Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Edgerton, Kansas

Edgerton’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Structures inside Edgerton city limits that produce sanitary sewage

  • Building permit issuance for sewage-producing structures is conditioned on a prior city sanitary sewer construction and connection permit.
  • The chapter states that building permit fees are set by council resolution; the fee schedule was not opened.

  “no building permit for any structure or building to be located within the city in which sanitary sewage will, or may, originate shall be issued until the applicant, or the applicant's agent, has previously applied for and received from the city a sanitary sewer construction and connection permit”

• Building code adoptedAdopted

  Construction inside Edgerton city limits: Edgerton's building code chapter adopts the International Plumbing Code with local amendments.

  • The chapter amends the IPC section by section (for example section 1103.3 on storm water connections to sanitary sewers). The specific edition years were not verified on an opened official page.

  “there is hereby adopted the international plumbing code 2018, published by the international code council”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Edgerton city limits: Edgerton adopts and amends its own Unified Development Code (UDC), which includes zoning articles.

  • Only the UDC articles amended by ordinance were confirmed here (Article 9 land use determination procedures, Articles 4 and 5 use permissions). Dimensional and district rules were not opened.

  “an ordinance adopting the planning commission's recommendation to approve an amendment to the city of edgerton unified development code article 9”

• Off-grid sanitationLimited

  Private sewage disposal (septic tanks, privies, cesspools) inside Edgerton city limits

  • Section 15-203 prohibits such facilities except as provided by the article.
  • Section 15-204 requires connection to a public sewer within 100 feet; section 15-212 requires a private system to be maintained in a sanitary manner.

  “except as provided by this article, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for disposal of sewage.”

• Mandatory utility hookupSewer (with conditions)

  Houses and buildings inside Edgerton city limits that abut a street with a public sanitary sewer

  • Applies only when the public sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.
  • When a public sewer becomes available to a property on a private sewage system, a direct connection is required and the building sewer must connect within sixty (60) days (sections 15-211 and 15-213).
  • Water: section 15-105 requires a written application to the city clerk before any connection to the city water system; no mandatory water connection rule was found.

  public sewer distance: <= 100 feet (measured to property line)

  “is hereby required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the property public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this article, provided that the public sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.”

• Permit feesVariable (with conditions)

  Building permits issued by Edgerton city

  • Fees are set by council resolution, so the fee schedule is not in the code text.
  • Plan review fee is sixty-five percent of the building permit fee, per the Chapter IV amendment (same page, plan review paragraph).
  • The current fee resolution was not located or opened.

  “the fee for each building permit shall be as set forth by resolution of the city council.”

• Permit processPartial

  Building permit applications in Edgerton city

  • Applications with no permit issued within 180 days expire; the building official may grant one extension of up to 180 days on written request.
  • Process steps beyond these were not fully opened; the application contents include contractor licensing and an entrance/right-of-way application.

  permit application expiration: 180 days (one extension of up to 180 days on written request)

  “applications for which no permit is issued within 180 days following the date of application shall expire by limitation”

Still unanswered

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

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builders of homes inside Edgerton city limits
• Inspections — New residential construction inside Edgerton city limits
• Certificate of occupancy — New homes inside Edgerton city limits
• Zoning districts — Zoning district map and district list for land inside Edgerton city limits
• Minimum dwelling size — Single-family dwellings inside Edgerton 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.