CHAPTER 7
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS

ARTICLE 1. BUILDING CODE.

   Sec. 7-1   Short Title.

   Sec. 7-2   Purpose.

   Sec. 7-3   Application over all Buildings and Structures.

   Sec. 7-4   Definition.

   Sec. 7-5   Building Commissioner to Enforce.

   Sec. 7-6   Entry Powers.

   Sec. 7-7   Compliance Required.

   Sec. 7-8   Application of other Ordinances.

   Sec. 7-9   Standards and Practices in the Trade.

   Sec. 7-10   Adoption of Building Rules.

   Sec. 7-11   Permit Required.

   Sec. 7-12   Permit Application and Review.

   Sec. 7-13   Three (3) Inspections Required.

   Sec. 7-14   Fees.

   Sec. 7-15   Certificate of Occupancy.

   Sec. 7-16   Stop Work Orders.

   Sec. 7-17   Appeals.

   Sec. 7-18   Violations.

   Sec. 7-19 through 7-23 Reserved for Future Use.

ARTICLE 2. UNSAFE BUILDING LAW.

   Sec. 7-24   Greenwood Unsafe Building Law.

   Sec. 7-25   Definitions.

   Sec. 7-26   Statutes Adopted.

   Sec. 7-27   Compliance Required.

   Sec. 7-28   Nuisance Declared; Abatement Required.

   Sec. 7-29   Enforcement Authority.

   Sec. 7-30   Additions to Definition of Unsafe Building.

   Sec. 7-31   Standards and Practices in the Trade.

   Sec. 7-32   Hearing Authority Designated.

   Sec. 7-33   Unsafe Building Fund.

   Sec. 7-34   Board of Public Works and Safety to Administer Bids and Contracts.

   Sec. 7-35 through 7-39 Reserved for Future Use.

ARTICLE 3. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS.

   Sec. 7-40   Placement of Building Materials on Public Ways Prohibited.

   Sec. 7-41   Permits Required to Erect Poles and Wires.

   Sec. 7-42   Awnings Installation Requirements.

   Sec. 7-43   Driveway Permit.

   Sec. 7-44   Sidewalk Project Fund. (REPEALED - Ord. 12-28 - 8-6-12)

   Sec. 7-45   Excavations, Cuts, and Other Disturbances Within the City’s Rights-of-Way; Permit Required.

   Sec. 7-46   Maintenance of Excavations. (REPEALED – Ord. 18-36 – 11-7-18)

   Sec. 7-47   Numbering of Buildings Required.

   Sec. 7-48 through 7-60 Reserved for Future Use.

ARTICLE 1. BUILDING CODE. 1

 

Notes

1	1   I.C. 36-7-2-9, authorizes the City to require compliance with building laws and orders.

Sec. 7-1 Short Title. 2

   This Article, and all ordinances supplemental or amendatory hereto, shall be known as the "Building Code of the City of Greenwood, Indiana," and may be cited as such. (Ord. No. 81-38, § 1, 12-22-81; 1983 Greenwood Municipal Code, § 4-16)

 

Notes

2	2   I.C. 22-13-2-1, authorizes political subdivisions to exercise their statutory powers to regulate buildings, structures, and other property

Sec. 7-2 Purpose.

   The purpose of this Article is to provide minimum standards for the protection of life, limb, health, environment, public safety and welfare, and for the conservation of energy in the design and construction of buildings and structures. (Ord. No. 81-38, § 2, 12-22-81; 1983 Greenwood Municipal Code, § 4-17)

Sec. 7-3 Application over all Buildings and Structures.

   The provisions of this Code apply to the construction, alteration, repair, use, occupancy, and addition to all buildings and structures, other industrialized building systems or mobile structures certified under I.C., 22-15-4, within the jurisdiction of the Greenwood Plan Commission. (Ord. No. 88-29, § 1, 6-6-88)