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

Rules another office applies inside Winfield Township

Winfield 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, expanding or moving structures inside Winfield township (unincorporated Renville County): a county land use permit is required from Renville County Environmental Services.

  • This is the county land use (zoning) permit; no separate building-code permit rule was verified.
  • Portable structures of 150 square feet or less that comply with all performance standards and setbacks are exempt.
  • Driveway access permit must be obtained before the land use permit.
  • No site preparation before the permit is issued unless the department grants prior approval.

  exempt portable structure size: <= 150 square feet (must comply with all ordinance performance standards and setbacks)

  “no structure shall be erected, expanded, enlarged, intensified, or moved in without the issuance of a land use permit by the department. portable structures of 150 square feet or less that comply with all ordinance performance standards and setbacks are exempt from obtaining a land use permit.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Winfield township, Renville County, MN, is zoned under the Renville County Land Use Ordinance (county zoning); the county publishes a Winfield Township zoning map. No township-adopted ordinance was found.

  • Zoning is adopted and administered by Renville County, not by the township.
  • Ordinance excludes areas within incorporated city limits.
  • Map (March 2019) shows districts including Agricultural (A), Rural Residential (RR), Shoreland (SH), Urban Expansion (UE), Commercial/Industrial (CI), Healthcare/Mixed Use (HCMU).

  “this ordinance shall apply to all areas in renville county, minnesota: a. except areas within the incorporated limits of any city, however organized”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems inside Winfield township, which is unincorporated land in Renville County and regulated under the county SSTS chapter.

  • County chapter excludes incorporated areas that run their own MPCA-approved SSTS program.
  • Systems of 10,000 gallons per day or more need an MPCA state disposal system permit.

  “the jurisdiction of this chapter shall include all lands of the county except for incorporated areas that administer a subsurface sewage treatment system (ssts) program by ordinance within their incorporated jurisdiction”

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.