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

Montville Township’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Montville Township, Geauga County, Ohio.

  • The township page provides a zoning-certificate form, agricultural-use-exemption form, conditional-zoning-certificate form, variance appeal form, a Montville Zoning Resolution, and a township zoning map.
  • The zoning page lists Zoning Permit Fees effective 01/03/2023, including $250.00 for a residential building (new home), $100.00 for a residential addition, and $50.00 for a residential accessory building.

  “Zoning Permit Fees: Effective 01/03/2023 Residential Building (New Home) – $250.00”

Rules another office applies inside Montville Township

Montville 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

  New-home construction inside Montville Township, Geauga County, Ohio.

  • The Geauga County Planning Commission's township-only new-home guide identifies the Geauga County Building Department as one of four approval offices and says all four pieces are required for construction.
  • The owner must ensure all required approvals are obtained before construction begins; a building permit alone is not sufficient to begin construction.
  • The guide identifies township zoning, Geauga Public Health or the Department of Water Resources, and Geauga Soil & Water Conservation District as the other approval functions.

  “Four (4) local county and township government offices are primarily involved [...] and all four pieces are required for construction.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Household sewage treatment systems serving homes inside Montville Township, Geauga County, Ohio.

  • This claim concerns individual household sewage treatment systems; homes served by public sanitary sewer or public drinking water are addressed through the County Sanitary Engineer and Geauga County Department of Water Resources where the County system is provided.
  • A proposed household sewage treatment system requires Geauga Public Health review and approval under regulations adopted by the Ohio Department of Health.
  • The guide directs applicants to contact Geauga Public Health regarding septic, water-well, and plumbing permits.

  “Homes located within the townships of Geauga County are primarily served by household sewage treatment systems [...] which require review and approval by Geauga Public Health ("GPH")”

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.