Hammond

Minimum lot sizes for each residential district in the Hammond zoning code. Lake County.

7,500 sq ft

Largest standard district (R-1)

6,250 sq ft

Median standard district

4,800 sq ft

Smallest by-right single-family lot

3 residential districts recorded · 1 source document. Largest, median, and smallest use the standard residential ladder only.

Every residential district in the code, largest minimum to smallest. Values assume municipal sewer unless a note says otherwise.

District	Min lot (sq ft)	SFD by right	Basis	Source	Notes
R-1	7,500	Yes	stated	Hammond Zoning Ordinance (Ord 8514)	Single Family Residential
R-1U	4,800	Yes	stated	Hammond Zoning Ordinance	Urban Single Family; SMALLEST SF by right
R-2	6,250	Yes	stated	Hammond Zoning Ordinance	Two Family district; SF likely permitted; verify

Off-street parking the code requires for a single-family home.

Spaces required per home

Yes

Garage space counts toward it

Detail	2/du; MAXIMUM 4 per SF dwelling
Source	§20.43

Whether an accessory dwelling unit (a second, smaller home on the same lot) is allowed.

Silent

Most permissive pathway available

Detached ADU

Attached or interior ADU

"Silent" means the code contains no ADU provision at all. That is not an explicit ban, but in practice an ADU is not permitted.

Source documents

Hammond IN - Zoning Ordinance (Ord 8514)

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