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

Rules another office applies inside Cedar Township

Cedar 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

  Erecting, altering or moving structures in unincorporated Martin County (which would include Cedar township) under the Martin County Zoning Ordinance

  • Zoning permit applied for with the county zoning administrator, with a scale plan of the lot and buildings.
  • Ordinance does not name Cedar township specifically.
  • State building code permit rules not researched.

  “hereafter no person shall erect, alter, or move any structure, exterior part thereof, or on-site sewage systems or feedlot without first securing a zoning permit therefore.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Unincorporated land in Martin County, which would include Cedar township, under the Martin County Zoning Ordinance. Cedar township itself has not been shown to adopt its own zoning.

  • The ordinance text does not name Cedar township or state that townships lack their own zoning; whether Cedar township has its own ordinance was not found.
  • Document is dated August 2008; a newer amendment may exist.

  “dividing the unincorporated portions of the county into zones and districts and regulating therein the location, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of structures and land”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  On-site sewage systems in unincorporated Martin County (which would include Cedar township); county zoning permit and county approval, with state MPCA chapter 7080 standards

  • Private systems must meet MPCA chapter 7080 and local standards.
  • Installers must be state certified; self-installed systems need a certified designer's design approved by the county before construction.
  • Ordinance does not name Cedar township.

  “individuals without state certification can install their own system if it is designed by a certified private sewage system installer with approval by the county before construction.”

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.