Lebanon City Planning Department:
About Us

The Planning Department is responsible for issuing Building Permits, setting up and regulating Building Inspections, code enforcement, and implementing and regulating planning and zoning for the City.

Building Permits are required for commercial and residential sites for new construction, alterations, additions, signage, storage buildings, and swimming pools. Complete plans must be submitted to the Planning Department for review and compliance before a permit will be issued.

Building Inspections are required when a permit is pulled.

All Electrical and Heating & Air Contractors must take a test through our office and pass, pay a $30.00 License fee, provide a $10,000 licensing bond, and certificate of insurance to do work in the City limits of Lebanon. Plumbing Contractors must register with our office; pay a $25.00 License fee, a copy of your State of Indiana State Plumbing License, provide a $10,000 licensing bond, and certificate of insurance.

Intent and Purpose of the Zoning Ordinance

The purpose of this Zoning Ordinance is to regulate the use and development of land within the jurisdiction of the City of Lebanon. It is intended to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and more specifically to:

1. Guide future growth and development in accordance with the Lebanon Comprehensive Plan;
2. Reduce traffic congestion in public streets;
3. Secure safety from fire, flood and other dangers;
4. Provide adequate light and air;
5. Prevent the overcrowding of land and avoid undue concentration of population;
6. Facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks, and other public requirements;
7. Avoid scattered and uncontrolled development of land that would result in excessive expenditure of public funds for the supply of community services;
8. Protect the historic and architectural heritage of the city;
9. Provide for performance standards for the emission of pollutants into the air, water, and ground; and
10. Protect the natural resources of the City of Lebanon.

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