Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Glenburn, North Dakota

Glenburn’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Glenburn city limits.

  • Zoning districts and regulations are administered through the City of Glenburn's zoning commission and City Council.

  “There is hereby created a zoning commission consisting of the City Council of the City of Glenburn, which shall recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein.”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning districts inside Glenburn city limits.

  • The official zoning map is on file in the city auditor's office and forms part of the chapter.

  “The boundaries of these districts are hereby established as shown on a map entitled “The Zoning Map of the City of Glenburn” which is on file in the office of the city auditor. This map, with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby made a part of this chapter.”

• Camping on your landLimited

  Establishment, maintenance, or enlargement of campgrounds inside Glenburn city limits.

  • The operator must meet the requirements of NDCC chapter 23-10 and the cited NDCC provisions.

  “Mobile Homes, Mobile Home Parks, and Campgrounds”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Mobile or manufactured homes inside Glenburn city limits.

  • A mobile home must be at least 20 feet wide.
  • It must be placed on a permanent foundation.
  • Mobile-home parks are also subject to the state requirements cited by the city code.

  minimum mobile-home width: >= 20 feet

  “No mobile home less than twenty feet in width shall be permitted in any use district. Said structure must be placed on a permanent foundation.”

• Septic inspectionRequired

  Building sewer connections inside Glenburn city limits.

  • The applicant must notify the City Maintenance Engineer when the building sewer is ready.
  • Connection and testing occur under the superintendent or representative's supervision.

  “The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City Maintenance Engineer when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the superintendent or his representative.”

• Off-grid sanitationProhibited

  Privies, privy vaults, septic tanks, cesspools, and other sewage-disposal facilities inside Glenburn city limits.

  • The prohibition is subject to the code's stated exception: "Except as hereinafter provided."

  “Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.”

• Mandatory utility hookupSewer (with conditions)

  Houses, buildings, and properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes inside Glenburn city limits.

  • The property must abut a street, alley, or right-of-way containing a public sanitary sewer.
  • Connection is required within 30 days after official notice.
  • The public sewer must be within 200 feet of the property line.
  • The owner bears the expense.

  public sewer distance from property line: <= 200 feet (According to the North Dakota plumbing code.) · connection deadline after official notice: <= 30 days

  “The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the City, and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer, is hereby required at the owner’s expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, within 30 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 200 feet (61 meters) according to the North Dakota plumbing code of the property line.”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Subdivision or platting of land inside Glenburn city limits.

  • A plat is required.
  • The plat must comply with NDCC chapter 40-48.
  • The plat must be approved before recording and before lots are sold from it.

  “It shall be unlawful for any person being the owner, or agent of a person having any land within the City to subdivide or lay out such land in lots unless by a plat, in accordance with NDCC 40-48 entitled, “Municipal Master Plans and Planning Commissions”. No plat shall be recorded and no lots shall be sold from such plat unless and until approved as herein provided.”

• Permit feesPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning building permits and sewer permits inside Glenburn city limits.

  • The $5.00 building-permit fee applies upon approval of the submitted layout or plot plan.
  • The sewer appendix lists residential, commercial, and industrial sewer permit and inspection fees.

  zoning building permit fee: 5 USD · sewer permit and inspection fee: 75 USD (Residential, commercial, or industrial buildings.)

  “One copy of such layout or plot plan shall be returned when approved by the zoning administrator together with such permit to the applicant upon the payment of a fee of $5.00.”

• Permit processPublished (with conditions)

  Building-permit applications inside Glenburn city limits.

  • Two copies of the layout or plot must be submitted.
  • The layout or plot must show actual lot dimensions and exact building and accessory-building size and location.
  • Additional information may be required to enforce the ordinance.

  “There shall be submitted with all applications for building permits two copies of a layout or plot drawn to scale showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the exact size and location on the lot of the building and accessory buildings to be erected and such other information as may be necessary to determine and provide for the enforcement of this ordinance.”

Rules another office applies inside Glenburn

Glenburn does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Minimum dwelling sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Manufactured homes in Glenburn's R-2 Low and Medium Density Residential District.

  • The manufactured home is a conditionally permitted use requiring further Planning Commission and City Council review under § 6.0701.

  minimum manufactured-home floor area: >= 1000 square feet

  “3. Manufactured homes with a minimum 1,000 ft? of floor area. 6.0503.4 Yard Requirements for R-2 District.”

• Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Residential uses in Glenburn's R-1 Detached Single Family Residential District.

  minimum lot area: >= 8000 square feet · minimum lot width: >= 80 feet · minimum lot depth: >= 100 feet

  “Lot Area Minimum (ft2) 8,000 Lot Width Minimum (ft.) 80 Lot Depth Minimum (ft.) 100 Front Setback Minimum (ft.) 25 25 25”

• SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Residential uses in Glenburn's R-1 Detached Single Family Residential District.

  • For structures on corner lots abutting a public right-of-way, the minimum side yard is 10 feet.
  • For structures with driveway access from the side yard, the minimum side yard is 20 feet.

  front setback minimum: >= 25 feet · rear setback minimum: >= 25 feet

  “Front Setback Minimum (ft.) 25 25 25 Rear Setback Minimum (ft.) 25 5 25 Side Setback Minimum (ft.) 8l 50 12”

• Accessory dwellingsLimited

  Accessory dwelling units within the primary structure in Glenburn's R-1 Detached Single Family Residential District.

  • Further review by the City Council is required under § 6.0701.

  “6.0502.3. Conditionally Permitted Uses. These uses may be permitted in this district upon further review of the City Council as required in Section 6.0701 of this ordinance. 1. Accessory dwelling units located within the primary structure.”

Still unanswered

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

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built construction inside Glenburn city limits.
• Building code adopted — Buildings inside Glenburn city limits.
• Inspections — General building construction inside Glenburn city limits.
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of buildings inside Glenburn city limits.
• Living in an RV — Long-term recreational-vehicle occupancy on private land inside Glenburn 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.