Tippecanoe County, IN Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

16 governs every private drive or access way onto a county highway. Under division (A), no entrance may be built without a permit issued for that specific drive and location. Division (B) bars an entrance from sitting closer than five feet to the adjacent property line unless both neighboring owners join the application. Division (D) caps the approach grade at 15% unless a steeper slope is specifically shown and approved on the application; if no grade is shown, the 15% cap applies by default. Division (Q) sets a hard floor of 12 feet of width where the driveway crosses the roadside ditch, with the drainage pipe exposed at least 12 inches on each side.

Elsewhere in the same section, the Highway Department can order an entrance removed or relocated for road work or safety, and any permit not completed within one year is automatically canceled. 19 prices a residential driveway permit at $25, an existing-driveway permit at $20, a farm field entrance at $25, a temporary driveway at $10, a commercial driveway or minor subdivision entrance at $100, and a major subdivision or rural estate entrance at $200. The permittee, not the county, is responsible for all future maintenance of the approach from the right-of-way line to the traveled roadway, including keeping loose aggregate off the highway pavement, and the Highway Department must approve the pipe or tile drainage structures used in construction.