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     Carmel City Code

There are many issues that occur in the business community that rise to the level of ordinance violation. You may access the Carmel City Code online to search by topic or section for answers to some of your questions. You may access the code at the American Legal website at www.amlegal.com/carmel_in/

Some of the more frequently asked questions come from the code sections listed below.

Frequently referred to code sections

A. Fees, Licenses and Permits

The City currently requires fees, permits and/or licenses for many activities and purposes. These include:

	Subject	Code Section
1.	Amusement Machines	4-20
2.	Door-To-Door Vendors	4-26
3.	Vicious Animals	4-29
4.	Taxicabs and Limousines	4-40
5.	Private Alarm Systems	4-70
6.	Trailers and Temporary Structures	7-15
7.	Driveway or Sidewalk Construction	8-63
8.	Street Excavations	8-65
9.	Extension of Water Lines	9-31
10.	Street Cuts	9-51

B. Public Health and Safety

The City currently has several civil laws dealing with public health and safety. These laws include:

	Subject	Code Section
1.	Curfew	6-45
2.	Obstruction of streets/sidewalks	6-48
3.	Littering	6-49
4.	Construction of barbed wire/electric fences	6-50
5.	Damage to public property	6-51
6.	Snow removal from business sidewalks	6-52
7.	Posting signs on trees/poles in public right-of-way	6-54
8.	Display of goods for sale on public property	6-59
9.	Obstructing street gutter/drain	6-60
10.	Operating motorized vehicle on sidewalk	6-63
11.	Abandoned wells not securely covered	6-77
12.	Garbage cans that are not fly-tight	6-77
13.	Trash, scrap or other material that is a fire hazard or wherein vermin may breed	6-77
14.	Noxious weeds	6-77
15.	Abandoned refrigerators (with door attached)	6-79
16.	Tree/hedge obstructing motorist’s view of intersection/crosswalk	6-79
17.	Graffiti	6-82
18.	Weeds, grass or other rank vegetation over 8" in height	6-88
19.	General animal care/treatment	6-99
20.	Animals running at large	6-99
21.	Storage of junked vehicle on private property	6-108
22.	Abandoned/mechanically inoperable vehicles on public street	6-114
23.	Outdoor burning of leaves	6-145
24.	Smoking in City Hall	6-157
25.	Excessive noise	6-158
26.	Unsafe buildings	6-159
27.	Erecting a building/structure in violation of Building Code	7-22
28.	Obtaining unmetered water	9-68
29.	Tampering with fire hydrant	9-74
30.	Erecting building / structure in violation of Zoning Ordinance	10-161
31.	Display of banners/lighter-than-air signs/portable signs/roof signs without permit	10-193
32.	Signs located in any street or highway right-of-way	10-193

While most City Ordinances are enforced by the Carmel Police Department, there are certain City Code sections are primarily enforced by other City departments. The types of City Code violations normally enforced by other City departments include:

	SUBJECT	PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT	TELEPHONE EXTENSION
1.	Abandoned wells	Utilities Department	442
2.	Banners/balloons/signs in right-of-way	Department of Community Services	417
3.	Construction of driveways / sidewalks	Department of Community Services	417
4.	Non-fly tight garbage cans	Department of Community Services	417
5.	Noxious weeds, high grass	Department of Community Services	417
6.	Obtaining unmetered water	Utilities Department	442
7.	Outdoor burning of leaves	Carmel Fire Department	600
8.	Out-of-Zone buildings	Department of Community Services	417
9.	Posted signs on trees / poles	Department of Community Services	417
10.	Street excavations / cuts	Department of Engineering	441
11.	Tampering with fire hydrant	Carmel Fire Department	600
12.	Trailers / temporary structures	Department of Community Services	417
13.	Unsafe buildings	Department of Community Services	417
14.	Water line extensions	Utilities Department	442

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Nancy Heck
Director of Community Relations
City of Carmel
One Civic Square
Carmel, IN 46032

You may contact her at:
571-2494 or nheck@carmel.in.gov

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Director:	Nancy Heck
Location:	One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032
Phone: Email:	317-571-2494 nheck@carmel.in.gov
Link to: Department of Community Relations