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

Rules another office applies inside Marysville Township

Marysville 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

  Erection, alteration, wrecking, or moving of a building or structure inside Marysville Township, administered by Wright County under Chapter 155.

  • Buildings 200 square feet and less in total ground coverage do not require a permit but must meet all required setback distances.
  • All additions to residences require a permit.
  • Permits are not required for locating mobile homes or manufactured homes in county-recognized legally established mobile home parks.
  • For lots of ten acres or less, a certificate of survey and evidence that corner irons are established and visible must accompany each residential building-permit application.
  • If the proposed development involves a zoning amendment, variance, interim permit, or conditional-use permit, the application and building permit are submitted to the Planning Commission or Board of Adjustment or Appeals.

  building exemption ground coverage: <= 200 square feet (The building must meet all required setback distances.) · permit issuance period: <= 75 days (If proposed development conforms in all respects to Chapter 155.)

  “a land use and building permit shall be required of all persons intending to erect, alter, wreck or move any building or structure.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Marysville Township, Wright County, Minnesota. Zoning is administered under the Wright County Code rather than recorded here as a Marysville Township ordinance.

  • Wright County Planning and Zoning administers zoning for unincorporated county areas.
  • An official Wright County Planning Commission record identifies a Marysville Township parcel as subject to Chapter 155, Title XV, Land Usage & Zoning of the Wright County Code of Ordinances.
  • Applicable zoning district, overlays, and approvals vary by parcel and proposed use.

  “The Planning and Zoning Office administers and enforces zoning, land use, and subdivision regulations for unincorporated areas of the county”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems in unsewered areas inside Marysville Township, administered through Wright County's Environmental Health Office.

  • No person may install, alter, repair, or extend an SSTS without first obtaining an Environmental Health Office permit and paying the County Board fee.
  • Maintaining a system as originally designed and installed is excluded from the permit requirement.
  • A permit is required to convert a septic tank to a holding tank.
  • Operating permits and associated fees are required as needed by Environmental Health Office staff for proper operation.
  • A full design is required before approval of a new or replacement-system permit; a worst-case design and later verification are required if weather prevents a full site evaluation.
  • The permit is valid for 18 months from issuance.
  • All sewage in unsewered county areas must be treated and dispersed by an approved SSTS complying with the chapter or by an MPCA-permitted system.

  SSTS permit validity: 18 months (From the date of issuance.)

  “We also handle septic system permitting for all Townships (except for Corinna and Middleville), as well as St. Michael, Albertville, and Hanover.”

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.