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

Canfield Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Construction, installation, enlargement, alteration, repair, movement, or change of occupancy of a building, residential building, manufactured home, structure, or regulated electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing system inside Canfield Township's unincorporated area.

  • Before issuance, applicable approvals, permits, licenses, or registrations may be required from the County Engineer, Planning Commission flood-damage program or corresponding municipal regulations, County Sanitary Engineering or corresponding municipal regulations, Mahoning County District Board of Health, specialty-trade registration or licensure requirements, the Township zoning authority, the applicable road department for a curb cut, and other applicable federal, state, or local agencies.
  • The Chief Building Official may release a building permit when another agency's prior approval is denied or delayed only upon written certification from that agency's department head or director stating there is no objection; the applicant must obtain that letter.
  • Local fire-code compliance remains the applicant's responsibility where a township, village, city, or fire district has enacted a fire code.

  “In addition to the approvals required above, owners or authorized agents shall make application to the building department for an additional instrument which is a Building Permit.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land in Canfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, subject to the Township's zoning districts and resolution.

  • Buildings and land uses must conform to the use and development regulations for the district in which the structure or land is located.
  • The resolution does not confer power to prohibit agricultural land uses or agricultural buildings except as defined by Ohio Revised Code section 519.21 and subsequent revisions.
  • Unless Ohio law provides otherwise, the resolution does not prevent utility uses for operation of the utility and service to the general public.
  • More restrictive laws, rules, regulations, restrictions, or resolutions control where the resolution is less restrictive.

  “The Trustees of Canfield Township enact this Resolution for the purposes set forth and pursuant to the authority contained in chapter 519 of the Ohio Revised Code and all subsequent revisions thereto.”

Rules another office applies inside Canfield Township

Canfield 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)

  Household sewage treatment systems for land inside Canfield Township where sanitary sewer is not available.

  • The County's home-building checklist directs township property owners to the District Board of Health for a sewage-system suitability evaluation when sewer is not available.
  • A site review application requires a soil evaluation before application, staked property boundaries and proposed building or home locations, a completed application and site-review fee, soil report, and site plan.
  • Before an installation and downspout permit may be obtained, the listed materials must be submitted, completed, and approved; these include a floor plan, proof of ownership if auditor records do not establish it, signed acknowledgement, zoning permit if applicable, assigned street address, signed and registered installer drawing, secure field fence, and an approved OEPA NPDES permit if applicable.
  • An installation permit is valid for one year, is transferable on sale, and may be extended six months; installing without a permit results in a 25% permit-fee penalty.
  • New installation or alteration permits are subject to enrollment in Mahoning County Public Health's Operation and Maintenance Program.

  covered system capacity: <= 1000 gallons per day (Small flow on-site sewage treatment systems.)

  “Permitting, inspections and enforcement are conducted by the local health districts. Sewage treatment systems include one, two and three-family dwellings and small flow on-site sewage treatment systems (facilities that treat up to 1,000 gallons per day).”

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.