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

Rules another office applies inside Oil Township

Oil 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 permitRequired

  Structures and land use inside Oil township (unincorporated Perry County) under the county improvement location permit

  • Construction must start within one year and be completed within two years
  • A building permit will not be issued until any required water/sewage permit is issued
  • Permit fees vary
  • Oil township assumed unincorporated and outside the two-mile areas of Cannelton, Tell City and Troy

  “an improvement location permit shall be obtained before any person may; -occupy or use any vacant land, -occupy or use any structure hereafter contrasted, reconstructed, moved, or enlarged”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Oil township (unincorporated Perry County, IN), where the Perry County zoning ordinance (Chapter 153) applies; no township-adopted zoning ordinance was found

  • Applies to unincorporated land outside two miles of Cannelton, Tell City and Troy, where those cities exercise jurisdiction by authorization
  • Oil township is assumed to be unincorporated land; the sources do not name it
  • No Oil township zoning ordinance was found; this is the county's ordinance, not the township's

  “this chapter shall apply to all unincorporated land within the county, except that in accord with state law, the board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, authorize a city or town to establish jurisdiction over all or any part of the unincorporated land within two miles from the corporate limits of the city or town.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Residential sewage disposal systems inside Oil township (unincorporated Perry County), approved by the Perry County health inspector

  • Approval is required before a residential structure is permitted
  • Oil township assumed unincorporated land covered by the county

  “before a residential structure is permitted, a sewage disposal system must be approved by the perry county health inspector.”

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.