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

Liverpool Township’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Unincorporated area of Liverpool Township, Medina County, Ohio

  • Zoning certificate required via township zoning inspector
  • Board of Zoning Appeals hears variances, appeals and conditional zoning certificates
  • Zoning commission conducts flood plain reviews for dwellings

  “divides the unincorporated area of the township into districts and/or zones.” – liverpool township zoning resolution”

Rules another office applies inside Liverpool Township

Liverpool 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

  Most construction inside Liverpool Township: building permit issued by Medina County Building Department, plus township zoning certificate

  • Township zoning certificate must be issued first for new homes
  • County building permit applied for at Medina County Building Department, 791 West Smith Road, Medina
  • Township says 'most' projects; call zoning office if unsure

  “most construction projects, (decks, pools, barns, etc.) require a zoning certificate and also a building permit from medina county.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  New and replacement household sewage treatment systems inside Liverpool Township (Medina County), permitted by the Medina County Health Department

  • Where public sewer is not available
  • If property is accessible to sanitary sewer, house must be connected and HSTS abandoned under permit
  • Commercial systems under 25,000 gpd need Ohio EPA plan approval first

  “we permit and inspect all new and replacement household sewage treatment systems in medina county.”

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.