Huntington County, Indiana
The official government website for Huntington County, Indiana
Community Development
COVID-19 Update:
Our Department is closed to the public, but we are still here to serve you. We will still be processing permits through Schneider Permitting and taking inspections through voicemail, please call (260)358-4840 and leave your name, phone number, address of the inspection, and what inspection is needed and a staff member will get back to you as soon as we can. If you need to submit any other paperwork please see the staff directory for our emails or mail items to us at
DCD
201 N. Jefferson St. Room 204
Huntington, IN 46750
Thank you for understanding through these weeks ahead!
Vision Statement
"To protect and enhance the quality of life of the citizens of Huntington County."
Mission Statement
Inform Decision Makers about planning, zoning, and building matters. Provide the best professional planning and building code advice. Offer accurate and detailed information, advantages and disadvantages, and the impacts of all developments.
Inform the Public about planning, zoning, and building matters. Make the information on hand easily accessible. Keep the public informed of pending changes in planning, zoning, and building codes and regulations.
Recognize that all citizens of Huntington County are our Customers. As such, the Department is committed to a high standard of Public Service, offering quality service to the citizens that visit the Department as well as those who do not.
Provide for Equitable, Consistent, and Fair development. Inform the customer what they can do, not what they cannot do. Always be consistent in the information provided.
Constantly Search for a Better Way by investigating improvements in services offered and how services are provided.
- Answer planning, zoning, building, and development questions
- Review and issue building permits
- Review all rezoning, special exception, variance, subdivision, development plan, and livestock operation applications that are filed
- Prepare amendments to codes and ordinances to maintain compliance with state law
- License electrical contractors
- Conduct unsafe building inspections
- Assign new house and building addresses
- Serve as floodplain administrator for the county and towns
- Update and maintain Comprehensive Plans for the county and towns
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