Ind. Code § 36-7-8-4

Establishment of minimum housing standards; ordinances

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Rogers v. Noble County Ex Rel. Noble County Board of Commissioners (1997)

Most recently applied in Henry Wagler, Barb Wagler and Henry and Barb Wagler, LP v. Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health (January 2013)

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.27

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Sec. 4. (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.

(d) This section does not affect IC 16-41-26.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.