Indiana Code
Chapter 11.3. Municipal Preservation
36-7-11.3-54. Conditions for Erection of New Structure on Primary Property

Sec. 54. A new structure may not be erected upon a parcel of primary property and an existing structure upon the property may not be altered if the structure would do any of the following:
(1) Permit a residential usage that, in relation to the parcel upon which situated, would be of a substantially greater density than the average residential density of primary property lying within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property in question, excluding for purposes of determining the average primary property used for multiple family residential or commercial purposes.
(2) Appear substantially smaller or larger in size and scale than the average size and scale of the single and double family residential dwellings situated upon primary property lying within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property in question.
(3) Have a set-back from the primary area significantly less than the average set-back of structures facing upon the primary area that are situated upon primary property lying within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property in question.
(4) Have side lots measuring less than fifteen (15) feet from the property line of the subject property to the wall of the structure erected or altered.
(5) If primarily a residential dwelling, have a ground floor area of less than two thousand (2,000) square feet or forty percent (40%) of the total area of the parcel of land upon which the dwelling lies, whichever is less.
(6) Including all other structures upon the parcel, have a total ground floor area greater than fifty percent (50%) of the total area of the parcel of land upon which the structure lies.
(7) Substantially encroach upon the view and exposure of a residential structure on a neighboring property.
[Pre-1995 Title 14 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.2-16.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.84.

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