Tippecanoe County, IN Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

01 adopts the Comprehensive Stormwater Management Ordinance of Tippecanoe County and the Tippecanoe County Stormwater Technical Standards Manual by reference, as approved by the Board of Commissioners under Ord. 2023-02-CM, passed February 6, 2023. The full ordinance text is kept on file in the Office of the County Surveyor, with two copies at the County Auditor's office for public inspection during regular office hours; it is not reprinted in the general code. C. 12). 13). 17). 18 sets Phase II base stormwater permit fees by acreage and land use: a residential site under half an acre pays $150, rising to $500 plus $20 per acre above five acres; commercial and industrial sites run from $250 up to $750 plus $40 per acre.

Those base fees cover three on-site inspections and three post-construction inspections; extra inspections cost $50 each and grading-plan revisions cost $25 each. Separate drainage review base fees apply to subdivisions and developments requiring detention storage, ranging from $3,500 for major subdivisions under eight acres to $6,000 plus $50 per additional acre above 20 acres, with planned developments running $4,200 to $7,000 plus $50 per acre. A utility work annual certification carries a flat $50 processing fee.