PREMISES REQUIREMENTS

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code tit. IV, ch. 931, art. III

in effect

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 931-301 Parking spaces and aisles when attendant parking does not occur.

Sec. 931-301. - Parking spaces and aisles when attendant parking does not occur. Where attendant parking is not accomplished with regard to a motor vehicle, the part of the commercial parking facility used for the parking of vehicles shall have conspicuously marked parking spaces which shall open directly upon an aisle of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space. Motor vehicles shall not be parked in such aisles. (G.O. 183, 1997, § 15)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 931-302 Surfacing and barriers.

Sec. 931-302. - Surfacing and barriers. (a) The ground or floor surface of every commercial parking facility shall be covered with concrete, brick, stone slab, asphaltic pavement or a similar durable and dust-free surface that meets the approval of the division of inspections. The ground or floor surface of the commercial parking facility shall be such as to provide a smooth, level surface for parking and shall be free of depressions, gaps, holes or similar surface aberrations. On due cause shown, the division of inspections may, in writing, allow the use, for a period of time not exceeding six (6) months after the commercial parking facility is opened, of a commercial parking facility that does not conform to this subsection. (b) The motor vehicle parking area in every commercial parking facility shall be enclosed by barriers, except at places of entrance and exit. If a motor vehicle parking and storage area abuts a building, barriers shall be erected to prevent motor vehicles from striking the building. Such barriers shall be sufficient to stop a motor vehicle rolling at a rate of speed of five (5) miles per hour. The division of construction and business services, upon written request by the registrant, shall have the power to modify or waive this subsection where it is deemed by the division to be unnecessary and unreasonably burdensome. (G.O. 183, 1997, § 15; G.O. 3, 2002, § 75; G.O. 63, 2009, § 153; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 931-303 Entrances, exits and required reservoir area.

Sec. 931-303. - Entrances, exits and required reservoir area. (a) Each commercial parking facility shall have at least one (1) entrance and exit, which may or may not be combined, and which shall be adequate to afford safe and efficient ingress and egress to the commercial parking facility. (b) Each commercial parking facility shall have a motor vehicle reservoir area at each entrance at which a ticket or claim check is given, a fee is paid, or the registrant under this chapter takes physical control of the motor vehicle for the purpose of handling it. In commercial parking facilities that consist of less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of area used for aisles and parking, the motor vehicle reservoir area shall contain three (3), nine-foot by twenty-foot spaces. In all other commercial parking facilities, the motor vehicle reservoir area shall consist of four (4), nine-foot by twenty-foot spaces. The motor vehicle reservoir area shall be conspicuously outlined with pavement paint and shall not be used for the parking or storage of motor vehicles, except when all parking spaces are filled. On good cause shown, the division of construction and business services may, in writing, allow the use of a commercial parking facility that has a motor vehicle reservoir area that does not conform to the requirements of this subsection. (G.O. 183, 1997, § 15; G.O. 3, 2002, § 75; G.O. 63, 2009, § 153; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 931-304 Lighting.

Sec. 931-304. - Lighting. Lighting devices used to illuminate a commercial parking facility shall be so located, shielded and directed that they do not glare onto or interfere with street traffic or adjacent property uses. (G.O. 183, 1997, § 15)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 931-305 Rate signs required.

Sec. 931-305. - Rate signs required. (a) At each commercial parking facility at which a fee is charged other than by parking meters, a rate sign or signs that complies with the requirements of this section shall be maintained at each entrance during hours of operation. (b) A primary sign shall show, at a minimum, the following information: (1) The rate charged for parking; a. If the facility charges a flat rate for parking, collected at the time of entrance into the facility, the "flat rate charge" shall be displayed in figures not less than eight (8) inches in height; or b. If the facility charges on the basis of the time elapsed from entrance into the facility until exit from the facility, the "hourly charge" for the first hour of parking and daily maximum rates shall be displayed in figures not less than six (6) inches in height. (2) If the facility charges rates that vary from time to time or event to event such sign shall be changed to reflect the charges being made currently. (c) A secondary sign is required: (1) To be prominently displayed which identifies the towing company's name and telephone number in the event that wrongfully parked vehicles are towed, and (2) For all facilities which charge an hourly rate displaying the rates and methods of calculation of the total charges in letters and figures not less than four (4) inches in height and placed so as to be easily read by motorist entering the facility. (d) If the entrance to a parking facility is from a one-way street, only one primary sign is required, placed so as to be visible to approaching vehicles. If the entrance to a parking facility is from a street with two-way traffic, the signage must be visible to approaching vehicles from each direction. (e) Any licensee, his agent or employee who charges a rate in excess of that posted at the time a vehicle entered the facility violates this section. The first violation in a twelve-month period shall be subject to admission of violation and payment of the designated civil penalty of $100 through the ordinance violations bureau in accordance with chapter 103 of this Code. A second and subsequent violations in a twelve-month period are subject to the enforcement procedures and penalties provided in section 103-3 of this Code. (f) All signs required by this section shall comply with all other applicable zoning ordinances and restrictions. (G.O. 183, 1997, § 15; G.O. 86, 2003, § 1)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 931-306 Landscaping requirements for commercial parking facilities not in a building.

Sec. 931-306. - Landscaping requirements for commercial parking facilities not in a building. (a) Any commercial parking facility that was constructed or placed in operation after July 1, 1971, and in which motor vehicles are not parked within a building, shall comply with the landscape requirements of this section. Any commercial parking facility that was constructed or placed in operation on or before July 1, 1971, and in which motor vehicles are not parked within a building, shall not be altered or modified so as to put it in further conflict with this section. If, however, a provision of a zoning ordinance, variance grant, parole covenant or commitment imposes a more stringent landscape and screening requirement than is found in this section, the provisions of the zoning ordinance, variance grant, parole covenant or commitment shall be controlling. (b) Yard requirements include the following. (1) Ten (10) percent of the lot surface area shall be devoted to yard area. "Lot surface area" shall not be considered to include a street right-of-way. Each yard shall be planted and adequately maintained in ground cover, which may include grass, and shrubbery or trees and shall be raised and defined by a six-inch curb. (2) Part of the yard area requirement shall be met by providing and maintaining a yard (bufferyard) at least five (5) feet in depth along each property line, except at places of entrance and exit, which is contiguous to a street or residential district. For the purpose of this subsection, the term "street" shall mean all designated streets except for any street that is less than thirty (30) feet in width and located within the geographic area bounded by North, East, South and West Streets. (3) An architectural screen may be permitted in lieu of the bufferyard, upon approval of the division of construction and business services as to design, material and placement of the architectural screen. The architectural screen shall be a wall or fence of ornamental block or brick, or a combination thereof. For each linear foot of architectural screen, the required number of square feet of yard area shall be reduced by two (2) square feet. (c) Tree requirements include the following. (1) A minimum of one (1) live tree of a three-inch caliper size or larger for every two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of lot surface area shall be planted and maintained. The trees shall be located in the yard area. (2) Where an architectural screen is not permitted in lieu of a bufferyard, one (1) of the required trees shall be planted and maintained in the bufferyard for each fifty (50) linear feet of bufferyard. (d) The division of construction and business services, upon request by the registrant and upon receiving a suitable alternative plan that meets the general objectives of this section, shall have the power to modify or waive, in writing, any landscape requirements that are deemed by the division to be unfeasible or unreasonably burdensome. (G.O. 183, 1997, § 15; G.O. 3, 2002, § 76; G.O. 63, 2009, § 154; 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=TITIVBUCORELI_CH931COPAFA_ARTIIIPRREFetched: 10/27/2026