Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Bogus Brook Township, Minnesota

Bogus Brook Township’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Bogus Brook Township, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota; the county directs projects in Bogus Brook Township to its zoning-permit process.

  • The county directs applicants to verify that a project is located in Bogus Brook Township before applying for zoning permits.
  • A property with a city mailing address may still be within township jurisdiction and should be verified through the county GIS.

  “For any zoning permits, please, verify that the project is located within one of the following Mille Lacs County Townships: Bogus Brook”

Rules another office applies inside Bogus Brook Township

Bogus Brook 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

  Construction of structures or buildings inside Bogus Brook Township, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, through the Mille Lacs County Zoning Office permit process.

  • The County Development Ordinance requires a certificate before construction, reconstruction, moving, alteration, or enlargement of a structure or building, and before specified changes of use.
  • The County Board may, by policy, exempt structures or buildings from the certificate requirement.
  • The county's application page identifies Bogus Brook among the townships for zoning permits and lists Building Permit among the Zoning Office permits.

  “In order to build in Mille Lacs County, residents are required to obtain certificates of use and building and septic permits.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems inside Bogus Brook Township, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, administered through Mille Lacs County Environmental Resources and the County Zoning Office.

  • For properties without a connection to municipal sewage treatment systems, the county states that Minnesota Administrative Rule Chapters 7080 through 7083 and the county SSTS ordinance require treatment by an SSTS.
  • County SSTS regulations exclude land held in trust by the United States for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and cities or townships that adopted and enforce their own SSTS regulations.
  • County permits are required for SSTS construction, installation, modification, operation, and replacement.

  “The County shall administer the SSTS program and all provisions of this ordinance.”

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.