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

Rules another office applies inside Kerrick Township

Kerrick 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 permitLimited

  Zoning permit from Pine County for erecting or moving buildings inside Kerrick township (covered by county zoning via opt-in). This is a zoning permit; no official source found on state building-code permits there.

  • Structures 120 square feet or smaller, not intended for human habitation, are exempt from the permit but must meet setbacks
  • No permit required for maintenance, repair or remodeling of nonconforming structures where building area coverage and/or volume is not increased
  • Non-commercial roof-mounted solar systems allowed without permit
  • Signs and fences require permits under separate sections
  • Did not confirm who issues Minnesota State Building Code permits in the township

  exempt structure size: <= 120 square feet (not intended for human habitation)

  “no person shall erect, move any building or any part of a building, or change the exterior shape of a structure without first obtaining a zoning permit from pine county. structures 120 square feet or smaller, not intended for human habitation, shall be exempted from the permit requirements of this section, however, must meet all applicable setbacks detailed in section 3.2.1 of this ordinance.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Kerrick township (Pine County, MN): zoning is the Pine County Zoning Ordinance, applicable because the township opted in to county-administered zoning; not a township-adopted ordinance. (Distinct from the separate City of Kerrick.)

  • Opt-in adopted 11/03/2020 per the ordinance's list of townships and cities that have opted in
  • Township may opt out by resolution
  • County shoreland, floodplain and Kettle River Wild and Scenic River ordinances act as overlay districts
  • Ordinance last amended March 18, 2025

  “townships and cities that have opted in nickerson township, adopted 01/21/2020 city of kerrick, adopted 01/21/2020 city of denham, adopted 01/21/2020 new dosey township, adopted 05/05/2020 pine county zoning ordinance 2 kerrick township, adopted 11/03/2020”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems in unsewered areas inside Kerrick township (Pine County, MN), regulated under the Pine County SSTS Ordinance, which covers incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county.

  • Applies to unsewered areas
  • Incorporates MPCA minimum standards (Minn. Rules chs. 7080-7081)
  • Permits required for installation, alteration, repair or expansion of SSTS under the ordinance
  • Ordinance last amended April 19, 2022

  “minimum standards for and regulation of individual sewage treatment systems (ists) and midsized subsurface sewage treatment systems (msts) (collectively referred to as ssts) in unsewered incorporated and unincorporated areas of pine 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.