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

Rules another office applies inside Neuchatel Township

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

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Neuchatel township that is unincorporated and outside the Seneca and Sabetha extraterritorial zoning areas, where the Nemaha County Land Development Code applies because no township zoning was located

  • The code applies to all unincorporated areas of Nemaha County, Kansas.
  • Land in the Seneca and Sabetha extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction areas is excluded from the county code, so the county code does not apply there.
  • Whether any part of Neuchatel township falls inside the Seneca or Sabetha extraterritorial areas was not verified; those boundaries are shown only on map images in appendices b and c, which were not readable in the text extraction.
  • The code is a county zoning ordinance, not a township ordinance; it is recorded here with the county as rule-maker.
  • The code states its intent that no building-permit requirements be added to the code.

  “except as otherwise provided herein, 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 districtsPartial

  Land inside Neuchatel township that is unincorporated and outside the Seneca and Sabetha extraterritorial zoning areas (the ag agricultural district)

  • All unincorporated county land is classified in the ag agricultural district.
  • The Seneca and Sabetha extraterritorial areas are excluded from the county code.
  • The full district list in section 1-105 and the district regulations beyond the ag classification were not extracted, so the district set is only partly confirmed.

  “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 map amendments and conditional use permits under the county code for land inside Neuchatel township outside the Seneca and Sabetha extraterritorial areas; this is not a building-permit process

  • Applications go to the zoning administrator in writing and require payment of an application fee set by the governing body.
  • The fee amount is not stated in the code text that was read.
  • The code states that no requirements for building permits are added to it, so this passage does not describe a building-permit process.

  “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.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building permits for new homes in unincorporated Nemaha County, including Neuchatel township
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for building work in unincorporated Nemaha County, including Neuchatel township
• Building code adopted — Which building code, if any, applies to new homes in Neuchatel township
• Inspections — Building inspections of new homes in unincorporated Nemaha County, including Neuchatel township
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy in unincorporated Nemaha County, including Neuchatel 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.