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

Sargeant Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Erection, addition, modification, rehabilitation, or alteration of a building or structure on unincorporated land inside Sargeant Township, Mower County, Minnesota.

  • The County zoning ordinance applies outside incorporated municipal limits.
  • Normal maintenance and repair require a permit only when the work, separately or together with other planned work, constitutes a substantial improvement.
  • The County Zoning Administrator must determine that necessary state and federal permits have been obtained before granting a permit or processing an application for a conditional-use permit or variance.
  • This is a County zoning/land-use permit requirement rather than evidence of a separately administered township building-code permit.

  “Permit Requirements: Permit Required. A permit issued by the Zoning Administrator in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance must be secured prior to any of the following activities: (1) The erection, addition, modification, rehabilitation, or alteration of any building, structure, or portion thereof.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Unincorporated land inside Sargeant Township, Mower County, Minnesota, is subject to Mower County zoning; the County separately identifies Sargeant Township as a Mower County township.

  • The County ordinance applies only outside incorporated municipal limits.
  • The county ordinance establishes zoning districts and is administered by a Zoning Administrator or other official designated by the County Board.

  “The jurisdiction of this Ordinance shall apply to all the area of Mower County outside the incorporated limits of municipalities.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems and septage disposal on land inside Sargeant Township that remains within the jurisdiction of the Mower County SSTS Ordinance.

  • The County ordinance excludes incorporated or unincorporated areas that administer an SSTS program by ordinance that is at least as strict as the County ordinance and approved by Mower County.
  • For an on-site SSTS or group of systems on adjacent, singly owned properties designed to treat an average flow greater than 10,000 gallons per day, the owner must obtain a State Disposal System permit from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
  • The County Department reviews SSTS applications, issues permits meeting ordinance requirements, inspects work in progress, performs compliance inspections on new systems, and issues Certificates of Compliance or Notices of Noncompliance.

  state-permit threshold: > 10000 gallons per day average design flow (For an on-site SSTS or group of systems located on adjacent properties and under single ownership, State Disposal System permitting is required from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.)

  “The jurisdiction of this Ordinance shall include all lands of Mower County except for incorporated or unincorporated areas that administer a Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) Program by Ordinance within their jurisdiction, which is at least as strict as this Ordinance and has been approved by Mower 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.