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

Orange Township’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land within Orange Township, Delaware County, Ohio.

  • Orange Township states that its new Zoning Code went into effect on March 5, 2026.

  “Zoning regulations establish a framework for land use activity within the township and can be seen in the quality and appearance of the residential, commercial, and industrial development within our boundaries.”

Rules another office applies inside Orange Township

Orange 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

  Code-regulated construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, movement, or occupancy change of a building or structure inside Orange Township, Delaware County, Ohio.

  • The requirement applies to work regulated by the Ohio Building Code.
  • The owner or owner's representative must first apply to the building official and obtain the required approval.
  • The code identifies work exempt from approval in Section 102.10.

  “105.1 Approvals required. Any owner or owner’s representative who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or portion thereof, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing system, other building service equipment, or piping system the installation of which is regulated by this code, or to cause any such work to be done, is to first make application to the building official and obtain the required approval.”

• Who permits septicLocal (with conditions)

  Household sewage treatment systems serving one-, two-, or three-family dwellings in the portions of Orange Township served by the Delaware Public Health District.

  • The Delaware Public Health District serves Delaware County except portions annexed to Westerville, Columbus, and Dublin.
  • HSTS are used where connection to a sanitary sewer system is not feasible.
  • The program inspects potential new parcels, reviews HSTS designs, inspects installation, and provides operational permits for continued use.

  “Household sewage treatment systems (HSTS) serve 1, 2, or 3-family dwellings and are used where connection to a sanitary sewer system is not feasible. Among other things, this program inspects potential new parcels to ensure enough area is available to install HSTS, reviews designs for new HSTS, inspects installation of HSTS, and provides operational permits for the continued use of HSTS.”

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.