Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Fillmore Township, Michigan

Fillmore Township’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Fillmore township's unincorporated parts, which the township zoning ordinance covers

  • The ordinance text was found on energyzoning.org, a third-party host, not on the township site; the township's adopted text should be confirmed.
  • Original effective date September 1, 2007; amendments listed through August 2011.

  “no building or structure, or part thereof, shall hereafter be erected, constructed, demolished, removed, or altered, and no land use commenced or continued”

• Zoning districtsPartial

  Zoning districts of Fillmore township

  • The district names are listed in the ordinance, but the boundaries are on a township map that was not located or opened; that map is needed for parcel-level answers.

  “the boundaries of fillmore township zoning districts are shown on a map adopted by the fillmore township board of trustees.”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  R-1 single family residential district inside Fillmore township

  • Lot areas are increased in areas unserved by public or other approved community water and/or sewage facilities, as required by the Allegan County health department (chapter 16, paragraph before section 16.18).
  • The schedule table extracted with misaligned columns; confirm against the township's own copy.

  minimum lot area: >= 20000 sq ft · minimum lot width: >= 100 ft

  “r-1 single family 20,000 100’ 2.5 r-2 single family 12,000 80’”

  2 more reviewed findings on this topic

  • Specified — RE rural estate residential district inside Fillmore township

    “re rural estate 2 acres 200’ 2.5 35’ r-1 single family 20,000 100’”

  • Specified — A-1 exclusive agriculture district inside Fillmore township

    “a-1 exclusive ag 20 acres 660’ 2.5 35’ 50’a 20/40’d 30’”

• Building heightSpecified

  A-1 exclusive agriculture district inside Fillmore township

  • Height is shown in the schedule of regulations as 2.5 stories and 35 ft; column alignment is uncertain in the extracted text.

  maximum building height: <= 35 ft · maximum stories: <= 2.5 stories

  “a-1 exclusive ag 20 acres 660’ 2.5 35’ 50’a 20/40’d 30’”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — RE rural estate residential district inside Fillmore township

    “re rural estate 2 acres 200’ 2.5 35’ r-1 single family 20,000 100’”

Rules another office applies inside Fillmore Township

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

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  On-site sewage disposal for land inside Fillmore township that is unserved by public or approved community sewer; the county health rules apply there

  • Allegan County water and sewage regulations apply; the township ordinance defers lot-area increases to county health department requirements.

  “in areas unserved by public or other approved community water and/or sewage facilities, the minimum lot areas required by this ordinance shall be increased to include any additional area deemed necessary by the appropriate allegan county health department requirements to insure safe water supply and/or adequate sewage disposal.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building permits for new homes inside Fillmore township
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder construction in Fillmore township
• Building code adopted — Building code adoption for construction in Fillmore township
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Fillmore township
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy for new homes inside Fillmore 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.