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

Newburg Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Erecting, installing, altering, converting, or moving a building or structure, or demolishing a historically significant structure, on land inside Newburg Township regulated by the Fillmore County Zoning Ordinance.

  • This is a Fillmore County zoning-permit requirement, not evidence of a separate structural State Building Code permit program.
  • The ordinance's terms must be met before issuance.
  • No zoning permit is required for remodeling or repair of a structure; portable agricultural buildings placed on skids; agricultural concrete or blacktop when existing attached concrete plus newly poured concrete totals less than 160 square feet; driveway concrete or asphalt; nonagricultural concrete or asphalt excluding foundations and footings; or concrete poured inside an existing building regardless of size.
  • An application is incomplete until required information and fees, including late fees, are provided; where a township has enacted zoning, township approval documentation is also required.
  • A land-use permit requires significant construction within one year and readiness for its permitted purpose within two years; otherwise it is null and void and cannot be renewed, and the landowner must wait 90 calendar days before a new full application.
  • A fee is due at application, and work begun before the required permit is subject to the County Board's penalty plus the normal permit fee.

  construction commencement deadline: <= 1 year (Land Use Permit holder must significantly begin construction within one year.) · project completion deadline: <= 2 years (Project must be ready for its permitted purpose within two years.) · new-application waiting period after void permit: 90 calendar days (Applies when a Land Use Permit becomes null and void.) · agricultural concrete/blacktop exemption threshold: < 160 square feet (Existing attached concrete plus newly poured concrete.)

  “A zoning permit shall be obtained prior to erecting, installing, altering, converting, moving any building or structure or part thereof, or demolition of any historically significant structure, within areas regulated by this Ordinance in Fillmore County. Before a zoning permit is issued, the terms of this Ordinance shall be met.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Newburg Township that is outside an incorporated municipality; the controlling zoning ordinance is adopted and administered by Fillmore County, not identified here as a Newburg Township ordinance.

  • The Fillmore County ordinance applies outside incorporated municipal limits, except incorporated municipalities that adopt the county ordinance.
  • Where comparable requirements conflict, the more restrictive regulation prevails.
  • The county ordinance recognizes that some townships may enact their own zoning ordinances; no official Newburg Township ordinance or official township website establishing a separate township zoning rule was located in the permitted research.

  “The jurisdiction of this Ordinance shall apply to all the area of Fillmore County outside the incorporated limits of municipalities, except for those incorporated municipalities who adopt the County Zoning Ordinance stating the regulations set forth in this document apply within their incorporated boundaries.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Individual and mid-sized subsurface sewage treatment systems in unsewered areas inside Newburg Township; the responsible ordinance is Fillmore County's SSTS ordinance.

  • The ordinance applies to unsewered incorporated and unincorporated areas of Fillmore County.
  • It regulates individual sewage treatment systems and mid-sized subsurface sewage treatment systems.
  • The county ordinance incorporates by reference minimum standards established by Minnesota statutes and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency administrative rules.

  “The jurisdiction of this Ordinance shall include all lands of the County except for incorporated areas that administer a Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) program by Ordinance within their incorporated jurisdiction, which is at least as strict as this Ordinance and has been approved by the County. The County Zoning Department shall keep a current list of local jurisdictions within the County administering a SSTS program.”

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.