Indiana § 36-7-4-804 - Improvement location or building permit; eligibility; violations of zoning or subdivision ordinance; hearing
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§ 36-7-4-804. Improvement location or building permit; eligibility; violations of zoning or subdivision ordinance; hearing
Sec. 804. (a) METRO. After a building contractor violates a zoning or subdivision ordinance three (3) times in a calendar year, the contractor is ineligible to receive an improvement location or building permit for one (1) year, beginning on the date of the third violation. Whenever a person for whom a structure is to be built applies for a permit, the person must disclose under the penalties for perjury the identity of the person's contractor; the person is eligible to receive a permit only if the person's contractor is eligible.
(b) METRO. A determination by the metropolitan development commission, after a hearing at which the contractor may be represented by counsel and may present evidence, is conclusive evidence of a violation under subsection (a).
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-7-2-58 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.174.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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