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

Wabana Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  New structures in Wabana Township's shoreland overlay district, where Wabana's official County-Township matrix assigns zoning-permit processing to Itasca County.

  • The applicable permit is a zoning permit, not a Minnesota Building Code permit; Wabana's ordinance states that the Town has not adopted and does not administer or enforce the Minnesota Building Code.
  • The matrix excludes conditional use permits, variances, and rezoning from the County zoning-permit assignment.
  • The County page also lists change in use, new additions, replacement structures, signs, sanitation systems, shoreland alterations, home occupations II, and alterations, maintenance, or remodeling costing more than 50 percent of market value.
  • The zoning permit must be procured at the Environmental Services Department before the project or operation begins.

  alteration, maintenance, or remodeling threshold: > 50 percent of market value (Permit category listed by Itasca County.)

  “A zoning permit is required for new structures;”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Shoreland land inside Wabana Township, Itasca County, Minnesota; the ordinance states that it applies to all areas within Wabana Township except areas within incorporated city limits or as otherwise provided by law.

  • This is Wabana Township's Shoreland Management Ordinance, adopted as Ordinance No. 2022-1 on February 2, 2022.
  • The ordinance states that the County retains separate regulations for floodplain, subdivision, solid waste, and ISTS/SSTS matters.
  • Where comparable Town, County, State, or federal requirements differ, the ordinance states that the more restrictive requirement prevails.

  “Exercising the Town’s zoning authority to impose limitations on residential, commercial and industrial development in the Town’s shoreland areas”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Individual subsurface sewage treatment systems and subsurface sewage treatment systems inside Wabana Township.

  • Itasca County administers and enforces Minnesota Rules Chapters 7080-7083 for ISTS/SSTS in the Town.
  • Itasca County states that permits are required for installation, construction, extension, or any alteration of an SSTS system, and that they must be obtained in the Environmental Services Office.

  “The County administers and enforces the Minnesota Rules, Chapters 7080-7083 regulations on ISTS/SSTS in the Town.”

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.