Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of Aviston, Illinois

Village of Aviston’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Construction on land inside Aviston village limits, under the village building and zoning permit

  • Construction may proceed only after the building and zoning permit is issued.
  • The permit is good for one year from the date of issuance, according to the same village application.
  • The application must include a legal description of the property and a site plan of the proposed construction.

  “before beginning any construction, a building & zoning permit must be obtained from the zoning administrator.”

• Building code adoptedPartial

  Business and commercial structures inside Aviston village only; residential code adoption was not found

  • The village requires commercial plans to be signed and sealed by an Illinois registered architect or engineer.
  • Whether the village adopted the Illinois building code as its own ordinance was not confirmed; the application only refers to the code for commercial plans.

  “all business or commercial structures must present plans that are signed and sealed by an illinois registered architect or engineer and accommodate illinois building code 2006”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Aviston village limits: village building and zoning permits are checked against the village zoning code by the village zoning administrator

  • A permit is not issued if the application does not comply with the zoning code. The applicant may then appeal to the planning commission, request a variance, or request a zoning amendment.
  • The text of the village zoning code was not located on the village site or on Municode, eCode360 or American Legal Publishing, so district standards are not recorded in this claim.

  “if the zoning administrator determines that your application does not comply with the requirements of the zoning code, a permit will not be issued.”

• Permit feesPublished (with conditions)

  Village building and zoning permits, sidewalk, sign and miscellaneous permits, and zoning board and planning commission fees for Aviston village

  • The fee table is in an undated PDF uploaded in 2019-08. The extracted text does not reliably pair each amount with its line item, so no individual fee is recorded as a parameter.
  • Fees must be confirmed with village hall before filing.

  “village of aviston filing fees permit fees: single-family residence multi-family residence commercial structure industrial structure”

• Permit processPartial

  Building and zoning permit applications inside Aviston village limits

  • The application must be made by the property owner, the owner's authorized agent, or the owner of the structure.
  • Plans, legal description, site plan and fees are required. The zoning administrator reviews the application, and the planning commission hears appeals, variances and amendments.
  • The published process is partial: the zoning code, plan requirements and review steps are not fully set out in the available text.

  “application for permit must be made by the owner of the property on which the construction is to take place, his duly authorized agent, or the owner of the structure to be constructed.”

Rules another office applies inside Village of Aviston

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

• Who permits septicMixed (with conditions)

  Private sewage disposal systems with no surface discharge on land inside Aviston village limits; the statewide IDPH rule applies there

  • The Illinois Department of Public Health regulates installation of these systems statewide.
  • About 90 local health agencies in Illinois also review sewage system plans, by local ordinance or as IDPH's agent. Whether the Clinton County health department is one of them for Aviston village was not confirmed on an official page.
  • A third-party permit guide names the Clinton County Health Department for sewage permits in unincorporated areas. It was not relied on.

  “the illinois department of public health (idph) regulates the installation of all private sewage disposal systems that have no surface discharge”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of Aviston or Clinton County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption from permits for work inside Aviston village limits
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy approval for new construction inside Aviston village limits
• Zoning districts — Zoning districts and zoning map for Aviston village
• Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling size for the main single-family residential district inside Aviston village limits
• Minimum lot size — Minimum lot size for the main single-family residential district inside Aviston village limits

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.