Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Glasco, Kansas

Glasco’s own rules

• Living in an RVLimited

  Recreational vehicles placed in Glasco's unnumbered A-zone special flood-hazard areas

  • Applies only to sites within unnumbered A zones on the community FIRM or FHBM.
  • The RV must be on site fewer than 180 consecutive days, be fully licensed and ready for highway use, or meet the ordinance's manufactured-home permitting, elevation, and anchoring requirements.
  • An RV is ready for highway use only if it is on wheels or a jacking system, connected only by quick-disconnect utilities and security devices, and has no permanently attached additions.

  maximum consecutive days on site: < 180 days (Alternative compliance is full licensing and highway-ready status, or manufactured-home permitting, elevation, and anchoring compliance.)

  “Require that recreational vehicles placed on sites within unnumbered A zones on the community's FIRM or FHBM either: 1. Be on the site for fewer than 180 consecutive days, or 2. Be fully licensed and ready for highway use*; or 3. Meet the permitting, elevating, and the anchoring requirements for manufactured homes of this ordinance.”

• Off-grid sanitationLimited

  On-site waste-disposal systems in Glasco's unnumbered A-zone special flood-hazard areas

  • Applies only to lands identified as unnumbered A zones on the July 16, 2014 FIRM or FHBM, as amended, and future revisions.
  • On-site waste-disposal systems must be located to avoid impairment or contamination during flooding.

  “New or replacement water supply systems and/or sanitary sewage systems be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems and discharges from the systems into flood waters, and on-site waste disposal systems be located so as to avoid impairment or contamination from them during flooding;”

• Subdividing landLimited

  Subdivision proposals and other new development in Glasco's special flood-hazard areas

  • Applies to subdivision proposals and other proposed new development located within special flood-hazard areas.
  • Proposals must minimize flood damage, protect public utilities and facilities from flood damage, provide adequate drainage, and provide base-flood-elevation data for proposals of five acres or fifty lots, whichever is lesser.

  proposal threshold requiring base flood elevation data: 5 acres (Also applies at fifty lots; whichever is lesser.) · proposal threshold requiring base flood elevation data: 50 lots (Also applies at five acres; whichever is lesser.)

  “Subdivision proposals and other proposed new development, including manufactured home parks or subdivisions, located within special flood hazard areas are required to assure that: (1) All such proposals are consistent with the need to minimize flood damage; (2) All public utilities and facilities, such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems are located and constructed to minimize or eliminate flood damage; (3) Adequate drainage is provided so as to reduce exposure to flood hazards; and (4) All proposals for development, including proposals for manufactured home parks and subdivisions, of five (5) acres or fifty (50) lots, whichever is lesser, include within such proposals base flood elevation data.”

• Building in a floodplainRequired

  Development in lands within Glasco identified as unnumbered A zones on the July 16, 2014 FIRM or FHBM, as amended, and future revisions

  • A floodplain-development permit issued by the City Council or its duly designated representative is required before development.
  • Development must comply with the ordinance and other applicable regulations.
  • The Utility Superintendent is appointed Floodplain Administrator.

  “In all areas covered by this ordinance, no development shall be permitted, except through the issuance of a floodplain development permit, granted by the City Council or its duly designated representative under such safeguards and restrictions as the City Council or the designated representative may reasonably impose for the promotion and maintenance of the general welfare, health of the inhabitants of the community, and as specifically noted in Article 4.”

• Permit processPartial

  Floodplain-development permits in Glasco's unnumbered A-zone special flood-hazard areas

  • The applicant must file a written application on the prescribed form.
  • The application must identify the site and proposed work, intended use or occupancy, assessed and fair-market values, existing base-flood elevation and proposed-development elevation, other required information, plans and specifications, and the permittee or authorized agent's signature.

  “To obtain a floodplain development permit, the applicant shall first file an application in writing on a form furnished for that purpose. Every floodplain development permit application shall: 1. Describe the land on which the proposed work is to be done by lot, block and tract, house and street address, or similar description that will readily identify and specifically locate the proposed building or work;”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Glasco or Cloud County directly.

• Building permit — Residential construction inside Glasco city limits
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built residences inside Glasco city limits
• Building code adopted — Buildings inside Glasco city limits
• Inspections — Buildings inside Glasco city limits
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of buildings inside Glasco city 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.