An ordinance is: A law or an act of a city, municipality or local government agency. City Councils have authority to pass ordinances through the Municipal Home Rule Act IC 36-1-3, as long as these ordinances do not conflict with the laws and Constitution of the State of Indiana or of the United States. It is the most binding form of action a City Council can take. Violating an ordinance may be a misdemeanor unless an ordinance makes it an infraction.
The City of North Vernon Code of Ordinances is the city's primary code. Secondary codes include other codes adopted by reference (e.g. international building code, animal control, etc.) Adopting by reference means adopting a code that another agency such as the county or the state has previously written and adopted.
Ordinances are codified and become part of the municipal code after the City Council's second reading and adoption.
All zoning ordinances, including subdivision ordinances for the City of North Vernon are maintained by Area Plan Commission through Jennings County. You can obtain those ordinances online here. Or, you may call their office at 812.352.3005.
In reference to the documents listed below, in 2016 the City of North Vernon hired American Legal Publishing Corporation to assemble our code of ordinances into a book. Our ordinances are categorized below with the electronic book in one category (ordinance booklet) and the other category (ordinances-additional) with ordinances that have been approved and passed after the book was published.

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Ordinance Booklet13 documents
- OrdiananceBooklet-Cover Page.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Table of Contents.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Title 1 General Provisions.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Title 3 Administration.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Title 5 Public Works.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Title 7 Traffice Code.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Title 9 General Regulations.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Title 13 General Offenses.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Title 15 Land Usage.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Index.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Parallel References.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Table of Special Ordinances.pdf
- OrdinanceBooklet-Title 11 Business Regulations.pdf
Ordinances- Additional18 documents
20187 documents
- Ordianace 970-2018 Increase in Water Rates.pdf
- Ordinance 898 970 Clarifying and Ammending.pdf
- Ordinance 969-2018 Fees Associated in Public Right of Ways.pdf
- Ordinance 971-2018 Monthly Billing Fees for Services.pdf
- Ordinance 972-2018 Vacating Part of Popular Street.pdf
- Ordinance 973-2018 Local Income Tax Uses.pdf
- Ordinance 977-2018 Festival and Special Events Committee.pdf