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

Rules another office applies inside Friendship Township

Friendship 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

  Construction of a building, structure or accessory structure in unincorporated Yellow Medicine County, which includes land inside Friendship township (a county land use permit, not a building-code permit).

  • Permit issued by the County Planning and Zoning Administrator only for permitted uses of the relevant district.
  • Applicant must have obtained all necessary state and federal permits first.
  • Fees follow the county board fee schedule.
  • The source does not mention Friendship township by name; the unincorporated-area wording is the basis for applying it there.
  • Building code permit/inspection rules were not found.

  “land use permits shall be secured prior to: 1. 2. 3. the construction of a building, structure, or accessory structure; or the addition of any building, structure, or portion thereof, within the unincorporated areas of yellow medicine county.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Friendship township, Yellow Medicine County, which lies outside any incorporated municipality: the county land use (zoning) ordinance applies. No township-adopted zoning ordinance was found.

  • This is the county's ordinance, not a Friendship township ordinance.
  • The ordinance says more restrictive permanent township zoning ordinances, if any are in effect, would also apply; no Friendship township ordinance was located or ruled out.

  “no structure in yellow medicine county that lies outside the incorporated limits of any municipality shall be erected or altered which does not comply with the regulations of this ordinance”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Subsurface sewage treatment systems in unsewered areas, including land inside Friendship township, Yellow Medicine County.

  • County ordinance incorporates MPCA minimum standards by reference.
  • Permits required for installation, alteration, repair or expansion of SSTS.
  • Does not apply to areas served by sewer.

  “minimum standards for and regulation of individual sewage treatment systems (ists) and mid-sized subsurface sewage treatment systems (msts) (collectively referred to as ssts) in unsewered incorporated and unincorporated areas of yellow medicine county”

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.