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

York Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Zoning permit for erecting, constructing, enlarging or altering buildings or structures inside York Township

  • This is the township zoning permit; the separate building-code permit (county/state) was not verified.
  • Pools, fences and signs may also require a permit.

  “permits are required in order to locate, erect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, or structurally alter any building or structure.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside York Township, Medina County, Ohio

  • Zoning commission of five members and one alternate appointed by trustees; board of zoning appeals hears variances and conditional uses.
  • Zoning resolution text itself could not be opened (township PDF links returned 404), so district standards were not extracted.

  “york township has established a zoning code and permits must be obtained before any land use or building may occur.”

Rules another office applies inside York Township

York 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)

  Household sewage treatment systems on land inside York Township, which lies in Medina County; Medina County Health Department permits them countywide

  • If the property is accessible to sanitary sewer, the house must connect and the septic system be abandoned under a permit.
  • The health department page does not name York Township; it states a Medina County-wide service.
  • 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.