Indiana § 36-7-8-4 Establishment of minimum housing standards; ordinances

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-7-8-4 — Establishment of minimum housing standards; ordinances

Indiana § 36-7-8-4

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 7PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Ch. 8County Building Department and Building Standards

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Ind. Code § 36-7-8-4 (2026).

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(a)The legislative body of a county having a county department of buildings or a joint city-county building department may, by ordinance, adopt minimum housing standards for unincorporated areas of the county. These standards must be consistent with the rules of the fire prevention and building safety commission.

(b)An ordinance adopted under this section applies to:

(1)residential buildings;

(2)residential parts of mixed occupancy buildings; and

(3)conversions of buildings from nonresidential to residential or partly residential.

(c)A municipality may elect, by ordinance, to make itself subject to an ordinance adopted under this section.

(d)This section does not affect IC 16-41-26. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-2-72-1 part; 17-2-72-3; 17-2-72-6; 17-2-72-8.] As

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(a) The legislative body of a county having a
county department of buildings or a joint city-county building
department may, by ordinance, adopt minimum housing standards for
unincorporated areas of the county. These standards must be consistent
with the rules of the fire prevention and building safety commission.
(b) An ordinance adopted under this section applies to:
(1) residential buildings;
(2) residential parts of mixed occupancy buildings; and
(3) conversions of buildings from nonresidential to residential or
partly residential.
(c) A municipality may elect, by ordinance, to make itself subject to
an ordinance adopted under this section.
(d) This section does not affect IC 16-41-26.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-2-72-1
part; 17-2-72-3; 17-2-72-6; 17-2-72-8.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.27. Amended by
P.L.8-1984, SEC.126; P.L.1-1996, SEC.86.