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

Xenia Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Construction inside Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio.

  • A zoning permit is required to obtain the Greene County building permit.
  • The Township page states that the building permit is required before construction begins.
  • Township zoning permits are not required for buildings and structures incidental to agricultural purposes under ORC 519.21; this stated exception is to the Township zoning-permit rule, not an express exception to the County building-permit requirement.

  “A building permit is also required from Greene County Building Regulations before construction begins.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio.

  • The Township zoning resolution regulates development and land use within the Township.
  • Permitted and conditional uses are designated by zone; conditional uses are approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals.

  “Xenia Township adopted a zoning resolution”

Rules another office applies inside Xenia Township

Xenia 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)

  Individual on-site household sewage treatment systems on land inside Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio.

  • The Greene County Public Health program is county-wide and therefore includes Xenia Township.
  • It applies to county homeowners with individual on-site sewage treatment systems.
  • An appointment is required under the program.
  • For a Township zoning-permit application where a lot is not served by public water and/or public sewers for sanitary-waste disposal, the application must include County Health Officer approval of the proposed water supply and/or sanitary-waste-disposal method.

  “Permit and inspect new sewage system installations or abandonments [...] Site County-wide”

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.