Zoning, building permits and septic rules in North Branch Township, Minnesota

North Branch Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Erection, structural alteration, or movement of any building inside North Branch Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, outside incorporated city limits.

  • A building permit must be secured before the covered work.
  • The County cannot issue a building permit until the applicant has secured a County sewer permit when one is required.
  • The application is made at the Zoning Office and must include the listed legal-description, ownership, plans, location, utility, and dwelling sewage-treatment-system information.
  • The permit issues only when the plans and application comply with the ordinance.
  • Construction must begin within six months after permit issuance and be completed under the permit's time schedule.
  • For an addition, the permit must require reconstruction or replacement of an identified nonconforming sewage-treatment system under Section 14, Subdivision 3.
  • The ordinance applies outside incorporated city limits.

  construction commencement deadline: 6 months after permit issuance (Construction must also be completed according to the permit time schedule.)

  “No person shall erect, structurally alter, or move any building without first securing a building permit. No building permit(s) shall be issued by the County until the applicant secures a sewer permit from the County, when required.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside North Branch Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, outside incorporated city limits; zoning is administered under the Isanti County Zoning Ordinance rather than shown as a separately published township zoning code.

  • The ordinance's jurisdiction is all Isanti County outside incorporated city limits.
  • The ordinance's shoreland provisions apply to classified public-water shorelands; no lake, pond, or flowage under 25 acres must be regulated under the stated Minnesota Regulations provision.
  • The County Board of Adjustment's November 14, 2024 minutes identify a North Branch Township parcel as subject to the Isanti County Zoning Ordinance and Agriculture/Residential District controls.
  • The county ordinance webpage says the posted ordinance may be revised and directs users to contact the Zoning Office for the most recent version.

  “The jurisdiction of this Ordinance shall apply to all the area of Isanti County outside the incorporated limits of cities.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems serving unsewered land inside North Branch Township, Isanti County, Minnesota.

  • The ordinance regulates SSTS in unsewered incorporated and unincorporated areas of Isanti County.
  • The County's SSTS jurisdiction excludes incorporated areas that administer a County-approved SSTS program at least as strict as the County ordinance.
  • The Isanti County Zoning Department administers the SSTS program and the ordinance.
  • All sewage generated in unsewered County areas must be treated and dispersed by an approved ordinance-compliant SSTS or an MPCA-permitted system.
  • For an SSTS or group of SSTS under one ownership within one-half mile of each other with design flow greater than 10,000 gallons per day, or measured daily flow of at least 10,000 gallons per day for seven consecutive days, an SDS permit from PCA is required.
  • A local jurisdiction that regulates SSTS must comply with the County ordinance and may be more restrictive.

  state SDS permit design-flow threshold: > 10000 gallons per day (Applies where a single SSTS or group under single ownership within one-half mile of each other exceeds the threshold.) · state SDS permit measured-flow threshold: >= 10000 gallons per day (Applies when the measured daily flow equals or exceeds the threshold for a consecutive seven-day period.)

  “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 Isanti County Zoning 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.