Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Home Township, Kansas

Rules another office applies inside Home Township

Home 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

  Building permits under the county zoning code for land in unincorporated Home township

  • The zoning code states it adds no building-permit requirements.
  • Building permits are mentioned only for conditional-use development plans, which must be approved before a permit issues.
  • Building permit or building code requirements under any other law were not established in this research.

  “to be clear, it is the intent of the board of county commissioners that no broader zoning regulations be added to this code and no requirements for building permits be added to this code.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Home township, Nemaha County, Kansas, that is unincorporated and outside any city's zoning or extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction. County zoning applies here because no Home township zoning ordinance was located. This is a county rule, not a township ordinance.

  • No Home township zoning ordinance was located in research; this county code is the zoning that applies inside the township.
  • The code applies to unincorporated areas and to incorporated areas where a city has not enacted zoning.
  • Areas inside the Seneca and Sabetha extraterritorial zoning jurisdictions are excluded from the code.
  • The code states it does not add building-permit requirements (see building_permit_requirement claim).

  “this code shall apply to all unincorporated areas and all incorporated areas of nemaha county, kansas where a city has not enacted zoning regulations in accordance with the laws of the state of kansas.”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning districts for land in unincorporated Nemaha County, which includes Home township if it is unincorporated and outside the Seneca and Sabetha extraterritorial areas

  • The code classifies all of the county in one district, the ag agricultural district.
  • Areas inside the Seneca and Sabetha extraterritorial zoning jurisdictions are not subject to this code and are shown on separate maps (Appendix B and C).

  “all areas of the county are zoned “ag” agricultural district except for those areas included in the extraterritorial zoning jurisdictions for seneca, kansas and sabetha, kansas.”

• Permit processPartial

  Zoning permit and conditional-use process in unincorporated Home township

  • The published process covers conditional-use applications and development plans only.
  • The general building permit process is not in this code.

  “no building permit shall be issued for a conditional use permit until the property has been zoned and the development plan for the entire property and/or each phase of development has been approved in accordance with the provisions of this code.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Home Township or Nemaha County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for a home built by the owner inside Home township
• Building code adopted — Adoption of a building code for new construction inside Home township
• Inspections — Building inspections for new homes inside Home township
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes inside Home township
• Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling size in the ag district for unincorporated Home township

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.