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

Crane Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  A property owner constructing or modifying a building, addition, deck, fence, pond, pool, solar panel, or similar improvement inside Crane Township, Paulding County, Ohio.

  • The property owner must obtain the building permit from the zoning inspector before constructing or modifying the listed improvements.
  • Completed building-permit applications should be submitted by email to the zoning inspector.

  “Before constructing or modifying any building, addition, deck, fence, pond, pool, solar panel, etc. the property owner must obtain a building permit from the zoning inspector.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Crane Township, Paulding County, Ohio.

  • Crane Township Zoning Regulations are administered and enforced by the zoning inspector and the Zoning Board.
  • Variance applications and exceptions for uses or activities not normally allowed must be filed with the zoning inspector and are heard by the Zoning Board of Appeals.

  “Crane Township is governed by the Crane Township Zoning Regulations, which are administered and enforced by the zoning inspector and the Zoning Board.”

Rules another office applies inside Crane Township

Crane 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, small-flow, and gray-water sewage treatment systems inside Crane Township, which is in Paulding County, Ohio.

  • The Paulding County Health Department issues permits to install, repair, or abandon the listed sewage treatment systems.
  • The source states that no sanitary sewer system is available to the majority of properties in Paulding County.

  “The Health Department issues permits to install, repair, or abandon household, small flow, and gray water sewage treatment systems (septic systems).”

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.