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

Salem Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Erecting, moving, adding to or structurally altering any building or structure, or changing land use, inside Salem Township (township zoning permit)

  • This is the township zoning permit issued by the zoning inspector; the resolution says it must be obtained before any county permits.
  • County building permit requirements were not verified.

  “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 therefore, issued by the zoning inspector. said permit shall be obtained before any county permits are obtained.”

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio

  • Zoning resolution adopted December 2022 and recorded in Champaign County 02/08/2023; later amendments were not verified.
  • Agricultural use is not affected, per Section 101 (ORC 519.21).
  • Copy was read on the LUC Regional Planning Commission site, not the township's own site.

  “therefore, be it resolved by the board of trustees of the township of salem, champaign county, ohio.”

Rules another office applies inside Salem Township

Salem 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 septicMixed (with conditions)

  Household sewage treatment systems not connected to a sanitary sewer, inside Salem Township; the local board of health approves under state rules

  • Applies statewide, so reaches Salem Township; no Champaign-specific official page was opened to name the health district.

  “(1) require that the appropriate board of health approve or disapprove the installation, operation, and alteration of a sewage treatment system if it is not connected to a sanitary sewerage 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.