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

Barry Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Homes, buildings and structures built inside Barry township (township building site permit)

  • Movable or portable structures 250 square feet or less do not require a building site permit but must meet setbacks
  • Building site permit is not issued until the county issues the on-site sewage system permit, when required
  • Parcel must be surveyed/subdivided under the Pine County subdivision ordinance or created consistent with rules at the time

  exempt portable structure size: <= 250 square feet (must meet setbacks)

  “a "building site permit" shall be obtained from the township zoning officer for all homes, buildings and structures to be constructed within the township.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Barry township, Pine County, Minnesota

  • Zone 1 (agricultural, residential, recreational): 5-acre minimum lot with at least 2.5 contiguous buildable acres
  • Zone 2 (sections 18, 19, 30; commercial, industrial, residential): 2.5-acre minimum lot, all buildable
  • Zone 3 airport
  • Conditional and interim use permits required for listed uses
  • Ordinance text retrieved is the April 2026 revisions PDF on the township site; the township page names a signed 2026 ordinance as current, whose PDF could not be opened

  Zone 1 minimum lot: >= 5 acres (at least 2.5 contiguous buildable acres) · Zone 2 minimum lot: >= 2.5 acres (all must be buildable land) · setback from road centerline: >= 100 feet · setback from property lines: >= 16.5 feet

  “the 2026 barry township ordinance is the township's most current ordinance.”

Rules another office applies inside Barry Township

Barry Township does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Individual sewage treatment systems inside Barry township; permits approved by Pine County Planning and Zoning Department

  • Township building site permit is withheld until the county sewage permit has been issued, when required
  • Non-conforming lots need two septic locations approved by the county

  “a "building site permit" shall not be issued by the township until an individual on-site sewage system permit, when required, has been issued 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.