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

Rules another office applies inside Lund Township

Lund 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 permitRequired

  Building, moving, adding to or altering a structure inside Lund township, MN; permit issued by Douglas County Land and Resource Management

  • Not needed in most cases for re-shingling, re-siding, or replacing windows or doors outside floodplain, or for remodeling that does not affect the exterior footprint.
  • Processing takes a minimum of 15 business days; work may not start until the permit is received on site.
  • Applies outside city limits and outside Alexandria Township, which issues its own permits.

  processing time: >= 15 business days

  “a land use permit (commonly referred to as a building permit, or construction site permit) is required on properties located outside of city limits and alexandria township if you are: building a structure”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Lund township, MN. Zoning there is the Douglas County zoning ordinance, which covers land outside city limits. No Lund township ordinance was found.

  • Inferred from the county ordinance covering all land outside cities and from the county naming only Alexandria Township as handling its own permitting; no Lund-specific statement was found.
  • The county page's only township exception is Alexandria Township.

  “an ordinance regulating use of land in douglas county lying outside the incorporated limits of any city.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems on land inside Lund township, MN, administered by Douglas County Land and Resource Management

  • The county ordinance does not apply in areas that run their own SSTS program by ordinance at least as strict as the county's; no such Lund program was found.
  • Lund is not named in the ordinance; applicability is inferred from the countywide jurisdiction clause.

  “the land and resource management department, hereafter referred to as "department," 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.