Revocation of permits.

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 645-553

in effect

Sec. 645-553. - Revocation of permits. (a) All permits issued pursuant to this division shall be at all times subject to revocation, in whole or in part, by the division of construction and business services of the department of business and neighborhood services, whenever the division, on its own motion or upon the recommendation of other city or state officials, shall consider it necessary or advisable to have any vault, space, opening or other use of any street authorized by any such permit, or any other use, to be removed and vacated in order to secure the public safety or so that it may be used for any public purpose, including uses by any public utilities, or because of the construction or maintenance of a subway or elevated structure for transportation purposes in, under or near the public way or public place in which the vault, space, opening, bridge or tunnel is located, or other use made of any street, or for the purpose of moving, constructing or maintaining rails, sewers, mains, conduits, pipes, tubes, wires, poles or other structures of any kind, because of the construction or maintenance of the subway or elevation for transportation purposes, or for any other public utility uses. (b) No permit shall be issued under this division, except under the condition and the agreement of the party to whom the permit is issued that the vault or space, wherever so located, or any portion thereof, and all or any appurtenances thereto, or any other uses so required to be used for such public purposes, shall be vacated and removed within thirty (30) days after the division shall have given notice of revocation of the permit to continue such prior and existing uses, and that in case such party fails to vacate the space, vault or other use, or such portions thereof as are specified in the notice, the division may revoke the further use and maintenance thereof and may cause the use to be vacated and removed and made secure, as ordered, at the expense of the party to whom the permit was issued, or it may enjoin and abate the use by appropriate action, and all expenses incurred or damages or judgments incurred or paid by the city, on account thereof shall be borne by such party and shall be paid to the city upon demand, or be recovered by action thereon. (c) If any person who has secured a permit pursuant to this division shall fail or neglect to comply with any of the terms of this division or this Code at any time, the permit may be revoked by the division or by the mayor, and it shall be revoked by the division in all cases, unless otherwise provided by law, where the division, in the exercise of its discretion, has determined that such revocation is proper or necessary for the public safety or welfare. (Code 1975, § 28-233; G.O. 15, 2001, § 114; G.O. 3, 2002, § 33; G.O. 63, 2009, § 76; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIPUHEWE_CH645PURI-W_ARTVUSOCPUWA_DIV2OVSUUS_S645-553REPEFetched: 10/27/2026