Planning Department

Mission Statement

To provide the City of Lebanon with proper administration and planning of land use, to issue permits for residential, commercial, and industrial structures, and to safeguard the homes, businesses, schools, churches, and industry against unsanitary and unsafe areas in the City of Lebanon.

The Planning Department is responsible for issuing Building Permits, setting up and regulating Building Inspections, Floodplain Administrator, Code Enforcement, Implementing and Regulating Planning and Zoning for the City. We are staff for the Lebanon Plan Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals and the Historic Preservation Commission. We oversee and administer the Blight Elimination Grant, Brownfields Grant, and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (Active Living Initiative).

2019 50/50 Sidewalk Replacement Cost Share Program

2019 50/50 Sidewalk Replacement Cost Share Program Petition

Floodplain Management

Why is Floodplain Management so important?

While many areas have flood problems, floodplain lands can be valuable community assets. That natural resources that are contained in these areas, as well as the natural functions of these resources, can contribute to overall quality of life. When floodplain areas are left in or restored to a natural state, they can not only reduce the severity of flooding, but better handle storm water runoff and help prevent pollution of the natural water system

Floodplain or Floodway?

The floodway is a channel of a river or stream and those portions of the land adjoining the channel which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the peak flow of the regulatory (100-year) flood. The areas adjoining the channel which have been or may be covered by the regulatory flood is the floodway fringe. The floodplain includes both the floodway and the floodway fringe districts. Generally, the floodway should be kept clear of structures and other impediments to drainage flow. Floodway fringe areas may have drainage.

Elevation Certificate – SOP

Flood Ordinance

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.

Contact

401 S Meridian St
Lebanon, IN 46052

Phone: (765) 482-8845
Fax: (765) 482-8873

News

Downtown Brakeman Building Gets Plan Commission’s “OK”

A four-story mixed-use building could be under construction as early as the spring of 2021, after getting the go-ahead from the Lebanon Plan Commission.

Governor in Attendance for MonoSol Lebanon Grand Opening

{Story Content Courtesy: The Lebanon Reporter} Governor Eric Holcomb, Mayor Matt Gentry and several others raised a glass to the new MonoSol plant in Lebanon on Thursday. The grand opening, complete with a toast and “film”-cutting ceremony, was supposed to take place...

Consulting Firm Shares “Old Holiday Inn Site” Potential

At the July 13th, 2020 meeting of the Lebanon Redevelopment Commission, Tom Hazinski from HVS Convention, Sports & Entertainment Facilities Consulting shared the firm's findings on the property at the intersection of I-65 and State Road 39. Data was gathered for...

City Honoring Native American Heritage, Unveiling “Stone Eater Bike Park”

Presenting, in Lebanon, Indiana: Stone Eater Bike Park! The Lebanon Engineering Department thanks everyone that engaged in the Bike Park Name and Logo conversation. People overwhelmingly voting for the Black and Gold ~ Prairie Creek Bike Park logo/name (see previous...

Staff


			
			
				Ben Bontrager
				Planning Director
				
				 bbontrager@lebanon.in.gov


			
			
				Gary Riner
				City Inspector
				
				griner@Lebanon.IN.gov


			
			
				Makada Love
				Code Enforcement Inspector 
				
				mlove@lebanon.in.gov


			
			
				Derek Warren
				 Deputy Director
				
				dwarren@lebanon.in.gov


			
			
				Kristi Spencer
				Executive Assistant
				
				kspencer@lebanon.in.gov

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