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

Emerald Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Buildings and listed alterations inside Emerald Township, Paulding County, Ohio.

  • Agricultural permits are not required per ORC 519.21.
  • For townships other than Auglaize, Brown, and Jackson, the county auditor states that applicants must go to their zoning inspector or trustees for a building permit.
  • The county auditor's Emerald Township contact is Nylice Thomas, 419-399-3171.

  building or shed size threshold: >= 12 ft x 16 ft (Whether on skids or not.)

  “IMPORTANT NOTE: Any building or shed sized 12’ X 16’ or larger (whether on skids or not) requires a building permit (Agricultural permits are not required per ORC 519.21 -see below).”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Development inside Emerald Township, Paulding County, Ohio.

  • A township zoning certificate is required before beginning development.
  • Failure to purchase a zoning certificate could result in fines and stoppage of work.

  “A township zoning certificate is required before beginning development in Benton, Blue Creek, Carryall, Crane, Emerald, Harrison, Latty, Paulding, and/or Washington Townships.”

Rules another office applies inside Emerald Township

Emerald 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 Emerald Township, Paulding County, Ohio.

  • The Paulding County Health Department issues permits for installation, repair, or abandonment.
  • An appointment with the Board of Health must be made to approve new or existing septic and drinking-water systems.
  • The Board of Health inspector needs drawings showing proposed system locations and distances from each other, or existing system locations.
  • Failure to contact the Paulding County Board of Health could result in fines, stoppage of work, and/or imprisonment.

  “The Health Department issues permits to install, repair, or abandon household, small flow, and gray water sewage treatment systems (septic systems). There is no sanitary sewer system available to the majority of properties located in Paulding 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.