Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Town of Little Creek, Delaware

Town of Little Creek’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Little Creek town limits. The town administers its own zoning ordinance, which is the source of the certificate of zoning compliance required before a building permit.

  • Certificate of zoning compliance from the town is required before a building permit is granted (Section 1.2 of the town ordinances).
  • Town Land Use and Development Ordinance is listed on the town documents page as adopted 2/3/2022, but the town legal notice says it was posted 1/13/2022 and refers to adoption on Jan. 12, 2022. The adoption date is unresolved, so effective_at is null.
  • The Land Development Ordinance PDF exceeds the 10 MB open limit and was not read; its district standards are not verified here.

  “1.2: before a building permit shall be granted under section 1.1, a certificate of zoning compliance shall be obtained from the town of little creek as provided in the town of little creek zoning ordinances.”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Land inside Little Creek town limits

  • The zoning map is listed as revised and adopted in 2016; the district list and standards in the 2022 Land Development Ordinance were not read.

  “little creek town ordinance updated 3/1/2021 zoning map revised and adopted 2016”

Rules another office applies inside Town of Little Creek

Town of Little Creek does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Building permitRequired

  Construction, addition, alteration or repair of buildings on land inside Little Creek town limits. Kent County Building Permits Office issues the permit under the town ordinance; this rule applies inside Little Creek town only.

  • A certificate of zoning compliance from the town must be obtained before the county grants the building permit (Section 1.2).
  • Kent County's municipal page says Little Creek requires a town permit or town letter of approval before the county will issue a building permit.
  • Exterior work on additions and renovations must be completed within twelve months of permit issuance; one three-month extension may be approved by the town board and an additional three-months for good cause (Section 1.3-1.4).
  • Scope note: the schema does not allow geography municipality-specific for a county authority, so district-specific is used to mark that the rule applies only inside the town.

  exterior completion deadline after permit issuance: 12 months (one 3-month extension by the town board if work diligently pursued; additional 3-month extension for good cause)

  “towns which kent county issues building permits, but does not enforce their zoning these city/towns require you obtain a city/town permit or city/town letter of approval to provide kent county to obtain a building permit:”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Town of Little Creek or Kent County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder construction in Little Creek town
• Building code adopted — Construction in Little Creek town
• Inspections — Construction in Little Creek town
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of new buildings in Little Creek town
• Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling size in Little Creek town, residential districts

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.