Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Kingsville Township, Ohio

Kingsville Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Erection, moving, addition to, or structural alteration of a building or other structure, and establishment or change in use of building, structure, or land in the unincorporated portion of Kingsville Township. This is the Township zoning permit requirement.

  • The permit is issued by the Zoning Administrator.
  • Zoning permits are issued only in conformity with the resolution unless the Zoning Administrator receives a written Board of Zoning Appeals order deciding an appeal, conditional use, or variance, or a Township Trustees order approving a Planned Unit Development District.
  • The application must be in writing, signed by the owner or applicant, include all required fees, and state that it may expire or be revoked if work has not begun within one year or has not been substantially completed within two years.
  • A permit is conditional upon commencement of work within one year.

  permit commencement deadline: <= 1 year (Work must commence within one year; otherwise the zoning permit expires.) · permit substantial-completion deadline: <= 2 years (If work has not been substantially completed within two years, the zoning permit expires and is revoked.)

  “No building or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to, structurally altered, nor shall any building, structure, or land be established or changed in use without a permit therefor, issued by the Zoning Administrator.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land in the unincorporated portion of Kingsville Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

  • The resolution establishes R-1, R-2, NC, AC, and PUD districts.
  • The official zoning map controls if there is an apparent conflict between district boundaries on the map and descriptions in the resolution or another resolution.

  “The following zoning districts are hereby established for the Township of Kingsville, Ohio: R-1 R-2 Single and Two Family Residential Multi-Family Residential NC AC Neighborhood Commercial Accommodation Commercial PUD Planned Unit Development District”

Rules another office applies inside Kingsville Township

Kingsville 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)

  Installation, operation, or alteration of an on-site sewage treatment system in Kingsville Township, which is in Ashtabula County; the applicable board of health acts only within its health-district jurisdiction.

  • Approval or denial is by permit under Ohio Revised Code section 3718.023 and rules adopted under section 3718.02.
  • The board may approve only in the health district in which it has jurisdiction and may not approve a system inappropriate for the site.
  • A system, when installed and maintained properly, must not create a public-health nuisance.
  • A sewage treatment system installed after the section's effective date may not discharge into a ditch, stream, pond, lake, natural or artificial waterway, drain tile, other surface water, or onto the ground unless authorized by a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit issued under Chapter 6111 and its rules.
  • A sewage treatment system may not discharge into an abandoned well, drainage well, dry well, cesspool, sinkhole, or another connection to groundwater.

  “Health Department will review reports to determine if the Home Sewage Treatment System design complies with Home Sewage Treatment System regulations.”

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.