Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Orange Township, Indiana

Rules another office applies inside Orange Township

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

• Building permitLimited

  Structures and improvements on unincorporated land inside Orange Township, Fayette County, Indiana, within the Fayette County Area Plan Commission jurisdiction.

  • An improvement location permit is required before a structure or improvement is altered, changed, placed, erected, or located.
  • The Executive Director may issue an improvement location permit that includes a building-permit authorization by the Fayette County Building Inspector.
  • The proposed structure, improvement, or use and its location must conform with the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code.
  • This evidence does not establish a separate building-permit requirement for parcels within an incorporated municipality that overlaps Orange Township.

  “The Executive Director shall issue an improvement location permit, upon written application, when the proposed structure, improvement or use and its location conform in all respects to the Zoning Code, Subdivision Code, and Thoroughfare Plan of Fayette County, and Connersville and Glenwood, Indiana. The Executive Director may issue an improvement location permit, which may include a building permit authorization by the Fayette County Building Inspector.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Unincorporated land inside Orange Township, Fayette County, Indiana, within the Fayette County Area Plan Commission jurisdiction.

  • The structure, improvement, or land use and its location must conform with the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code.
  • An improvement location permit must be obtained from the Executive Director by the owner or the owner's agent.
  • This claim does not establish the rule applicable to a parcel within an incorporated municipality that overlaps Orange Township.

  “Within the jurisdiction of the Fayette County Area Plan Commission, no structure, improvement, or use of land may be altered, changed, placed, erected, or located on platted or unplatted lands, unless the structure, improvement, or use, and its location, conform with the Comprehensive Plan of Fayette County, Indiana, Connersville, and the Zoning Code of Fayette County, Indiana, Connersville, and an improvement location permit for such structure, improvement, or use has been obtained from the Executive Director by the owner(s) of the property or his or her agent.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Residential on-site sewage disposal systems proposed for unincorporated land inside Orange Township, Fayette County, Indiana, within the Fayette County Area Plan Commission jurisdiction.

  • The Fayette County Health Officer's minimum sewage-disposal and water-supply standards must be met before an improvement location permit application may be approved.
  • The Fayette County Health Department's residential on-site sewage application identifies the proposed home's township and requests soil-profile reports, septic plans or drawings, and easements.
  • This claim concerns onsite sewage systems and does not establish requirements for a property served by sanitary sewer or located within an incorporated municipality that overlaps Orange Township.

  “An application for an improvement location permit for any use shall not be approved until it has been ascertained by the Executive Director that the proposed use meets the minimum standards for a sewage disposal system and water supply system as required by the Fayette County Health Officer.”

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.