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

Rules another office applies inside Village of Bellmont

Village of Bellmont 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 septicState (with conditions)

  Private sewage (septic) systems on land inside Bellmont village, Wabash County, IL: the statewide Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) private sewage code applies

  • Source is the IDPH compilation of the Private Sewage Disposal Act and Code, dated 3-27-2014; the current code version was not confirmed.
  • Whether the Wabash County Health Department (Mt. Carmel) administers permits and inspections for Bellmont under the state code was NOT verified on an official page; a directory listing says so but is not official. Value may need to become mixed or health-district after verification.
  • No Bellmont village sewage ordinance was located.

  “the department shall promulgate and publish and may from time to time amend a private sewage disposal code which shall include minimum standards for the design, construction, materials, operation and maintenance of private sewage disposal systems”

• Septic permitRequired

  Installing a new private sewage (septic) system on land inside Bellmont village, Wabash County, IL, under the statewide Act and code

  • Installation may proceed only after approval is issued; this is a conditional requirement, not a ban.
  • Quoted from a 2014 IDPH compilation of the statute; the current text was not verified.
  • The local permit-issuing office for Wabash County was not confirmed on an official page.

  “no new private sewage disposal system shall be installed by any person until drawings, specifications and other information requested by the department are submitted to and reviewed by the department and found to comply with the private sewage disposal code, and until approval for the installation of such system is issued by the department.”

• Off-grid sanitationLimited

  Homes inside Bellmont village with no reasonably available public sewer: private sewage disposal is allowed only if it complies with the statewide Act and code

  • Allowed only where the sewer is not reasonably available; the statute says disposal to a sewer is required if reasonably available.
  • Quoted from a 2014 IDPH compilation; current text not verified.
  • No Bellmont village rule on off-grid sanitation was located.

  “human wastes and domestic sewage from such buildings and places shall be disposed of by discharging into a sewerage system operated and maintained under permit of the illinois environmental protection agency, if reasonably available, or if such sewerage system is not available then such disposal shall be in compliance with this act and the private sewage disposal code promulgated under this act.”

• Mandatory utility hookupSewer (with conditions)

  New homes inside Bellmont village: where a public sanitary sewer is reasonably available, the statewide rule requires connection rather than a private system; water connection was not found

  • Applies only where a sanitary sewer operated under an Illinois EPA permit exists; whether one serves Bellmont village was not verified.
  • The 300-foot figure is an IDPH septic-approval availability test; it is not a village mandate to connect.
  • Water connection rule for Bellmont was not located; value covers sewer only.
  • Quoted from a 2014 IDPH compilation of 77 Ill. Adm. Code 905; current text not verified.

  sanitary sewer availability distance, residential property: <= 300 feet (unless a physical barrier or local ordinance exists that prevents connection to the sewer)

  “new or renovated private sewage disposal systems shall not be approved where a sanitary sewer operated and maintained under permit of the illinois environmental protection agency is available for connection. a sanitary sewer is available for connection when it is within 300 feet of a residential property or a non-residential property with a sewage flow less than 1500 gallons per day, or within 1000 feet of a non-residential property with a sewage flow greater than or equal to 1500 gallons per day, unless a physical barrier or local ordinance exists that prevents connection to the sewer.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — New residential construction inside Bellmont village
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder permit exemption for homes inside Bellmont village
• Building code adopted — Land inside Bellmont village: which building code, if any, the village adopts
• Inspections — Inspections of new construction inside Bellmont village
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy approval for new homes inside Bellmont village

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.