Hancock County, Indiana, IN Municipal Code — every chapter, in plain language

Current through Ord. 2024-10D, passed 10-15-24; and State legislation current through Indiana Legislative Service, 2025 Acts, Pamphlet No. 1. Official source: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/hancockcounty/latest/overview

Every town writes its own rules, and Hancock County, Indiana's live in its municipal code — 51 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

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1. HANCOCK COUNTY, INDIANA CODE OF ORDINANCES
2. ADOPTING ORDINANCE
3. TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
4. CHAPTER 10: GENERAL PROVISIONS
5. CHAPTER 11: COUNTY STANDARDS
6. TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
7. CHAPTER 30: COUNTY GOVERNMENT
8. CHAPTER 31: PERSONNEL REGULATIONS
9. CHAPTER 32: DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
10. CHAPTER 33: REVENUE AND FINANCE
11. CHAPTER 34: COUNTY POLICIES
12. TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
13. CHAPTER 50: SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND DRAINAGE REGULATIONS
14. TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
15. CHAPTER 70: GENERAL PROVISIONS
16. CHAPTER 71: TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
17. CHAPTER 72: SNOWMOBILES
18. CHAPTER 73: TRAFFIC SCHEDULES
19. CHAPTER 74: PARKING SCHEDULES
20. TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
21. CHAPTER 90: ANIMAL REGULATIONS
22. CHAPTER 91: PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY MATTERS; PUBLIC NUISANCES
23. CHAPTER 92: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
24. CHAPTER 93: CURFEW
25. CHAPTER 94: CAMPAIGN SIGNS AND MATERIALS AT POLLS ON COUNTY PROPERTY
26. TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
27. CHAPTER 110: GENERAL PROVISIONS
28. CHAPTER 111: MASSAGE PARLOR REGULATIONS
29. CHAPTER 112: CABLE SERVICES
30. CHAPTER 113: COUNTY HEALTH CARE STUDY PLAN AND MORATORIUM OF 2005
31. CHAPTER 114: ITINERANT MERCHANTS
32. TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
33. CHAPTER 130: GENERAL OFFENSES
34. TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
35. CHAPTER 150: BUILDING REGULATIONS
36. CHAPTER 151: COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
37. CHAPTER 152: FLOOD HAZARD REGULATIONS
38. CHAPTER 153: ROAD PERMITS REGULATIONS
39. CHAPTER 154: STORMWATER DRAINAGE, EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL REGULATIONS
40. CHAPTER 155: SUBDIVISION CONTROL REGULATIONS
41. CHAPTER 156: ZONING
42. APPENDIX A: ZONING MAPS
43. CHAPTER 157: REGULATION OF PONDS
44. TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
45. TABLE I: FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS
46. TABLE II: REZONING
47. PARALLEL REFERENCES
48. REFERENCES TO INDIANA CODE
49. REFERENCES TO 1986 CODE
50. REFERENCES TO RESOLUTIONS
51. REFERENCES TO ORDINANCES