Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Great Bend Township, Minnesota

Rules another office applies inside Great Bend Township

Great Bend 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

  Buildings and structures inside Great Bend township: county zoning ordinance requires a setback permit; no county building-code permit requirement was located.

  • Setback permit only; state building code permitting not verified.
  • Where an SSTS permit is required, it must be issued before the setback permit.
  • Section 8 text itself was not retrieved; the requirement rests on the ordinance title and the SSTS ordinance.

  “an ordinance requiring setback permits for buildings, structures, and the uses thereof; establishing minimum lot sizes, front, rear, and side yard setbacks”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Great Bend township, Cottonwood County, MN: Cottonwood County Zoning Ordinance No. 28 applies because it covers all area outside the incorporated limits of municipalities (a township is not an incorporated municipality). This is the county's ordinance, not a township ordinance.

  • No official Great Bend township zoning ordinance or no-zoning statement was found; the township was not confirmed to lack its own zoning.
  • Land owned or leased by the federal or state government is exempt under Minn. Stat. 394.24, subd. 3.
  • Ordinance amended through 2016 per its revision list; current amendments not checked.

  “this ordinance shall apply to all the area of cottonwood county outside the incorporated limits of municipalities, except land owned or leased by the federal or state government”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems inside Great Bend township: Cottonwood County Environmental Office administers the SSTS program.

  • Excludes incorporated areas with a county-approved SSTS program.
  • Systems over 10,000 gallons per day need an MPCA permit.
  • SSTS permit required for new, replacement or altered systems.

  “the cottonwood county environmental office shall administer the ssts program and all provisions of this ordinance.”

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.