Use any of our "Contact Us" methods to report your complaint

Information Needed

• What is the address of the property in violation?
• Where is the violation located on the property?
• Can the violation can be seen from a public right of way?
  • If not, will you sign a Consent to Enter form granting permission for the Inspector to view the Violation from your property?
    • If so, an appointment will be scheduled.
• Are there any potential hazards or dangers we should be aware of?

Other Concerns

• County Weed Control (812) 435-5777
• County Trash Control (812) 435-5695
• Zoning and Sign Information (812) 435-5226
• Abandoned Vehicles (812) 435-5226
• Fences (812) 435-5226
• Air Quality (812) 435-6145
• Mold and Lead Paint (812) 435-5695

• Detail D1 - Drive Approach 

Fun Facts about Water...

• It takes approximately 1 gallon of water to cook a hamburger
• A person can live more than a month without food, but can only live approximately 1 week without water (depending on conditions)
• It takes 2-7 gallons of water to flush a toilet
• It takes 2 gallons of water to brush your teeth
• 1 person uses 50 gallons of water daily
• 75% of a chicken is water
• 80% of a pineapple is water
• 70% of an elephant is water
• 80% of an ear of corn is water

Kids' Stuff & Activities

Learn about the Water Cycle and other interesting facts visit these websites with your kids...

• The GroundWater Foundation
• Kidzone
• United States EPA
• NASA Kids' Club
• Enchanted Learning
• Dr. Reese Ickles Laboratory
• The Recycle Guys "In the Bin"
• The Recycle Guys "At the Supermarket"
• The Recycle Guys "Afterlife"
• Enviroville

The Common Council of the City of Evansville, Indiana will hold its regular meetings for 2025 at 5:30 p.m. on the dates listed below. The meetings will be held in Room 301 of the City/County Administration Building, 1 N.W. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.  A separate notice will be sent to the media for any cancellations or special meetings scheduled.

                         PDF Schedule Common Council Meetings for 2025

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The William H. Miller Law Library is proud to be affiliated with the following organizations:

• American Association of Law Libraries
• Indiana State Bar Association 
• Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries 

2021 Fall Flag Football Standings

2021 Fall Flag Football Schedule/Scores

Central Dispatch handles public safety radio communications for Evansville and Vanderburgh County.

 We dispatch for:

• Evansville Police Department
• Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office
• Evansville Fire Department
• Scott Township Volunteer Fire Department
• McCutchanville Volunteer Fire Department
• Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department
• German Township Fire Department

We also handle occasional radio traffic with various other local city and county departments and state and federal agencies, including:

• Animal Care & Control
• Evansville Regional Airport Security
• Indiana State Police
• Ohio Valley Search and Rescue
• Indiana State Excise Police
• Street Maintenance (Board of Public Works)
• County Highway Department
• City Meter (Parking) Police
• City of Evansville/Vanderburgh County Emergency Management Agency
• Federal Bureau of Investigations
• U.S. Secret Service

News Release

Contact: Andrew Stoner
(317) 383-6852

Don't get burned when buying firewood

Indianapolis - It's easy to get burned when buying firewood, especially when the buyer has received less than they bargained for, according to the Weights and Measures Division of the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH).

Firewood is sold in large amount throughout Indiana until the end of the winter heating season, but many people are buying measurements of firewood that are not defined and less than state requirements. The ISDH's Weights and Measures reminds Hoosiers that firewood must be sold in measurements of "cords" - or 128 cubic feet of firewood.

According to the ISDH, firewood sellers often try to sell their products using terms such as 'truckload," "face cord," "rack," "rick" or "pile." None of these terms, however, is an official measurement of anything meaning the buyer can get burned not ever knowing for sure how much actual firewood they are purchasing for the advertised price.

A "cord" of firewood can be stacked and measured to make sure you're getting what you pay for. For example, a "cord" of firewood when stacked could be a pile that is either:

• 4 feet wide, 4 feet high and 8 feet long (4' x 4' x 8' = 128') or
• 2 feet wide, 4 feet high and 16 feet long (2' x 4' x 16' = 128')

There are, of course, other ways to stack the firewood the make sure of its measurement, but its width times its height when stacked should always equal 128 cubic feet for a "cord" of firewood.

Buyers should be weary of sellers offering sub-units or portions of cords" of firewood. Firewood can only be sold in a "cord" measurement.

To protect yourself, buyers should ask for a written receipt of their firewood purchase that indicates the seller's name, address and phone number; the price, amount and kind of wood purchased; and the buyer should try to record the license plate number of the delivery vehicle.

Other tips include:

• Take the time to measure the amount of firewood you have purchased before burning any of it;
• Ask the seller to stack the wood out for you in a 128 cubic foot configuration (there may be a cost for this service, however);
• Take photographs of the stack of wood if you believe you have been sold less than a "cord",
• Contact the seller immediately with any problems you discover before burning any of the wood; and,
• If the problem cannot be resolved, contact your local Weights and Measures official.

The Help Desk is the first step in the process for the end user to obtain support or help in the areas of software and hardware remediation.

All end user requests are taken through the Help Desk Line.  This allows the user to obtain a work order number and technician assignment.

The Help Desk also provides support to the City of Evansville and Vanderburgh County departments in the procurement process.  

The Help Desk assists departments in developing specifications and obtaining quotes for hardware and software.  These products consist of desktop computers, laptops, peripherals, printers, software and related components. 

Help Desk contact information available on the intranet.

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Thursday- Competitive YMCA Court 2

Thursday- Recreational/Intermediate, CK Newsome Center

Use any of our "Contact Us" methods to report your complaint

Information Needed

• What is the address of the property in violation?
• Where is the violation located on the property?
• Can the violation can be seen from a public right of way?
  • If not, will you sign a Consent to Enter form granting permission for the Inspector to view the Violation from your property?
    • If so, an appointment will be scheduled.
• Are there any potential hazards or dangers we should be aware of?

Other Concerns

• County Weed Control (812) 435-5777
• County Trash Control (812) 435-5695
• Zoning and Sign Information (812) 435-5226
• Abandoned Vehicles (812) 435-5226
• Fences (812) 435-5226
• Air Quality (812) 435-6145
• Mold and Lead Paint (812) 435-5695

MS4 General Permit Regulations were adopted by Indiana Department of Environmental Management. 

his mechanism is in the form of a local ordinance giving the authority to the MS4 to regulate illegal dumping, pollution originating from activity on construction sites as well as requirements for long term stormwater pollution control measures on all new development and redevelopment sites.

The City of Evansville has created and adopted two ordinances to regulate these requirements. An ordinance to regulate the pollution created by construction site run off and post development runoff and an ordinance to regulate the illegal discharge into our storm system of pollutants. The following links can be accessed to view the ordinances in their entirety.

• Construction and Post Construction
• Illicit Discharge
• Notice of Intent
• Storm Water Quality Management Plan and Water Quality Characterization Report
• Municipal Operations Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
• MS4 General Permit and Construction Site General Permit

REPORT A POLLUTER!!!!!!

If you see anyone polluting our streams or dumping into a storm drain notify us at 812-436-4977.

The City Engineer's Office will be enforcing the Illicit Discharge Ordinance with regard to yard waste.

An Illicit Discharge is defined as follows:

"ILLICIT DISCHARGE" means any discharge to a municipal separate storm sewer (MS4) conveyance that is not composed entirely of storm water, except naturally occurring floatable, such as leaves or tree limbs that are not deliberately concentrated. Sources of illicit discharges include sanitary wastewater, septic tank effluent, car wash wastewater, oil disposal, radiator flushing disposal, laundry wastewater, roadway accident spillage, household hazardous wastes, and deliberately concentrated yard waste.

PLEASE TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS NOT TO DIRECT THEIR YARD WASTE TO THE STREETS, DITCHES, CURBS, SIDEWALKS AND/OR STORM DRAINS.

The start of 2017 has already been a very active and tragic year in weather. The Weather Channel stated that, “the number of severe weather reports is more than double the average to date.” As of May 3^rd, there has been a reported preliminary count of 650 tornadoes. Leading, for the most confirmed tornadoes so far this year, is Georgia. They have had 55 confirmed tornadoes, as of April 5^th. The state of Georgia also broke its record for the most tornadoes in a two-day span from the severe weather outbreak that occurred on January 21^st & 22^nd. Tragically, there have been 32 deaths related to tornadoes, 16 of those in the state of Georgia alone. Furthermore, The Weather Channel also states that the, “severe thunderstorms are largely responsible for the record number of U.S. billion-dollar weather-related disasters in the first three months of 2017.” Not only has this severe weather season been very active, it has also been slightly unusual. The states of Massachusetts and Wisconsin both have had tornadoes reported; the earliest in a year since their record-keeping began.

This proves the fact that severe weather can happen almost anywhere and anytime; the time to be prepared is now. With the year not even halfway over, we can expect to see even more severe weather. Is your community’s warning system up to date and ready? Give us a call today and we will get to work on your early warning system! 

Sources:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/newm.html

https://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/tornadoes-january-february-march-2017-fast-start

https://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/severe-weather-hail-tornado-wind-damage-2017-mid-april

https://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/georgia-most-tornadoes-so-far-2017

Click here to be directed to an interactive map of current projects (Beta Version).

** Please see the below the estimated Walnut Street Construction timeline:

• PHASE 1:  US 41 to Weinbach Avenue
  Construction is complete.  
• PHASE 2:  Weinbach to Vann Avenue
  Construction is ongoing. Expected Completion by the end of 2023 
• Phase 3:  US 41 to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
  Project has been bid and awarded to Blankenberger 
• Phase I at US 41 will start by the end of July 2023. 
  Utility relocations have begun. 

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Site Plan Requirements

The Building Commission examines and approves residential and commercial site plans for compliance with building codes and local requirements. Site plans are required to be submitted dimensioned, drawn to scale, and include project specifications.

The following details should be included on a site plan:

• Lot dimensions
• Street right-of-way widths
• Existing easements and widths
• Street pavement widths
• Sidewalk location
• Location and dimensions of existing structures on site
• Dimensions of proposed buildings and/or accessory structures
• Dimensions between buildings and between buildings and property lines
• Size and location of proposed curb cuts and existing curb cuts within 50 feet
• Dimensioned parking for all site plans except single-family residences
• List of units and bedrooms for apartments, square footage for commercial/industrial buildings
• Lot number and subdivision or a legal description of the parcel
• Street address
• Scale
• North arrow
• Date
• Signature of person certifying plan

Site Grading Plan Requirements

In addition to the information required for the site plan, a site grading plan shall be submitted when any one of the following conditions exist:

• Parcel is located within 75 feet of a “regulated drain”.
• Parcel is in or partially in the 100-year floodplain.
• Parcel is within 50 feet of a natural drain or watercourse.
• Parcel is within an area of localized flooding indicated by flood protection grades (FPG) on the subdivision plat or as determined by the Building Commission.

Site grading plans are required to be submitted dimensioned, drawn to scale, and include project specifications.

The following details should be included on a site grading plan:

• Original ground contours (dashed) at two-and-one-half-foot or closer intervals on and within 100 feet of the lot to be built upon.
• Final contours (solid) at one-foot intervals on and within 50 feet of lot to be built upon.
• Location, size and invert elevation of drainage structures within 100 feet of the site.
• Centerline elevation of road and sidewalk elevations adjacent to the lot opposite lot corners and at high or low points.
• Present and proposed drainage ditches crossing or adjacent to the site with flow line elevations opposite lot lines including high points of swales between lots and flow direction arrows.
• Minimum allowable flood protection grade (FPG) from floodplain map, subdivision plat or drainage study
• Proposed grades of lowest floors (includes garages, basements, or crawl spaces if constructed on fill) grades must be based on USGS datum.
• The site grading plan must be prepared and certified by a professional engineer or professional land surveyor, registered in the State of Indiana.
• If a retaining wall over six feet high will be used, the detail drawings of the wall shall be attached, certified by a professional engineer.

If the Building Commission is unable to achieve positive results to improve a property through our voluntary compliance segment of enforcement, the first level of increased enforcement is an Administrative Hearing before the Hearing Officer.

• This occurs when a building has deteriorated to a point that warrants removal by demolition either by voluntary action of the owner or through a hearing process.   
• Each month open property maintenance cases are reviewed and properties with on-going uncorrected violations are issued Orders for correction with a hearing date. 
• The hearings are then held. The Hearing Officer hears evidence from the City and the building owner as well as interested parties.
• The Hearing Officer then may affirm (agree with the department’s recommendation), modify (change conditions of the order) or rescind the order (void the order).
• The Hearing Officer also has the authority to require Performance Bonds, impose Ordinance Violation Fines and Civil Penalties for willful non-compliance with an Order.
• These hearings are held in Room 307 of the Civic Center at 1:00 PM on a monthly basis and are open to the public.

Installing the VPN for Civicnet Access from your home computer

– This only done the first time you want to use Remote Access. 

Open an Internet browser and enter the following in the address bar:  https://vpn.evansville.in.gov

 Select your GROUP from the drop-down list

Select:

USERS - if you had an active VPN account prior to 03/13/2020 and it did not use your CIVICNET credentials

USERS_AD - if you are new VPN user, 03/13/2020 or LATER, using your CIVICNET credentials

VENDOR = EXISTING VENDORS WITH VPN ACCOUNTS

If you are in the USERS_AD group enter:
-Just your civicnet username in the Username field
-Your civicnet password with a comma and "push" after it with no quotes or spaces in the Password field. For example: password1!,push

If you are in the USERS group -
    your VPN Username and password

Click “Login” 

Accept any security prompts you may see.  The Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client should begin to automatically download and install.  If the download does not start automatically, click DOWNLOAD FOR WINDOWS (if on Windows, Mac if on Mac):

Once the install is finished, you should see the message that the Connection Established, and that The Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client has successfully connected. 

You can now close the browser window. 

Notes

• To use Remote Desktop on an Apple device you must download the Microsoft Remote Desktop application from the Apple Store.
• The AnyConnect VPN icon will appear in the bottom right of screen.  The globe with yellow padlock indicates Anyconnect VPN is connected.  Right-Click icon to disconnect or quit AnyConnect.

 This completes the AnyConnect installation.

A. Burial space: Any space within the Cemetery used or intended to be sued for the interment of human remains and includes crypts, niches, and earthen interments.

B. Burial space owner: Any person in whose name a burial space is of record as owner in the office of the Cemetery.

C. Cemetery: All land and structures comprising Oak Hill Cemetery and Locust Hill Cemetery.

D. Cemetery Purposes: Any and all things requisite or necessary for or incident or convenient to the establishment, maintenance, management, operation, improvement, and conduct of a Cemetery, the preparation for interment and the interment of the human dead, and the care, preservation, and embellishment of Cemetery property.

E. Columbarium: A structure, room or space in a building or structure used or intended to be used for the interment of cremated human remains.

F. Community Mausoleum or columbarium: A Mausoleum or columbarium in which interment rights are, or have been offered for sale to the general public.

G. Cremation: The incineration of the body of a deceased person.

H. Crematory: A building or structure, within which the remains of deceased persons are, or are intended to be cremated.

I. Crypt: A chamber in a Mausoleum of sufficient size to entomb the uncremated remains of a deceased person.

J. Human Remains: The body of a deceased person, and includes the body in any stage of decomposition and cremated remains.

K. Interment: Any lawful disposition of the remains of a deceased person.

L. Lot: Four (4) or more burial spaces in a consecutive row.

M. Mausoleum: A structure or building used, or intended to be used for the interment of human remains in crypts, vaults or niches, including a columbarium.

N. Niche: A space in a columbarium, used or intended to be used, for the interment of the cremated remains of one or more deceased persons.

O. Superintendent: The person appointed by the Mayor for the purpose of managing the Cemetery.

P. Board of Public Works, City of Evansville: Persons duly appointed by the Mayor, and qualified pursuant to law, to serve as the governing body of the Cemetery. (Referred to as “Board” in the remainder of this document).

Construction Site Runoff Control

Vanderburgh County and IDEM regulate construction projects that disturb one acre or more of land. Storm water runoff from construction sites picks up pollutants like trash, chemicals, oils, and dirt/sediment that can harm our rivers, streams, and lakes. To protect these resources, communities, construction companies, industries, and others, use storm water controls, known as best management practices (BMPs). These BMPs filter out pollutants and/or prevent pollution by controlling them at their source. Refer to the County Codes for more information:

• Chapter 13.04 Storm Water Drainage Control
• Chapter 13.05 Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control

Vanderburgh County Construction Forms:

Due to the nature of land development, it is a leading cause of off-site sedimentation. As vegetative cover is removed from a site during construction activities, erosion and sedimentation can take place if the construction activities are not managed properly. To attempt to reduce these erosion and sedimentation problems, regulations that require erosion and sediment controls and storm water pollution prevention plans are required by IDEM’s Construction Stormwater General Permit (CSGP), formerly called a Rule 5 Permit.

Contractor Training

A part of Vanderburgh County’s MS4 Program is to provide training to contractors on erosion and sediment control best management practices (BMPs). Storm water runoff from construction sites picks up pollutants like trash, chemicals, oils, and dirt/sediment that can harm our rivers, streams, and lakes. To protect these resources, communities, construction companies, industries, and others, use BMPs. These BMPs control pollutants and/or prevent pollution by controlling them at their source.

Contractor Training Videos:

• Proper Concrete Washout Procedures (For Contractors)
• Site Access and Preparation
• Storm Water Run Off/ Run On
• Surface Stabilization
• Outlet Protection and Grade Stabilization
• Temporary Inlet and Curb Protection

The inspections of ongoing construction sites are completed locally by the Vanderburgh County Engineering Department.  Any questions regarding inspections, or any requests for inspections due to failed erosion control measures, should be directed to the County Engineering Department at 812-435-5773 or by email to engineer@vanderburghgov.org.

Riverside Preservation Area

Lincolnshire Conservation District