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

Delaware Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Erection, alteration, movement, or repair of a building or structure in the unincorporated portions of Delaware Township, Hancock County, Ohio, subject to the Township's zoning-certificate requirement.

  • A Zoning Certificate must first be issued before the listed work.
  • “Altered” and “repaired” include changes in structural parts, stairways, type of construction, type, class or kind of occupancy, light or ventilation, means of egress and ingress, or other changes affecting or regulated by the Hancock County or State of Ohio Building Codes or the resolution; minor repairs or changes not involving those features are excepted.
  • Certificates are not required for barns, sheds, and outbuildings incidental to agricultural uses, but must conform to Section 1200 yard requirements; certificates are required for dwellings accessory to farming operations.
  • A Zoning Certificate expires one year after issuance unless construction or use has commenced; where construction is diligently carried on, the Zoning Inspector may issue one twelve-month extension.

  “No building or structure, [...] shall be hereafter erected, altered, moved or repaired unless a Zoning Certificate shall have been first issued for such work.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land in the unincorporated portions of Delaware Township, Hancock County, Ohio.

  • The zoning resolution regulates location and use of buildings, structures, and land; height and bulk; yards, courts, and open spaces; population density; zoning districts; and enforcement.
  • The resolution's stated effective date is November 21, 2001.

  “A Resolution enacted under Section 519 of the Ohio Revised Code, governing the unincorporated portions of Delaware Township, Hancock County, Ohio, to regulate the location and use of buildings, structures and lands for trade, industry, agriculture, residence and for public and semipublic or other specified uses; and to regulate and limit the height and bulk of buildings and other structures; to regulate and to determine the size of yards, courts, and open spaces; to regulate and limit the density of population; and for said purposes to divide the Township into districts and establishing the boundaries thereof; providing for changes in the regulations, restrictions and boundaries of such districts; defining certain terms used herein; providing for enforcement; establishing a Board of Zoning Appeals; and imposing penalties for the violation of this Resolution.”

Rules another office applies inside Delaware Township

Delaware 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 septicCounty (with conditions)

  Construction of residential sewage systems, including household sewage-treatment systems, on land inside Delaware Township, Hancock County, Ohio.

  • Hancock Public Health states that it permits construction through regulations set forth by the Ohio Department of Health.
  • The stated Hancock County program process is site evaluation, soil evaluation, design review, and permit issuance.
  • The source lists leach field, mound, drip, and NPDES systems; new-lot systems, replacements, and septic-tank alterations.

  “The Hancock Public Health Department permits the construction of residential sewage systems through regulations set forth by the Ohio Department of Health.”

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.