Procedure upon conveyance of premises.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 645-556
in effectSec. 645-556. - Procedure upon conveyance of premises.
(a) Any person to whom a permit has been issued pursuant to this division or who has given a bond for the occupation and use of space under, on or above any public way, place or sidewalk pursuant to a permit or a resolution of the division of construction and business services of the department of business and neighborhood services, and who has conveyed his or her interest in the premises for which the permit is issued, shall notify in writing the division of such conveyance, together with the name and address of the purchaser thereof.
(b) Upon giving the notice required by subsection (a), the person or his or her successor may secure from the division of construction and business services, on the recommendation of the administrator as assigned by the deputy director of such division, a permit to remove or close up any coalhole, stairway, elevator, structure, bridge, tunnel, opening or any other use maintained on, below or above the sidewalk or public way, and to restore the place and public way to a condition similar to the balance of the sidewalk, street or public place in front of the premises. Upon completion of the work, subject to the approval of the division, all liability under the bond theretofore given by such person shall cease and determine, except as to any acts happening or causes of action accruing prior to or during the removal or closing of all such openings or structures. If, however, the purchaser shall pay the permit transfer fee provided for by this division and also shall execute a new bond conditioned as aforesaid, a permit may be issued to the purchaser covering the continued use of and changes in the permitted use specified in the original permit, and it shall not be necessary in such event for the person to whom the original permit was issued to close up the opening or to terminate the use, but the filing of the new bond and the securing of a new permit by the purchaser shall act as a release of the original permittee for any future liability under the bond originally given by him, in like manner as if the opening had been closed or other things had been done by him or her according to the approval of the and the division, except as to any causes of action accruing prior to the filing of such new bond.
(c) A bond may not be required to be filed, in the discretion of the division of construction and business services, in cases where there are to be no further uses of any such structures and no openings of any kind are to be left and to remain in the sidewalk over the subsidewalk space, or where the vault used in connection with any opening does not exceed fifteen (15) feet in depth and the sidewalk over it is supported at all times as approved by the administrator as assigned by the deputy director of the division.
(Code 1975, § 28-236; G.O. 15, 2001, § 115; G.O. 3, 2002, § 34; G.O. 63, 2009, § 77; 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_S645-556PRUPCOPRFetched: 10/27/2026