Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Laketown Township, Minnesota

Laketown Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Construction of buildings or building additions inside Laketown Township; Laketown directs building-permit applicants to Carver County Land Management.

  • The cited zoning provision expressly includes decks and signs as building additions.
  • The same provision also covers sewage-treatment-system installation or alteration and grading or filling not exempted by § 152.132.

  “A permit is required for the construction of buildings or building additions (including construction of decks and signs), the installation and/or alteration of sewage treatment systems, and those grading and filling activities not exempted by § 152.132 of this chapter.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Laketown Township, Carver County, Minnesota, where Laketown Township states that County ordinances are applicable.

  • Carver County's zoning code supplies the applicable zoning controls.
  • For zoning variances, the Township Board considers the request and makes a recommendation to Carver County; township variance requests are managed by Carver County Land Management.

  “Requests within townships are managed by the Carver County Land Management Department.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems inside Laketown Township, where Laketown states County ordinances apply.

  • The County Environmental Services Department administers the SSTS program and all provisions of County Code Chapter 52.
  • Installation or alteration of a sewage treatment system requires a permit under County Code § 152.134(A)(1).

  “The County Environmental Services Department is authorized to administer the SSTS program and all provisions of this chapter.”

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.