Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Lake Jessie Township, Minnesota

Rules another office applies inside Lake Jessie Township

Lake Jessie 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 permitLimited

  New structures and other listed work in Lake Jessie Township subject to Itasca County's zoning-permit program.

  • The documented approval is a zoning permit, not evidence of a separate general building-code permit program.
  • The permit is required for new structures; change in use; new additions; replacement structures; signs; sanitation systems; shoreland alterations; and Home Occupations II.
  • For alterations, maintenance, or remodeling, the page states a threshold of more than 50 percent of market value.
  • Permits required by the ordinance must be procured at the Environmental Services Department before commencing the project or operation.
  • Shoreland alterations not exempted in Section 5.9 require approval and issuance of the appropriate zoning permit.

  alteration, maintenance, or remodeling threshold: > 50 percent of market value

  “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).”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Lake Jessie Township that falls within an Itasca County Shoreland Overlay Zoning District.

  • The County describes these as Shoreland Overlay Zoning Districts for listed public-water classes.
  • Shoreland Overlay Districts comprise land within 1,000 feet of the Ordinary High Water Level of a lake, pond, or flowage; or 300 feet from a river or stream or the landward extent of a floodplain designated by ordinance on a river or stream, whichever is greater.
  • Where shorelands of two or more public waters overlap, each shoreland area may be reduced to the topographic divide; if no topographic divide is clearly delineated, the midpoint between the water bodies regulates the appropriate classification.

  shoreland extent from lake, pond, or flowage ordinary high water level: <= 1000 feet · shoreland extent from river or stream: <= 300 feet (or the landward extent of a floodplain designated by ordinance on a river or stream, whichever is greater)

  “Shoreland Overlay Zoning Districts have been established for the following classes of public waters: General Development lakes, two categories of Recreational Development lakes, three categories of Natural Environment lakes, Phosphorus Sensitive lakes, multiple shoreland management areas, Trout Streams, Remote river segments, Forested river segments and Tributary river segments.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems in unsewered Lake Jessie Township, administered by Itasca County Environmental Services Department.

  • The ordinance excludes an incorporated area only where that area administers a county-approved SSTS program by ordinance that complies with Minn. Stat. 115.55 and is at least as strict as the county ordinance.
  • Any person installing, constructing, replacing, extending, or altering an SSTS not administered by state agencies under section 1.4.2 must first obtain a construction permit from the Environmental Services Department.
  • State agencies administer specified systems, including onsite or group SSTS under single ownership designed to treat an average flow greater than 10,000 gallons per day or with measured daily flow at least 10,000 gallons per day for seven consecutive days.
  • The county ordinance requires state and local approvals before construction where state approval is required.

  state-permit design-flow threshold: > 10000 gallons per day (Onsite or group SSTS on adjacent properties under single ownership; state permit also applies at measured daily flow equal to or greater than 10,000 gallons per day for a consecutive seven-day period.)

  “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.