Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Town of Butternuts, New York

Town of Butternuts’s own rules

• SetbacksSpecified

  Structures subject to the Town's Site Plan Review Law inside the Town of Butternuts.

  • The limits appear in the Town Site Plan Review Law and apply to structures subject to that law.

  property-line setback: >= 10 feet · road setback: >= 30 feet

  “Structures shall not be placed within ten (10) feet of any property line and must be set back a minimum of 30 feet from the road.”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Manufactured homes in commercial manufactured-home parks inside the Town of Butternuts.

  • Each manufactured-home lot must have a concrete-pad stand that provides stable placement and retention of the home.
  • All projects must comply with Otsego County Codes.

  “Each manufactured home lot shall have a manufactured home stand (concrete pad) [...] All projects must comply with Otsego County Codes.”

• Driveway accessLimited

  Driveway location and design for site-plan development inside the Town of Butternuts.

  • Approval must be obtained from the owner of the affected road.
  • The road owner may be the Town Highway Superintendent, Otsego County, or New York State Department of Transportation.
  • The purpose is safe sight distance and safe emergency access.

  “Driveway location and Driveway Design will require the approval of the road owner [...] to ensure safe sight distances”

• Permit feesPublished (with conditions)

  Town site-plan applications inside the Town of Butternuts.

  • The $10 fee applies where the application is filed before construction starts.
  • The law separately states a $50 fee for applications after construction starts and $500 for each repeated offense.
  • Consultation and extraordinary review expenses are charged to the applicant.

  site-plan application fee before construction: 10 USD (Application filed prior to start of construction.) · site-plan application fee after construction begins: 50 USD (Application filed after construction has already started.) · repeated-offense fee: per 500 USD (For each repeated offense.)

  “$10 –application is filed prior to start of construction $50- application is filed after construction has already started $500 -for each repeated offense”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Town of Butternuts or Otsego County directly.

• Building permit — Residential building construction inside the Town of Butternuts.
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built residences inside the Town of Butternuts.
• Building code adopted — Building construction inside the Town of Butternuts.
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of buildings inside the Town of Butternuts.
• Local zoning — Land inside the Town of Butternuts, Otsego County, New York.

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.