Planning and Transportation Permit, Petition, and Occupancy Information

Permit, Petition, Verification, and Occupancy Information

Building Permit

• If you need to apply for a building permit for a new triplex, fourplex, multifamily, commercial, institutional, office, industrial, or any non-Class 2 structure or anything requiring a building permit on a site containing those primary buildings, including a remodel or accessory structure, please apply through the Monroe County Building Department. This is the current process and will not changing at this time.
• If you need to apply for a building permit for a new single-family detached or attached, duplex, or townhouse structure or anything requiring a building permit on a site containing those primary buildings, including a remodel or accessory structure, you must apply through CivicAccess before you can apply at the Monroe County Building Department. These type of structures are referred to as Class 2 structures and are regulated differently beginning January 1, 2026 per Indiana Enrolled House Bill 1005. You must have a complete application in order to apply, and the requirements are listed on this page. (Coming soon!)

Sign Permit

• If you need to apply for a sign permit for a Permanent Sign, please apply through CivicAccess.
• If you need to apply for a sign permit for a Temporary Sign, please apply through CivicAccess.
  • The previous sign permit application, though no longer in use, is available for reference of scaled site plan requirements.
  • Temporary Signs NOT requiring a permit - Yard Sign Placement Guidelines for when there is a:
    • Sidewalk [PDF]
    • No Sidewalk [PDF]
    • Roundabouts or Traffic Islands [PDF]

Site Development Permit

• If you need to apply for a site development permit for a site that has an approved site plan and/or a floodplain development permit in process, please apply through CivicAccess.

Floodplain Development Permit

• If you need to apply for a floodplain development permit for work in the floodplain including building and earth movement, please apply through CivicAccess.

Temporary Use Permit

• If you need to apply for a temporary use permit for a Temporary Use, please apply through CivicAccess.
  • The previous temporary use application, though no longer in use, is available for reference of scaled site plan requirements.

Zoning Verification Letter

• If you need to apply for a zoning verification letter, please apply through CivicAccess.

Change In Use Permit

• If you need to apply for a change in use permit, please access the application and submit a copy of the completed application and supporting site plan to [email protected] or you can supply a paper copy of the completed application and supporting site plan to the Department.

Occupancy Inspection

• If your development site is completed to the temporary or final occupancy standards, please access the application and submit the application to [email protected].

Petition Documents

• If you are applying for a zoning map amendment (rezone), planned unit development (PUD), site plan, primary or secondary subdivision, subdivision vacation, variance, conditional use, or an administrative appeal, please access the application and submit with your other documents at your petition filing appointment.
• The 'DRC Calendar', otherwise known as the 2026 Meeting Schedule and Project Submission Deadlines Calendar, lists hearing dates for the Plan Commission, Plat Committee, Board of Zoning Appeals, and Hearing Officer. It also includes deadlines that must be met in order to appear at those hearings.
• Planning and Transportation, Fee Schedule (effective 3-14-2022)