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

Rules another office applies inside Westline Township

Westline 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 buildings inside Westline township, under the Redwood County zoning ordinance (which covers all area outside incorporated municipalities).

  • Buildings less than 100 square feet in footprint do not require a permit but remain subject to all other zoning provisions.
  • County zoning permit fee $40 plus .1% for construction $150,000 or more; new home permit $100 (county fee schedule).
  • Applicability to the township rests on § 153.003; the ordinance does not name Westline.

  exempt building footprint: < 100 square feet (still subject to all other zoning provisions)

  “hereafter no person shall erect, alter or move any building or part thereof, without first securing a permit. buildings less than 100 square feet in footprint area do not require a permit, but are subject to all other zoning provisions.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Westline township, Redwood County, MN: the Redwood County zoning ordinance (Code ch. 153) applies because the township lies outside the incorporated limits of municipalities. This is county zoning, not a township ordinance.

  • The county ordinance does not name Westline township; applicability rests on the 'outside the incorporated limits of municipalities' jurisdiction clause.
  • No township-adopted zoning ordinance for Westline was found; not shown either way.
  • Administered by the county Environmental Office.

  “the jurisdiction of this chapter shall apply to all the area of the county outside the incorporated limits of municipalities.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems inside Westline township, administered by the Redwood County Environmental Office.

  • County SSTS jurisdiction excludes incorporated areas or townships that administer their own county-approved SSTS program by ordinance; no such Westline program was found.
  • Septic permit fee $200; holding tank permit $100 (county fee schedule).

  “the jurisdiction of this subchapter shall include all lands of the county, except for incorporated areas or townships that administer a subsurface sewage treatment system (ssts) program by ordinance within their incorporated jurisdiction, which is at least as strict as this subchapter and has been approved 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.