Within the Starke County Economic Development Foundation, there are numerous resources
available to assist in your housing plans, relocation issues, entertainment, business
structures and more. Choose from the following links or call us if you have any
questions or need additional information of any kind.
Tax phase-in (tax abatement) is available for revitalization areas in Starke County.
For information about eligibility and the tax phase-in process, refer to the Tax Abatement & Criteria document.
Once tax-phase-in is granted, there are local annual reporting documents that must
be filed.
Each community in Starke County has jurisdiction over its own zoning and building
permit regulations, so depending on the proposed location, you will need to contact
the office in each community that handles this. Those offices would be as follows:
City of Knox
Greg Matt
101 West Washington Street
Knox, Indiana 46534
574-772-5445
A copy of the Knox Zoning Ordinance can be found here.
Town of North Judson
204 Keller Avenue
North Judson, Indiana 46366
574-896-2711
Town of Hamlet
10 South Starke Street
Hamlet, Indiana 46532
574-867-3541
Starke County
Bruce Williams
55 East Mound Street
Knox, Indiana 46534
574-772-9133
Starke County has also adopted a Building Code Ordinance modeled after the State
of Indiana Code and a copy of that ordinance can be found here and the County Zoning Ordinance can be found here.
In addition to a local building permit, the State of Indiana also issues building
permits through the Indiana Office of
Homeland Security and information concerning that process can be found here.
In the event that your business deals with food processing, storage or distribution,
you may also need to secure a permit from the Starke County Health Department, which
office is located at 53 East Washington Street, Knox, Indiana 46534, telephone 574-772-9175.
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