Definitions.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 645-571
in effectSec. 645-571. - Definitions.
For the purpose of this division, the following words shall have the definitions ascribed to them in this section:
Department means the department of public works.
Division of construction and business services or division means the division of construction and business services of the department of business and neighborhood services.
Encroachment means an intrusion by an inanimate object on, under, over, or upon the public right-of-way. However, the following intrusions shall not be deemed to be an encroachment:
(1) Motor vehicles, bicycles, and similar devices that are regularly moved from place to place;
(2) Landscaping for which a permit has been secured pursuant to chapter 701 of this Code;
(3) Temporary signs advertising the sale of real estate that comply with zoning restrictions;
(4) Pipes, conduits, wires, fiber optic lines, antennae, poles, ducts, and other like fixtures and appurtenances that are owned and used by a public utility and that are used in connection with transmitting, receiving, distributing, offering, and providing utility services and that are registered in accordance with chapter 645 of this Code; and
(5) Pipes, conduits, wires, fiber optic lines and other like fixtures and appurtenances that are owned by the landowner and are used to receive utility services from a public utility or from the City of Indianapolis.
If one (1) or more encroaching objects are attached to and from a part of the same structure or thing, taken collectively, they shall be considered as only one (1) encroachment.
(Code 1975, § 28-251; G.O. 171, 1999, § 1; G.O. 15, 2001, § 116; G.O. 3, 2002, § 35; G.O. 63, 2009, § 78; 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_DIV3LIEN_S645-571DEFetched: 10/27/2026