Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Burlington Township, North Dakota

Burlington Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Residential, commercial, industrial, and accessory structures built, altered, or moved in the Ward County-zoned portion of Burlington Township.

  • The permit must be obtained from the Building Inspector before the covered work occurs.
  • The permit is good for one year; construction beyond that date requires Board of County Commissioners approval.
  • No permit is required for maintenance or repair of existing structures that does not alter structural strength, plan, or mechanical installations, although the work must comply with the regulation.
  • Farm buildings and farm lands meeting the ordinance definition of a Farm are exempt from the listed permit provisions; farm residential, other habitable, and public-access structures must apply for a Farm Property Building Permit.
  • Ward County zoning does not apply within municipal corporate limits or municipal extraterritorial zoning areas.

  permit validity: 1 year (Construction beyond the issuance date requires Board of County Commissioners approval.) · permit cancellation threshold: > 6 months after issuance (Unless the Board of County Commissions grants an extension under the adopted International Building Code.)

  “No structure of any kind used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes, including accessories thereto, shall hereafter be built, altered or moved within the zoned area of Ward County until a building, alteration, or moving permit has been obtained from the office of the Building Inspector.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Burlington Township, Ward County, outside the corporate limits of a municipality and any area subject to municipal extraterritorial zoning; zoning is administered by Ward County rather than shown as a township-adopted ordinance.

  • The cited Ward County Planning Commission record identifies a Burlington Township parcel and states that Ward County zoning applies.
  • The current Ward County ordinance excludes land within municipal corporate limits and land within the area of application of extraterritorial zoning pursuant to NDCC §40-47-01.1.

  “Proposed Outlot 3 coming out of a portion of Outlot 1 of the SW of Sec. 30-155-84 Burlington Township [...] Ward County zoning applies with the township recommending approval.”

Rules another office applies inside Burlington Township

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

• Who permits septicLocal (with conditions)

  Onsite sewage treatment systems inside Burlington Township, Ward County.

  • A permit is required before installation or repair work on any part of an onsite sewage treatment system.
  • For a building producing sewage or wastewater, a septic permit is required when no existing community septic system is available.
  • All work must be completed by an NDDEQ-licensed septic contractor or a certified property owner.
  • A final inspection must be scheduled before backfilling or covering the new system; without final inspection and approval, the system is unapproved and illegal.

  “First District Health Unit (FDHU) requires a permit for the installation and/or repair of any part of an onsite sewage treatment system in Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, McLean, Renville, Sheridan, or Ward Counties. A permit must be received prior to any work done on the system.”

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.