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

Rules another office applies inside Woodville Township

Woodville 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

  New construction and most remodeling, alteration and repair inside Woodville township (zoning permit from Waseca County, which has zoning jurisdiction in all townships)

  • This is a county zoning permit; the county page does not describe a county building-code permit
  • Residential construction within two miles of Waseca city limits also needs a City of Waseca building permit
  • County does not issue electrical permits; state electrical inspector handles electrical work
  • General contractors must hold a state license

  “zoning permits are required for all new construction and most remodeling, alteration and repair work in waseca county.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Woodville township, Waseca County, MN: zoning is administered by the Waseca County zoning office under the county Unified Development Code, not by a township ordinance

  • No separate Woodville township zoning ordinance was found; this claim records the county's zoning jurisdiction over all townships, not a township ordinance
  • County is not responsible for zoning within the cities of Waseca, Janesville, New Richland and Waldorf

  ordinance: Waseca County Unified Development Code (adopted August 2009)

  “the county zoning office has zoning jurisdiction in all of the townships in waseca county.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems inside Woodville township, handled by Waseca County Planning and Zoning

  • County not responsible within the cities of Waseca, Janesville, New Richland and Waldorf

  “land use permits commonly handled by this office include zoning permits, subsurface sewage treatment permits”

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.