Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Corner Township, Nebraska

Rules another office applies inside Corner Township

Corner 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

  Erecting, moving or structurally altering a building or structure inside Corner township, Custer County, Nebraska: a zoning permit from the Custer County Zoning Administrator is required under the county zoning resolution.

  • The permit is a zoning (land-use) permit; the resolution states it is not a building, plumbing or electrical code (section 3.03).
  • The county page lists houses, home-based businesses, grain storage, signs, towers and feedlots among uses needing permits.
  • Floodplain construction needs a permit under local floodplain management ordinances.
  • Fees are adopted by the county board by separate resolution and are payable before the permit is issued (section 3.35).
  • Applies only where the county, not a municipality, has jurisdiction.

  “no building or structure shall be erected, moved, added to, or structurally altered without a zoning permit having first been issued by the custer county zoning administrator.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Corner township, Custer County, Nebraska: zoning is Custer County's zoning resolution, which covers all of the county outside municipal zoning jurisdiction. No separate Corner township zoning ordinance was found.

  • Rule-maker is Custer County, not the township; the county resolution excludes jurisdiction explicitly granted to a municipality.
  • Annexation into a municipality, or a municipality's extraterritorial zoning area, removes land from the county resolution (section 4.06).
  • County districts: AG-G general agricultural, AG-T transitional agricultural, AH airport hazard, VAD village area development, WP wellhead protection overlay.
  • The resolution is a zoning regulation only and does not create a building, plumbing or electrical code (section 3.03).
  • The county page says the regulations were adopted January 27, 2004; the resolution itself is No. 67Z-22 (December 13, 2022), updated May 27, 2025.

  “the area of jurisdiction shall be all the area within the limits of the county of custer, nebraska, not including the jurisdiction explicitly granted to a municipality by the nebraska reissue revised statutes, 1943.”

• Who permits septicState (with conditions)

  Private onsite wastewater (septic) systems inside Corner township, Custer County, Nebraska: governed by Nebraska state law and NDEE Title 124, which the county zoning resolution also points to.

  • The statute requires work on systems to be done by certified professionals, Nebraska-licensed professional engineers or registered environmental health specialists.
  • No Custer County or health-district septic permit program was verified.
  • The county resolution requires human disposal systems to comply with Title 124.

  “require that all siting, layout, construction, closure, reconstruction, alteration, modification, repair, inspection, or pumping of any private onsite wastewater treatment system be done by certified professionals, professional engineers licensed in nebraska, or environmental health specialists registered in nebraska in accordance with the act and rules and regulations adopted under the act;”

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.