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

Rules another office applies inside Moore Township

Moore 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, adding on to or moving buildings inside Moore township under the Stevens County Zoning Ordinance (land use permit)

  • Threshold: permanent footing greater than 240 square feet of ground coverage.
  • All buildings, whether or not a permit is required, must meet setback and other ordinance requirements.
  • This is the county land use permit; a state building code permit was not researched.
  • Application is made to the zoning administrator on county forms with a scaled plan.

  ground coverage threshold: > 240 square feet

  “no person shall erect, add on to, or move any building with a permanent footing greater than two hundred forty (240) square feet in its ground coverage, or part thereof without first securing a land use permit.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Moore township, Stevens County, MN, which is zoned under the Stevens County Zoning Ordinance (county ordinance, not a township ordinance)

  • No Moore township zoning ordinance was found; the county ordinance is the zoning that applies to land outside incorporated municipalities.
  • The ordinance does not name Moore township; applicability rests on its jurisdiction clause covering all area outside incorporated municipalities.
  • The ordinance text does not address whether a township has adopted its own zoning.

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

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Septic (SSTS) regulation inside Moore township under the Stevens County SSTS Ordinance

  • Excludes townships that administer their own SSTS program by ordinance at least as strict as the county's; no Moore township SSTS ordinance was found.
  • State rules (MPCA) apply to systems with design flow over 10,000 gallons per day.

  “the jurisdiction of this ordinance 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 jurisdiction, which is at least as strict as this ordinance.”

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.