Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Lincoln Township, Missouri

Rules another office applies inside Lincoln Township

Lincoln 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 full- or part-time residence, a barn, or a barn conversion to living quarters on land in Lincoln Township that is within unincorporated Caldwell County, Missouri.

  • The county notice says the requirement also applies to prefabricated structures, including camp trailers, single- or double-wide mobile-home trailers, modular homes, tiny homes, shed living-quarter conversions, and similar structures.
  • A building permit is required when adding square footage to an existing residence.
  • For new construction living quarters or a new home addition, the stated fee is $0.30 per square foot.
  • For new or added barn square footage, the stated fee is $0.15 per square foot.
  • The notice directs applicants to submit building-permit materials with a site plan and floor plan with dimensions before construction to the Caldwell County Planning and Zoning Office.

  new living quarters or home-addition building permit fee: per 0.3 USD per square foot · new or added barn square-footage building permit fee: per 0.15 USD per square foot

  “a building pgrmjit is required prior to any (full or part-time) residence, a bam being constructed or bam converted into living quarters.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land in Lincoln Township that is within unincorporated Caldwell County, Missouri; the rule-maker is Caldwell County, not Lincoln Township.

  • The ordinance expressly applies to unincorporated areas of Caldwell County.
  • The parcel's applicable zoning district is determined by the county zoning map; the ordinance identifies R-1 Residential, RT-1 Residential-Mobile Home, A-1 Agricultural, L-1 Lake One, C-1 Highway and Convenience Commercial, I-1 Industrial, and PUD-1 Planned Unit Development districts.
  • This claim does not establish that Lincoln Township itself adopted or administers a zoning ordinance.

  “For the purposes of this ordinance the unincorporated areas of the County are hereby divided into zoning districts”

• Who permits septicMixed (with conditions)

  Individual sewage-treatment systems serving land in Lincoln Township that is within unincorporated Caldwell County, Missouri.

  • The property owner or agent must obtain a permit from the Caldwell County Zoning Administrator before construction, installation, or modification of an individual sewage-treatment system begins.
  • Sewage-disposal systems of 3,000 gallons per day or less must meet then-current Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services standards unless the county ordinance contains more stringent provisions.
  • Systems greater than 3,000 gallons per day must be permitted by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, with an approval notice provided to the Planning and Zoning Administrator.
  • New or modified leach-field systems require an appropriately sized septic tank and a perc test.
  • A residence or business on a lot of less than three acres may be required to have an engineered system.
  • Lots of 10 acres or less must have an appropriately sized septic tank followed by either a leach field or lagoon.
  • Where the County Health Department determines an existing system creates a public-health hazard and is noncompliant, the owner must take corrective action.

  state permitting threshold: > 3000 gallons per day (Systems greater than this threshold are permitted by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.) · small-lot engineered-system threshold: < 3 acres (A residence or business may be required to have an engineered system.) · septic-tank and disposal-method threshold: <= 10 acres (Requires an appropriately sized septic tank followed by either a leach field or lagoon.)

  “obtain a permit froo the Caldwell Cormty Zoning Adminishator before construction can begin.”

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.