Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Good Hope Township, Minnesota

Rules another office applies inside Good Hope Township

Good Hope 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

  New structures and listed development work on land inside Good Hope Township, Itasca County, that is outside incorporated municipal limits.

  • This is a county zoning-permit requirement administered by Environmental Services, rather than evidence of a general Minnesota Building Code building-permit program.
  • Covered work includes new structures, changes in use, additions, replacement structures, signs, sanitation systems, shoreland alterations, and Home Occupations II.
  • Alterations, maintenance, or remodeling are covered only when cost exceeds 50 percent of the structure's market value.
  • Shoreland alterations exempted in Section 5.9 are excluded from the prohibition on work before approval.
  • The permit must be obtained before commencing the project or operation.
  • The applicant must comply with township, state, and federal rules and obtain state and federal permits where required.

  alteration, maintenance, or remodeling cost threshold: > 50 percent of market value (The zoning-permit requirement covers work costing more than this threshold.)

  “A zoning permit is required for new structures; change in use; new additions; alterations, maintenance, or remodeling of a structure that costs more than 50 percent of its market value; replacement of structures; signs; sanitation systems; shoreland alterations; and home occupations II (see Fee Schedule). Permits required by the Ordinance shall be procured at the Environmental Services Department prior to commencing the project or operation.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Good Hope Township, Itasca County, that is outside incorporated municipal limits.

  • The county ordinance applies outside incorporated municipal limits.
  • Where land is also subject to township zoning regulations adopted under Minnesota Statutes chapter 462, the more restrictive regulation applies and the property owner must secure necessary permits from the Township Zoning Official.

  “The purpose of this Ordinance is to implement the goals of the adopted Comprehensive Land Use Plan of Itasca County by establishing comprehensive land use regulations for that portion of Itasca County, Minnesota, outside the incorporated limits of municipalities”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems on land inside Good Hope Township, Itasca County.

  • The county SSTS ordinance applies to all county land except an incorporated area that administers a County-approved SSTS ordinance compliant with Minnesota Statutes section 115.55 and at least as strict as the county ordinance.
  • Under Minnesota Rules, a county must permit and inspect SSTS in townships that do not administer a conforming SSTS ordinance.
  • In unsewered areas, sewage must be treated and dispersed by an approved SSTS meeting the ordinance or by an MPCA-permitted system.

  “The jurisdiction of this Ordinance shall include all lands of the County except for any incorporated area that administers a SSTS program by ordinance within its incorporated jurisdiction that complies with Minn. Stat. 115.55, that is at least as strict as this Ordinance, and that has been approved by the County.”

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.