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

Sugarcreek Township’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Sugarcreek Township, Greene County, Ohio.

  • A Sugarcreek Township Zoning Certificate must be obtained before construction starts.
  • The Township page lists new residential and commercial construction among the work requiring a Zoning Certificate.
  • The Township states that its Zoning Resolution requirements may be more or less restrictive than HOA guidelines.

  “You must obtain your Zoning Certificate before you start construction.”

Rules another office applies inside Sugarcreek Township

Sugarcreek 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

  Construction, erection, alteration, or equipment of a building inside Sugarcreek Township to which Ohio Revised Code section 3781.06 applies; Greene County Building Regulation is the identified permit and inspection provider for Sugarcreek Township.

  • Before construction proceeds, plans, drawings, specifications, and data must be approved as Ohio Revised Code section 3791.04 requires.
  • For nonresidential buildings where no certified local department has jurisdiction, submissions go to the superintendent of industrial compliance.
  • For residential buildings where no certified local department has jurisdiction, the owner is not required to make the statutory submissions; Greene County identifies its Building Regulation department as Sugarcreek Township's building-permit and inspection provider.
  • Zoning approval, when required, must be obtained from the appropriate zoning jurisdiction before a permit is issued.
  • All applicable fees must be paid before plan review begins; unpaid applications and plans do not move forward, and applications unpaid for more than 60 calendar days are considered abandoned.
  • An approval is invalid if construction has not begun within 12 months; one 12-month extension is available if requested at least 10 days before expiration and the fee is no more than $100. If work is delayed or suspended for more than six months, approval is invalid; up to two six-month extensions are available if requested at least 10 days before expiration and each fee is no more than $100.

  initial approval commencement period: 12 months (Approval is invalid if work has not commenced within this period.) · unpaid application abandonment period: > 60 calendar days (Greene County states applications remaining unpaid longer than this are considered abandoned.)

  “No owner shall proceed with the construction, erection, alteration, or equipment of any building until the plans or drawings, specifications, and data have been approved as this section requires, or the industrialized unit inspected at the point of origin.”

• Who permits septicLocal (with conditions)

  Individual on-site sewage treatment systems for county homeowners, including land inside Sugarcreek Township, Greene County, Ohio.

  • Private sewage treatment systems serve one-, two-, or three-family dwellings and are used where connection to a sanitary sewer system is not possible.
  • Greene County Public Health's Environmental Health Division designs or approves submitted plans for new or proposed sewage systems on vacant lots, evaluates property-line changes, evaluates alteration, repair, or replacement needs, and inspects installations.
  • The program permits and inspects new sewage-system installations or abandonments.
  • The service site is county-wide.
  • An appointment is required.
  • Permit fees include a base permit fee plus known required re-inspections. Mounds require three inspections; a $150 re-inspection fee is assessed before corrections are reviewed and the system approved when a gravity-flow leach-field installation is incomplete or disapproved.

  private sewage dwelling capacity: 1, 2, or 3 family dwellings (Used where connection to a sanitary sewer system is not possible.) · re-inspection fee: 150 USD (Assessed before corrections are reviewed and the system approved after an incomplete or disapproved gravity-flow leach-field installation.)

  “Permit and inspect new sewage system installations or abandonments”

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.