IC 9-21-19
    Chapter 19. Entrances to State Highways From Private Property

IC 9-21-19-1
Permit requirements
    Sec. 1. A person may not:
        (1) construct a private entrance, driveway, or approachconnecting with a highway in the state highway system or thestate maintained route through a city or town; or
        (2) cut or remove a curb along a highway;
without a written permit from the Indiana department oftransportation. The action must be in accordance with the rules andrequirements of the department.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

IC 9-21-19-2
Rules and requirements for entrances; adoption
    Sec. 2. The Indiana department of transportation shall adopt rulesand requirements for private entrances, driveways, and approachesnecessary to provide for drainage of the highway, preservation of thehighway, and the safety and convenience of traffic on the highway.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

IC 9-21-19-3
Structures connected to entrances; minimum distance fromhighway; requirements
    Sec. 3. The rules and requirements adopted under section 2 of thischapter may include the minimum distance that gasoline pumps,buildings, and other structures to which private entrances, driveways,or approaches make a connection may be placed next to the propertyline of the state highway or next to the outside edge of sidewalksalong routes through incorporated cities and towns.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

IC 9-21-19-4
Supervision of work by department of transportation; constructionexpenses
    Sec. 4. All work on private entrances, driveways, and approachesshall be done under the supervision and to the satisfaction of theIndiana department of transportation. The entire expense ofconstructing private entrances, driveways, and approaches shall bepaid by the person to whom a permit is given.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

IC 9-21-19-5
Bond or cash deposit
    Sec. 5. The Indiana department of transportation may require,before granting a permit, that a sufficient bond be given or cashdeposit be made with the Indiana department of transportation toensure the carrying out of the terms of the permit. The bond or

deposit shall be returned when the requirements of the permit havebeen met.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

IC 9-21-19-6
Maintenance and repair of entrances; removal of entrances atowner's expense
    Sec. 6. The owners or occupants of property abutting a statehighway shall maintain and keep in repair all private entrances,driveways, and approaches. Private entrances, driveways, andapproaches may not be constructed or maintained in a manner thatobstructs or interferes with the highway, traffic, or a drain or ditchthat has been constructed on or that serves the highway. An owner oroccupant of abutting property shall remove private entrances,driveways, and approaches at the owner's expense when requested todo so by the Indiana department of transportation.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

IC 9-21-19-7
Construction or reconstruction of state highways; inclusion ofconstruction of public and existing private approaches anddrainage structures in improvement; location of drives; duties ofowner
    Sec. 7. When a highway in the state highway system or the statemaintained route through a city or town is constructed orreconstructed, the construction of all public road approaches andexisting private approaches, together with the drainage structuresrequired for the road's protection, shall be included as a part of theimprovement of the highway or state maintained route. The Indianadepartment of transportation may require the changing of the locationof existing drives, in the interest of safety to the motoring public,when the highway is constructed or reconstructed. The owner oroccupant of the abutting property shall make a change in locationunder the direction of the Indiana department of transportation. Uponthe completion of the highway, the owners or occupants of adjoininglands shall keep in repair all private entrances, driveways, andapproaches from highways.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

IC 9-21-19-8
Violations; Class C infraction
    Sec. 8. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class Cinfraction.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.