Building
What Requires a Permit?
Building Permits
- New homes (single-, two-, and multi-family)
- Manufactured & mobile homes (additional approval needed for single-wide)
- Commercial structures
- Interior renovations and additions to commercial structures
- Garages – attached or detached
- Pole barns, sheds, carports, pergolas
- Additions to existing homes, garages, pole barns, decks, porches, accessory structures
- Decks – attached or detached
- Ponds
- Porches – new, reconstruction of, or enclosing existing
- Swimming pools (in-ground and above-ground)
- Roof (Structural changes only - no permit needed for placement of new shingles. Maximum of 2 layers of shingles allowed on any roof)
Electrical Permits
- Upgrades
- New service
- Relocation of service
- Alteration to service
- Branch circuits
- Connection of service to a manufactured home or mobile home
Plumbing Permits
- New homes
- Additions
- Accessory structures with plumbing
- Additional plumbing in a structure
Other Permits
- Fence
- Sign
- Pond
- Floodplain development
Nonresidential projects may require a Construction Design Release from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security before DCD can issue a local permit. Please click here for more information on the state release process.
Contact Us
Kim Hostetler,
Executive Director
Executive Director
- Phone: (260) 358-4840
- Fax:
(260) 355-2313 - Staff Directory
- Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday