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

Greenway Township’s own rules

• Building permitLimited

  New structures and specified development work on land inside Greenway Township that is outside incorporated municipal limits. The confirmed approval is an Itasca County zoning permit; this evidence does not establish a separate general building-code permit program.

  • A permit is required before commencing the project or operation.
  • The zoning official must approve and issue the appropriate zoning permit before covered work proceeds.
  • No permit may be issued unless the application meets the zoning ordinance and other applicable county ordinances.
  • Applicants remain responsible for township, state, and federal rules and for obtaining state and federal permits where required.
  • Mitigation conditions are required on zoning permits for variances, conditional uses, and nonconforming structures.
  • Work exempted under Zoning Ordinance section 5.9 is excluded from the stated pre-permit restriction.

  alteration, maintenance, or remodeling threshold: > 50 percent of structure market value (A zoning permit is required when the cost exceeds 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 Greenway Township, Itasca County, that is outside incorporated municipal limits is subject to Itasca County zoning; this is a county-administered rule rather than proof of a Greenway Township-adopted ordinance.

  • The county ordinance applies only to the portion of Itasca County outside incorporated municipal limits.
  • Where land is also subject to township zoning regulations adopted under Minnesota Statutes chapter 462, the most restrictive regulations apply.
  • Where a township has adopted an applicable ordinance, the property owner must obtain necessary permits from the township zoning official.

  “County Jurisdiction. Itasca County’s zoning jurisdiction does not include incorporated municipalities.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Individual sewage treatment systems for land inside Greenway Township, Itasca County, outside incorporated municipal limits; the county's published Environmental Services material administers the septic-permit process.

  • An ISTS permit is required before installation or alteration.
  • An approved field evaluation and design must accompany the permit.
  • The permit is valid for 12 months to start construction.
  • Before the system is covered, it must be inspected and a compliance or noncompliance certificate issued.
  • For premises used for human occupancy, an adequate sewage-treatment method must meet or exceed the Itasca County Sanitation Ordinance and Minnesota Rules chapters 7080 through 7083.
  • Publicly owned sewer systems must be used where available.

  septic permit validity to start construction: 12 months

  “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.