Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Wilberton Township, Illinois

Rules another office applies inside Wilberton Township

Wilberton Township 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 septicLocal (with conditions)

  Private sewage disposal systems serving land inside Wilberton Township.

  • The proposed system must meet the Illinois Department of Public Health Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act and Code.

  “The Fayette County Health Department is a [...] unit of the local government of Fayette County, Illinois. [...] newly constructed septic system inspections and permits”

• Septic permitRequired

  Installation or renovation of a private sewage disposal system serving land inside Wilberton Township.

  • A Private Sewage Disposal System Plan Review Application and $75.00 application fee must be submitted before installation.
  • The proposed system must meet the Illinois Department of Public Health Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act and Code.
  • The applicant must give the Division of Environmental Health 48-hour notification before installation.

  application fee: 75 USD · pre-installation notification: 48 hours

  “Before a private sewage disposal system can be installed, a [...] Plan Review Application and a $75.00 application fee must be submitted.”

• Well permitRequired

  New private water wells serving land inside Wilberton Township.

  • An Illinois Department of Public Health Application for Permit to Construct, Modify or Abandon a Water Well and a $100.00 application fee payable to the Illinois Department of Public Health must be submitted.
  • The proposed well must meet the Illinois Water Well Construction Code.
  • The applicant must give the Division of Environmental Health 48-hour notification before installation.

  application fee: 100 USD (payable to the Illinois Department of Public Health) · pre-installation notification: 48 hours

  “Before a private water well can be installed, [...] the $100.00 application fee [...] must be submitted.”

• Building in a floodplainRequired

  Construction inside Wilberton Township when the site is in a regulated floodway: streams with drainage areas of at least one square mile in urban areas or ten square miles in rural areas.

  • The state Division must permit the construction before it begins.
  • For a qualifying statewide or regional permit, no application submission is needed if all permit limits are met.
  • If no floodway has been delineated, the Division generally requires permits for work anywhere in the floodplain.

  urban stream drainage-area threshold: >= 1 square mile · rural stream drainage-area threshold: >= 10 square miles

  “All construction activities in the floodways of streams [...] must be permitted by the Division prior to construction.”

• Permit processPartial

  Private sewage and private-well installation processes serving land inside Wilberton Township.

  • The septic process requires plan-review application, a $75.00 fee, code compliance, permit issuance, and 48-hour notification.
  • The well process requires the state application, $100.00 fee, code compliance, permit issuance, and 48-hour notification.

  “48 hour notification to the Division of Environmental health”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Wilberton Township or Fayette County directly.

• Building permit — Residential construction inside Wilberton Township.
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built homes inside Wilberton Township.
• Building code adopted — Residential construction inside Wilberton Township.
• Inspections — Residential building inspections inside Wilberton Township.
• Certificate of occupancy — New residential occupancy inside Wilberton Township.

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.