Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Harrisonville, Missouri

Harrisonville’s own rules

• Building code adoptedAdopted

  Plumbing work inside Harrisonville city limits.

  • Amended by section 500.160: building sewers must be a minimum of twelve (12) inches [three hundred five (305) mm] below grade (amendment 5).
  • Plastic building sewer must be a minimum four-inch diameter PVC or ABS schedule 40 pipe or better (section 500.170).

  minimum building sewer depth below grade: >= 12 inches

  “the city hereby adopts the international plumbing code, 2018 edition, as published by the international code council, including appendix chapters b, c, d and e as the official plumbing code of the city of harrisonville, missouri.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Adopted — One- and two-family dwellings inside Harrisonville city limits.

    “the city hereby adopts the international residential code for one- and two-family dwellings, 2018 edition, as published by the international code council”

• InspectionsRequired

  Residential buildings inside Harrisonville city limits.

  • Water service and electrical service may not be supplied to a building until all building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspections are successfully completed.

  “no water service or electrical service shall be supplied to any building prior to successful completion of all building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspections.”

• Certificate of occupancyLimited

  Residential permits inside Harrisonville city limits.

  • Second and later temporary certificates of occupancy cost $200 each.
  • Limited to three (3) total temporary certificates of occupancy per residential permit.
  • The IRC section on certificates of occupancy (R110) as adopted was not opened, so the requirement for a permanent certificate is not confirmed.

  second and subsequent temporary certificate of occupancy fee: 200 USD (applies to second and later TCOs only) · maximum temporary certificates of occupancy per residential permit: <= 3 count

  “the cost for a second (2nd) temporary certificate of occupancy (tco) and any tco thereafter shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00) each and is limited to three (3) total tcos allowed for a residential permit.”

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Harrisonville city limits: the city's own zoning regulations (Code Ch. 405 Zoning Regulations) apply.

  • Article III divides the city into zoning districts including A agriculture, E estate, R-1 single-family residential, R-1B, R-1M manufactured home park, R-2 two-family residential, R-2B, R-3 cluster or garden type residential and R-4 medium density residential districts (list as printed in the cited section; only the first districts were quoted).
  • District dimensional limits were not retrieved and are recorded as unknown in separate claims.
  • Chapter 405 is the city's adopted zoning ordinance; county zoning does not apply inside city limits.

  “in order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, the city of harrisonville, missouri is hereby divided into the following districts:”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Land inside Harrisonville city limits: zoning district list in Code Ch. 405.

  • Zoning map is referenced in section 405.095 (Zoning map) of the same chapter; map not opened.
  • Only the district list in 405.060 was read; district boundaries are not confirmed by this record.

  “district "a" agriculture district district "e" estate district district "r-1" single-family residential district district "r-1b" near downtown single-family neighborhood district”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Harrisonville or Cass County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder permit exemption inside Harrisonville city limits.
• Minimum dwelling size — Minimum floor area for a dwelling inside Harrisonville city limits.
• Minimum lot size — Single-family residential lots in the R-1 single-family residential district inside Harrisonville city limits.
• Setbacks — Yard setbacks in the R-1 single-family residential district inside Harrisonville city limits.
• Lot coverage — Lot coverage in the R-1 single-family residential district inside Harrisonville city limits.

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.

Off-grid gear

Going off-grid in Harrisonville means bringing your own water and power. The kit we’d start with:

• Water Crystal Quest Filter any source — well, rain, or creek — to drinking-clean.
• Power Bluetti Solar generators and home battery backup for living off the grid.
• Septic Soil percolation test kit Run your own perc test before paying an engineer — the first thing a septic office asks about.
• Water Well water test kit Bacteria, nitrates, hardness — know what the well on a parcel is really pumping.

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