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🔊 Noise Ordinances
Construction Hours
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, muffled commercial construction equipment and similar power tools are exempt from the noise ordinance only between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Outside…
Vehicle Noise
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana bans playing vehicle stereos loud enough to disturb neighboring inhabitants and bans engine compression braking, or jake braking, by trucks anywhere the…
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, playing or operating a sound-reproducing device loud enough to disturb neighbors or a voluntary listener violates the General Ordinances' noise…
Barking Dogs
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, it is unlawful to own or keep an animal whose frequent or habitual howling, yelping, barking, screeching, or other vocalization seriously annoys or…
Aircraft Noise
Few RestrictionsIndianaAircraft noise in Indiana is governed primarily by federal law and the FAA, with the state regulating airport zoning and tall structures under IC 8-21. Local Indiana governments cannot…
🌿 Landscaping Rules
Tree Trimming
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, Greenwood General Ordinances § 6-346 requires owners to trim any tree or shrub that overhangs a sidewalk, street, or other public place and impedes…
Weed Ordinances
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana requires every property to stay free of weeds and rank vegetation visible from the street or right-of-way under Section 6-271(a) of the General…
Composting
Some RestrictionsGreenwood's Unified Development Ordinance allows compost bins as an accessory use inside community gardens citywide, but Sec. 10-03-16(B)(2)(a) requires every composting receptacle to…
🚗 Parking Rules
Snow Removal Parking Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, the Mayor or a designee can declare a snow emergency under Section 8-29 whenever falling snow, sleet, freezing rain, or a National Weather Service…
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana bans parking commercial vehicles, trailers and heavy trucks on public streets and rights-of-way, and caps how many can sit on a residential lot, under…
Street Parking Limits
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana bars parking in specific street locations, blocking a driveway, sidewalks, intersections, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant and more, under General…
Overnight Parking
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana bars leaving a vehicle overnight in an on-street space marked no-overnight-parking or in a city-owned parking facility, under General Ordinances Sec…
RV & Boat Parking
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana limits where and how long recreational vehicles, campers, travel trailers, boats and pop-up campers can sit on a residential lot under General Ordinances…
Abandoned Vehicles
Heavy RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, it is unlawful to keep, park, or store a wrecked, junked, or abandoned vehicle on public property, or on private property visible from public view…
Driveway Rules
Some RestrictionsGreenwood's Unified Development Ordinance requires every driveway and parking area to be paved with concrete, asphalt, pavers, or pervious pavers under Sec. 10-03-02.F. Gravel or dirt…
Loading Zones
Some RestrictionsGreenwood's UDO regulates where commercial loading berths can sit: not within 200 feet of a residential property, not within 100 feet of a residential dwelling, and not within 50 feet…
Towing & Impound Rights
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana regulates nonconsensual towing through IC 24-14, the towing services article, backed by the abandoned vehicle rules in IC 9-22-1. If you reach your car while it is being hooked…
🔥 Fire Regulations
Fireworks
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, Greenwood General Ordinances § 6-354 bans consumer fireworks citywide except during three set windows: late June through July 9, July 4 itself until…
Outdoor Burning
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, open burning is prohibited by Common Council ordinance except in narrow circumstances defined in the General Ordinances. Unpermitted burns must use…
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a small backyard fire is allowed without a Fire Department permit only if it meets every condition in the General Ordinances: an enclosed, ventilated…
Smoke Detectors
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana requires every dwelling unit to have smoke detectors, with at least one protecting each sleeping area and each floor level, installed outside bedrooms…
Propane Storage
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana regulates propane through Chapter 61 of the 2014 Indiana Fire Code, adopted and amended statewide by the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission at 675 IAC 22-2.5-41…
Wildfire Zones
Significant RestrictionsIndianaIndiana bans nearly all open burning statewide; IC 13-17-9 carves out narrow exemptions for agricultural and land-clearing vegetation, and every legal fire must be attended…
🐔 Animal Ordinances
Dog Leash Laws
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana makes it a violation for an owner or keeper to let an animal run at large, and the Code defines control as an animal on a leash or other device held by a…
Chickens & Livestock
Heavy RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana bans keeping livestock or poultry, including backyard chickens, anywhere in the city unless the property is properly zoned and operated as an…
Bird Protection
Heavy RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, discharging or shooting any weapon, including at birds, is unlawful under City Code § 6-331 except at a Chief of Police-approved range or…
Pet Groomer Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a pet grooming operation is a distinct zoning use under the Unified Development Ordinance, separate from a kennel or veterinary clinic. Community…
Veterinary Clinic Zoning
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a veterinary clinic is a permitted principal use only in the Commercial-Small, Commercial-Medium, Commercial-Large, Old Town, and Interstate Commerce…
Beekeeping
Light RestrictionsIndianaIndiana does not require statewide apiary registration, but IC 14-24-8-4 bars bringing bees or beekeeping equipment in from another state or country without a permit from the Division…
Exotic Pets
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana Code 14-22-26 and 312 IAC 9-11 regulate possession of wild and exotic animals, requiring permits from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for Class I, II, and III…
🏗️ Accessory Structures
ADU Rules
Some RestrictionsGreenwood allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot under Section 10-03-13(A), built new, converted or added, but caps a detached ADU at 30% of the primary home's floor area or 800…
Shed & Carport Rules
Some RestrictionsGreenwood's Section 10-03-13(C) treats a shed or barn as one of only two accessory structure types allowed per property, caps residential accessory buildings at 150% of the primary…
ADU Owner Occupancy
Some RestrictionsGreenwood requires the property owner to live on site when an accessory dwelling unit is present: Section 10-03-13(A)(1)(c) states the owner "must permanently reside in either the…
🏊 Swimming Pools & Spas
Pool Permits
Some RestrictionsBuilding a private above-ground or below-ground pool in Greenwood requires an Improvement Location/building permit under Section 7-11 before construction starts, plus compliance with…
Fencing & Safety Requirements
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana enforces uniform pool barrier rules through the Indiana Residential Code (675 IAC 14) for home pools and Indiana Department of Health rules (410 IAC 6-2.1) for public pools…
🏠 Short-Term Rentals
Occupancy Limits
Some RestrictionsIn Greenwood's RL, RM, and RA residential zones, Sec. 10-03-16(G)(2) of the Unified Development Ordinance limits short-term rental guests over age 18 to six per property, part of a…
Host Presence Rule
Some RestrictionsSec. 10-03-16(G)(1) of Greenwood's Unified Development Ordinance requires the proprietor of a short-term rental in the RL, RM, and RA zones to also maintain a primary residence on the…
Short-Term Rental Permits
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana Code 36-1-24 prohibits local units from banning short-term rentals statewide. Cities and counties may impose reasonable regulations on permits, occupancy, noise, and safety…
Taxes & Fees
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana imposes 7% state sales tax plus county innkeeper's tax on rentals under 30 days. Marketplace facilitators like Airbnb and Vrbo must collect and remit these taxes statewide…
🧱 Fence Regulations
Material Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, residential front-yard fences must be decorative wood, brick, iron, stone or coated chain link under UDO Sec. 10-03-09.B, and no fence may use metal…
Height Limits
Some RestrictionsGreenwood's Unified Development Ordinance caps front-yard fencing at four feet and general fence height at six feet, rising to ten feet in the IM and IL industrial zones, under Sec…
Neighbor Fence Rules
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana Code 32-26-9 governs partition fences between adjoining rural property owners, requiring shared cost and maintenance. The law applies statewide to fences where at least one…
💼 Home Business
Customer Traffic Restrictions
Some RestrictionsHome occupations in the City of Greenwood, Indiana may have no more than one non-resident employee and two non-resident vehicles on site at a time, and Sec. 10-03-12.A.11 bars any…
Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana limits home occupations to 25 percent of a dwelling's gross floor area, bars outside storage, signage or exterior alteration, and Sec. 10-03-12.A.12…
Home Daycare
Few RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana exempts child-home daycare businesses from its home occupation standards entirely. Sec. 10-03-12.A.1 states these daycares are regulated by the State of…
Signage Rules
Heavy RestrictionsHome occupations in the City of Greenwood, Indiana may not have any sign at all. Sec. 10-03-12.A.10 states no sign shall be permitted on the outside of the structure or on the property…
Cottage Food Operations
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana's cottage food scheme is Ind. Code § 16-42-5.3, the home based vendor chapter added by P.L.49-2022. Section 16-42-5.3-3 exempts a home based vendor's production and sale of…
Home Kitchen Operations
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, so there is no license to apply for and no inspection to schedule before cooking for sale at home. The state went the other…
🍔 Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors
Food Truck Permits
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, mobile food truck vendors must hold a license from the Board of Public Works and Safety under Sec. 4-103 before operating, and Sec. 4-107 confines…
Vending Zones
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, mobile food trucks and street vendors may operate only in public parking lots or on public property under a valid use agreement with the entity that…
Sidewalk & Mobile Vending
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a mobile food truck's or street vendor's service area may not block, obstruct, or interfere with vehicle, bicycle, or pedestrian traffic, and it…
🏪 Business Licensing & Operations
Adult Entertainment
Heavy RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, an adult entertainment business needs a separate $500 license from the Chief of Police under Sec. 4-159.2, and Sec. 4-159.6 bars locating such a…
Massage Establishments
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, no one may operate a massage establishment without a Police Department permit approved by the Johnson County Health Department. Businesses may run…
Pawnbrokers
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, no one may operate as a Pawn Shop Dealer without a license from the City Controller under Greenwood General Ordinances § 4-158.2(a). Applicants…
Secondhand Dealers
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, anyone engaged in buying, selling, trading, or otherwise acquiring used goods and merchandise for business purposes must get a Second Hand Dealer…
Auto Repair on Residential Property
Heavy RestrictionsGreenwood's Unified Development Ordinance bars auto and vehicle repair, minor or major, as a home occupation citywide. The Common Council found the use too disruptive for residential…
Tobacco Retail License
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana requires retailers to hold an Electronic Cigarette Retailer Certificate to sell vapor products, complying with age verification, packaging, and Tobacco 21 sales rules.
🚪 Soliciting & Door-to-Door
No-Knock Registry
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a resident can bar peddlers and solicitors by posting a readable notice near the front entrance; Sec. 4-108 then makes it unlawful for any peddler or…
Solicitor Permits
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, no one may peddle, solicit door-to-door, or work as a transient merchant without first obtaining a license from the City Controller under Greenwood…
🌙 Curfew Laws
Park Curfew
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, city parks close overnight under the Common Council's park regulations. Craig Park stays open from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. from May 1 through…
Juvenile Curfew
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana Code 31-37-3 establishes statewide juvenile curfew hours that apply in all jurisdictions. Children under 15 may not be in public places after 11 PM, while 15-17 year olds face…
🚷 Public Conduct
Skateboarding Rules
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana bans skateboards, bicycles and roller skates from tennis and basketball courts in its city parks and requires anyone riding a skateboard, bicycle or…
Loitering Rules
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana bans congregating or loitering in the parking lots of its pools and parks when the people there are not using the pool or park facilities. The rule…
🎪 Special Events & Permits
🏚️ Property Maintenance
Property Blight
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana's Property Maintenance Code exists in part to eliminate blight, requiring vacant structures and vacant land to be kept clean, safe and sanitary so they…
Vacant Lot Maintenance
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, every vacant structure and vacant parcel must be kept clean, safe, secure, healthful and sanitary under the Property Maintenance Code so it does not…
Snow & Sidewalk Clearing
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, the occupant, or the owner if there is no occupant, of property next to a public sidewalk must clear it of snow, ice, and debris, removing snow…
🗑️ Trash & Recycling
Illegal Dumping
Heavy RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, it is unlawful to dump anything but stormwater into the storm drain system, watercourses, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, sinkholes, or creek…
Bin Placement Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, residential trash and recycling carts may go to the curb, never in the street, no earlier than 24 hours before the scheduled pickup, under City Code…
Recycling Requirements
Light RestrictionsGreenwood requires residential recyclables to be separated from trash and set out in an approved container at curbside, not in the street, timed to trash pickup under City Code §…
Yard Waste Collection
Light RestrictionsGreenwood's yard waste program is opt-in, not automatic. Under City Code § 6-321, the Board of Public Works and Safety runs a Leaf and Limb Program that anyone who doesn't already…
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Some RestrictionsGreenwood's General Ordinances set a firm curbside clock: under City Code § 6-291(a), trash, garbage and heavy trash placed out for a residential address's designated pickup day must…
Dumpster Rules
Some RestrictionsGreenwood regulates where dumpsters sit and when they can be emptied. Under City Code § 6-291(g), every dumpster on a residential lot, a lot zoned residential, or a commercial lot next…
Collection Schedule
Some RestrictionsGreenwood requires its trash contractor to pick up recyclables and trash at least weekly from every residential user under City Code § 6-306(c). Service is mandatory rather than…
Recycling Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, residents must separate recyclable materials from trash and set them at curbside, not in the street, for pickup on trash day or the day before or…
🌍 Environmental Rules
Flood Zones
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, any construction, fill, grading, or other development inside a mapped Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) needs a Floodplain Development Permit before…
Erosion Control
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, any project that clears, grades, excavates, or otherwise disturbs land must follow Sec. 9-157's Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) rules…
Stormwater Management
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, the Department of Stormwater Management regulates drainage design and stormwater discharge under UDO Article 4, Sec. 9-150 through Sec. 9-163. Sec…
Flood Elevation Requirements
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, Sec. 10-02-31 sets the Flood Protection Grade (FPG) at the base flood elevation plus two feet of freeboard citywide. New and substantially improved…
Coastal Development
Some RestrictionsIndianaBuilding a permanent structure in, or removing water or material from, Lake Michigan or any Indiana navigable waterway requires a permit from the Department of Natural Resources under…
🔧 Building Safety
Plumbing Permits
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana adopts the Indiana Plumbing Code by reference under General Ordinances Sec. 7-10, so any plumbing work in the city must meet that state-adopted standard…
Electrical Permits
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana adopts the Indiana Electrical Code and the Safety Code for Health Care Facilities by reference under General Ordinances Sec. 7-10, so electrical work in…
Building Permits
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana requires a building permit from the Building Commissioner before any construction, alteration or repair of a building or structure begins, per General…
Building Inspections
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood, Indiana requires the Building Commissioner to inspect every permitted construction project at a minimum of three stages: footing, rough-in and final. Permit…
Childcare Center Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a licensed child care center meeting the state's threshold of at least seventeen children is treated as an "institutional occupancy" under the Fire…
Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Some RestrictionsSec. 10-03-16(G)(3) of Greenwood's Unified Development Ordinance requires every short-term rental unit to have operational fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide…
🚶 Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules
Encroachment Permits
Significant RestrictionsAnyone cutting, excavating or otherwise disturbing a street, sidewalk or other right-of-way in the City of Greenwood, Indiana needs a written permit from Community Development Services…
Sidewalk Repair
Some RestrictionsGreenwood puts the abutting property owner or occupant, not the City, in charge of keeping the public sidewalk in front of their property clear. City Code § 6-340 requires the…
Obstruction Rules
Significant RestrictionsGreenwood bans blocking any street, alley or sidewalk under City Code § 6-339(a), with narrow carve-outs for staging building materials during construction or for street closures the…
🔑 Rental Property Rules
Repairs & Habitability
Some RestrictionsThe City of Greenwood's Property Maintenance Code, City Code § 6-287, requires every owner to keep a rental structure and its exterior premises in a sanitary and safe condition before…
Eviction Notice & Process
Some RestrictionsIndianaFor nonpayment of rent, IC 32-31-1-6 lets a landlord terminate the lease with 'not less than ten (10) days notice,' and no eviction follows if the tenant pays in full before the period…
Just Cause Eviction
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana follows state landlord-tenant law under IC 32-31, which permits eviction on lease expiration or breach without requiring just cause. The state framework preempts attempts by…
Landlord Entry & Notice
Some RestrictionsIndianaUnder IC 32-31-5-6, an Indiana landlord must give the tenant 'reasonable written or oral notice' before entering and may enter only at reasonable times, and may not abuse entry to…
Late Fees & Grace Periods
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana's landlord-tenant statutes contain no late-fee cap, no required grace period, and no dedicated late-fee provision for residential rent. A late fee is enforceable only if the…
Lease Termination & Notice to Vacate
Some RestrictionsIndianaFor a month-to-month or other tenancy at will, IC 32-31-1-1 requires a 'one (1) month notice in writing, delivered to the tenant' to terminate. A year-to-year tenancy needs at least…
Rent Control
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana prohibits local rent control. Indiana Code 32-31-1-20 bars any unit of local government from regulating rental rates for privately owned real property unless authorized by an…
Rental Registration
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana Code 36-1-20 restricts the scope of local rental inspection and registration programs. Cities may operate registration programs but cannot impose unreasonable fees or inspect…
Security Deposit Rules
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana sets no statutory limit on the security deposit amount. Under Indiana Code 32-31-3, a landlord must return the deposit, minus itemized lawful deductions, within 45 days after…
Squatter's Rights & Adverse Possession
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana requires 10 years of possession to claim title by adverse possession (IC 34-11-2-11), and IC 32-21-7-1 adds that the possessor must have paid 'all taxes and special…
📐 Building Setbacks & Zoning
Lot Coverage Limits
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, the Unified Development Ordinance caps impervious lot coverage by zoning district under the Development Standards tables in Sections 10-02-13 through…
Setback Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana's Residential - Large Lot (RL) zoning district, the Unified Development Ordinance sets a 30-foot minimum front yard setback, a 10-foot minimum on each…
Structure Height Limits
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana's Residential - Large Lot (RL) zoning district, the Unified Development Ordinance caps building height at 35 feet, with accessory buildings limited to…
🗺️ Zoning Overlays & Bonuses
🪧 Sign Regulations
Freeway-Facing Signs
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, off-premises billboards need a Plan Commission permit under UDO Sec. 10-03-08.M and may only go up along an interstate highway on land zoned…
Digital Billboards
Some RestrictionsGreenwood's Unified Development Ordinance caps electronic message sign brightness at 460 foot-candles by day and 46 foot-candles at night, and keeps digital billboards (EVMS) 300 feet…
Window Signs
Some RestrictionsGreenwood exempts small window signs from a permit only if each one covers less than 10% of a window and no more than two go up per window; go over 10% and a wall sign permit is…
Holiday Displays
Light RestrictionsHoliday lighting displays in Greenwood are exempt from the UDO's outdoor lighting standards during November, December and January, as long as the display does not create unsafe glare…
Political Signs
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana Code 32-21-13 prohibits homeowners associations and restrictive covenants from banning political yard signs during a protected window. HOAs may impose only reasonable size…
💡 Outdoor Lighting
Billboard Lighting
Some RestrictionsIlluminated billboards in the City of Greenwood, Indiana must meet Underwriter's Laboratory standards for their electrical installation under UDO Sec. 10-03-08.M.4. Every sign…
Dark Sky Rules
Some RestrictionsGreenwood's UDO requires nearly all outdoor light fixtures to be full 90-degree cutoff fixtures, and any fixture over 2,000 lumens outside parking areas must be full cutoff unless it…
Light Trespass & Shielding
Some RestrictionsOutdoor lighting in Greenwood cannot exceed 0.5 foot-candles at a residential property line, 2.0 foot-candles at a non-residential property line, or 2.5 foot-candles at a parking lot…
☀️ Solar Energy
Panel Permits
Some RestrictionsGreenwood's Unified Development Ordinance, Sec. 10-03-16(P), allows solar arrays as an accessory use on residential, institutional, industrial, or commercial property but bars…
HOA Restrictions
Light RestrictionsIndianaIndiana does not void covenants that ban rooftop solar. Instead IC 32-25.5-3.5 hands the homeowner a workaround the board cannot veto: gather signatures equal to either the number…
🛴 Mobility & Curb Rules
TNC Pickup Zones
Some RestrictionsNew buildings over 10,000 square feet in Greenwood's Old Town District must set aside one to four designated rideshare and delivery drop-off spaces within 100 feet of an entrance…
Bike Lane Rules
Some RestrictionsGreenwood's UDO bars commercial loading and unloading from interfering with or encroaching on bike lanes, along with fire and emergency vehicle lanes, sidewalks, drive aisles and…
Golf Carts & Low-Speed Vehicles
Light RestrictionsIndianaIndiana bans golf carts from public roads by default and hands the switch to local government. Ind. Code § 9-21-8-57 says a golf cart may not be operated on a highway except in…
🖥️ Data Centers & Crypto Mining
Data Center Zoning & Siting
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a data center is allowed only as a special exception in the Industrial - Large Format (IL) zoning district, never by right. Sec. 10-02-12 of the…
Data Center Noise Limits
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a data center approved as a special exception in the Industrial - Large Format zone may not exceed 55 decibels at the property line during the day…
🌱 Cannabis Regulations
Dispensary Zoning
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana prohibits marijuana dispensaries entirely under IC 35-48-4. Because no licensed retail framework exists, cities cannot zone for or permit dispensaries. The statewide…
Home Cultivation
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana prohibits all marijuana cultivation, possession, and use under IC 35-48-4. No medical or recreational program exists, and home cultivation is a felony statewide. Local…
💼 Employment Preemption
Minimum Wage Preemption
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana law preempts cities and counties from setting a local minimum wage above the state and federal floor of $7.25, with limited exceptions for public contracts.
Paid Leave Preemption
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana has no statewide paid sick leave law for private employers, and no Indiana city has enacted a local paid sick leave ordinance. State law does not require private employers to…
🔫 Firearms
Local Firearms Preemption
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana law preempts local firearm regulation, barring cities and counties from passing or enforcing ordinances on firearms, ammunition, or accessories beyond state law.
Open Carry
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana permits open carry of handguns by lawful adults without a permit, subject to location-based restrictions and the state's preemption of local firearm regulation.
Firearms in Vehicles
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana allows lawful adults at least 18 to carry a handgun in a vehicle without a permit, consistent with the state's permitless carry framework and firearms preemption.
❄️ Frost Depth & Snow Load
Building Design Criteria
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana's state design criteria table gives every county a wind speed of 115 mph, a weathering classification of Severe and required ice shield underlayment, while seismic design…
Frost Line Depth
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana sets footing depth county by county in a single state table: 24 inches across much of the south, 30 inches through the middle of the state, and 36 inches along the northern…
Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana accepts four ways to protect a foundation from frost, so digging below the county frost depth is only one option: a shallow foundation built to Section R403.3 or ASCE 32 is…
Ground Snow Load
Light RestrictionsIndianaIndiana assigns each of its 92 counties a ground snow load of either 20 or 30 pounds per square foot, with the higher figure reserved for the northern counties along Lake Michigan and…
🎰 Gambling & Gaming
Casino Zoning Districts
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana law names the only places a casino may ever operate: eleven owner's licenses total, allocated by statute to Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, one Lake Michigan-county city, five…
Charitable Bingo and Raffles
Significant RestrictionsIndianaIndiana requires any charity, civic, fraternal, or veterans group to hold a license from the Indiana Gaming Commission before running bingo, raffles, pull tabs, punchboards, tip…
Social Gambling Rules
Heavy RestrictionsIndianaIndiana's gambling statute makes no exception for private social games. IC 35-45-5-2 criminalizes anyone who 'knowingly or intentionally engages in gambling,' a Class B misdemeanor…
Sports Betting Law
Significant RestrictionsIndianaIndiana Gaming Commission certificates of authority under IC 4-38 have let licensed casino owners, racino operating agents, and satellite off-track betting permit holders run sports…
🏘️ HOA Rules
Assessment & Dues
Some RestrictionsIndianaUnpaid assessments become a homeowners association lien under Ind. Code § 32-28-14 once a notice of lien is recorded with the county recorder. The association may foreclose by court…
Board Procedures
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana's HOA Act mandates transparency. Under Ind. Code § 32-25.5-3-3, the annual budget must be approved by a majority of members at a meeting, members may attend board meetings, and…
CC&R Enforcement
Some RestrictionsIndianaCovenant and architectural enforcement in Indiana flows from the recorded declaration, not the HOA Act. The Act (Ind. Code § 32-25.5) does not script architectural review, violation…
EV Charger Rights
Light RestrictionsIndianaIndiana has no statute giving a homeowner the right to install an electric vehicle charging station in a deeded, assigned or exclusive use parking space, and nothing in the Indiana…
Flag Display Rights
Few RestrictionsIndianaSince P.L.26-2026 added IC 32-21-13.5, an Indiana property owners association may not adopt or enforce any governing document provision that prohibits or restricts, or has the effect…
HOA Fines & Enforcement
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana has no statute granting HOAs fining power or capping fine amounts. Authority to fine must come from the recorded declaration, bylaws, or rules; if the governing documents do…
Lien & Foreclosure Limits
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana runs two different association liens. A condominium association's unpaid assessments become a lien on the unit at the time of assessment under Ind. Code § 32-25-6-3(a), with…
Rental Restriction Limits
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana lets an association ban or cap leasing, and the statutes contain no rental cap percentage, no minimum lease term and no grandfathering for owners already renting. The limits…
⚖️ Know Your Rights
DUI Checkpoint Legality
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana runs sobriety checkpoints but has never passed a law authorizing them. The word "checkpoint" appears in exactly one section of the Indiana Code, Ind. Code § 9-19-10-3.1, and…
Recording Police
Some RestrictionsIndianaNo Indiana statute prohibits photographing or filming police, and Indiana's wiretap law is a one party consent law, so recording your own encounter with an officer is not an unlawful…
Stop & Identify Laws
Light RestrictionsIndianaIndiana has no general stop and identify statute. The one provision that compels you to give your name, Ind. Code § 34-28-5-3.5, applies only after an officer has stopped you for an…
Vehicle Search & Consent
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana has no cannabis legalisation statute and therefore none of the "lawful possession is not grounds for a search" language that California, New York and Michigan drivers rely on…
🚬 Tobacco & Vaping
Tobacco Age Restrictions
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana sets the minimum legal age at 21 for purchasing tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products, with penalties for both retailers and underage buyers.
Flavored Tobacco Bans
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana does not impose a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vape products, leaving sales of menthol and flavored e-liquid permitted under federal labeling and Indiana licensing laws.
🚗 Vehicle Equipment Laws
Underglow & Auxiliary Lighting
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana licenses extra lamps by name and by count. Ind. Code §§ 9-19-6-13 through 9-19-6-16 allow a motor vehicle not more than two spot lamps, not more than two fog lamps mounted 12…
Dash Cam & Windshield Mounting
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana has no statute that names a dash camera, so a camera is governed by the general windshield rule and by an old television provision. Ind. Code § 9-19-19-3(b) prohibits driving…
Lane Splitting & Filtering
Significant RestrictionsIndianaIndiana has never written a lane splitting rule. The phrases lane splitting, lane filtering and between lanes return zero hits anywhere in the Indiana Code. What Indiana does say, at…
Plate Covers & Obstruction
Significant RestrictionsIndianaIndiana never uses the phrase license plate cover in its code, but Ind. Code § 9-18.1-4-4(b) reaches covers anyway. A plate must be maintained free from foreign materials and in a…
Radar Detector Rules
Few RestrictionsIndianaIndiana has never enacted a radar detector prohibition. A full text search of the 2026 Indiana Code, all 36 title files published by the General Assembly, returns the word radar nine…
Studded Tire & Chain Rules
Light RestrictionsIndianaIndiana lets any vehicle run metal tire studs from October 1 to the following May 1 and bans them for the rest of the year. Ind. Code § 9-19-18-3(d) caps the projection at three…
Window Tint Limits
Some RestrictionsIndianaIndiana applies a single figure to the whole car. Ind. Code § 9-19-19-4(c) makes it an infraction to drive a vehicle whose windshield, side wing, front-door side window or rear back…