Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Cannon City Township, Minnesota

Cannon City Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Construction projects on unincorporated land inside Cannon City Township, Rice County, Minnesota.

  • Rice County requires the permit for construction projects in its unincorporated areas.
  • Rice County states that it does not handle building or zoning issues for properties in the cities of Dundas, Faribault, Lonsdale, Morristown, and Northfield, or in Bridgewater Township.
  • Demolition also requires a permit, and Rice County states that all permits must be applied for online.

  “All construction projects in Rice County's unincorporated areas require a building permit.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems on land inside Cannon City Township, Rice County, Minnesota, where a separate local SSTS program has not been approved by Rice County.

  • Rice County's ordinance applies to all Rice County lands except incorporated or unincorporated areas administering an at-least-as-strict SSTS program by ordinance that Rice County has approved.
  • The ordinance does not supersede or replace applicable State of Minnesota or United States sewage-and-wastewater rules.
  • Rice County Environmental Services reviews applications, approves permits meeting the ordinance after review, inspects work, and performs necessary compliance tests.

  “The jurisdiction of this Ordinance shall include all lands of Rice 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 Rice County.”

Rules another office applies inside Cannon City Township

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

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  The 100-acre parcel in the northeast quarter of Section 33, Cannon City Township, Rice County, Minnesota, addressed by Rice County Resolution #18-004.

  • This is a Rice County zoning-map amendment for the identified parcel, not evidence that Cannon City Township itself adopted or administers a township zoning ordinance.
  • The amendment rezoned the property from the Urban Reserve District to the Agricultural District; allowable uses remain governed by Table 508-1 and the Rice County Zoning Ordinance.
  • The resolution states that the zoning-map amendment becomes effective upon adoption and publication pursuant to law.

  “NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rice County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts an amendment to the Rice County Zoning Ordinance Map rezoning land from Urban Reserve (UR) to Agricultural (A) Zoning District for property described as “Exhibit A” in the attached document.”

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.