lawnmowers, and other lawn or garden tools…

Warrick County Code § 158.03(C) bars running construction, drilling, or demolition equipment between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, if it disturbs…

Warrick County Code § 158.04 bars vehicle noise, including car stereos and modified exhaust systems, that is plainly audible more than 20 feet away on roads in unincorporated Warrick…

Warrick County Code § 158.05 caps stationary noise sources at 55 dBA measured at the property line in residential and commercial zones, and 66 dBA in industrial zones, at all times, in…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, a barking dog or other animal that causes frequent, persistent loud noises disrupting a neighbor's comfort is legally a nuisance under County…

Warrick County bans operating a radio, amplifier, television or musical instrument so it is plainly audible across property boundaries or through shared partitions, under § 158.03(A)…

Warrick County requires nuisance complaints, weeds, junk, garbage or abandoned vehicles, to be filed as a written violation report on forms the County Administrator provides under §…

After a nuisance violation notice goes out under § 157.03(D)(3), a Warrick County owner has ten business days to fix weeds, garbage, junk or an abandoned vehicle before the Code…