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

Farmvale Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Single-family dwellings, mobile homes, and manufactured homes in the Agricultural District on Farmvale Township land to which the Williams County Zoning Ordinance applies.

  • The dwelling may not exceed two dwellings per lot.
  • The lot must be at least 40 acres and meet all requirements of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance.
  • The dwelling must comply with the North Dakota State Building Code as adopted and amended by Williams County.
  • The County ordinance applies only to townships that have not adopted their own zoning regulations or that formally relinquished zoning authority to the County.
  • Normal agricultural uses and specified other activities are exempt from zoning-compliance verification.

  maximum dwellings per lot: <= 2 dwellings (Agricultural District; lot must be at least 40 acres and meet ordinance requirements.) · minimum lot size: >= 40 acres (For the identified Agricultural District residential use.)

  “The following uses are permitted in an Agricultural District, subject to building permit review and approval: [...] Single-family dwellings, mobile or manufactured homes”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land in Farmvale Township, Williams County, North Dakota, where the township has not adopted its own zoning regulations or has relinquished zoning authority to Williams County. A Williams County action applied the County Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations to specified Farmvale Township parcels.

  • The County ordinance applies to townships that have not adopted zoning regulations under NDCC Section 58-03-11 or that formally relinquished zoning authority to the County under NDCC Section 11-33-20.
  • The ordinance excludes farming or ranching and normal incidents of farming or ranching.
  • Pipelines and ancillary structures are excluded except related ancillary above-ground structures outlined in the ordinance.
  • The cited County action concerns E2NE and E2SE, Section 33, Township 155 North, Range 96 West, Farmvale Township.

  “located in the E2NE & E2SE Section 33 T155 R96 Farmvale Township [...] adhere to the Williams County Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations.”

Rules another office applies inside Farmvale Township

Farmvale 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 wastewater treatment systems, commonly known as septic systems, inside Farmvale Township, Williams County, North Dakota.

  • The Upper Missouri District Health Unit serves Williams County.
  • A permit is authorization from a local public health unit or other political subdivision for system installation, based on the specific site and rules adopted under state law.
  • The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality has exclusive authority to adopt rules regarding licensing, permitting, and inspections, except as otherwise provided by law.
  • A person installing systems as a business must be licensed; an individual installing a system on the individual's own premises for the individual's own use is exempt from that licensing requirement.
  • System installation and inspections must comply with rules adopted under the state title.

  “The Upper Missouri District Health Unit is the agency with authority to permit septic systems [...] in the four counties of [...] Williams.”

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.