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

Deercreek Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  New houses inside Deercreek Township, Pickaway County, Ohio; the township identifies the Pickaway County Building Department as the building-department contact.

  • The Deercreek Township page lists a new house among items requiring a building permit.
  • The township page identifies exemptions or thresholds for some other listed work: pole barns unless for agricultural use; shelter houses over 200 square feet; decks over 200 square feet or any deck over 30 inches above grade regardless of size; sheds or accessory buildings over 200 square feet; and pools over 30 inches deep.
  • The Pickaway County Building Department's November 2025 report recorded one Deercreek Township new-home permit.

  “ITEMS WHICH REQUIRE A BUILDING PERMIT New House”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land in the unincorporated area of Deercreek Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.

  • The resolution states that township zoning authority is limited by Ohio Revised Code section 519.21.
  • Agricultural land uses and buildings or structures incidental to agricultural use generally do not require a zoning certificate, subject to the resolution's stated exceptions and Ohio Revised Code section 519.21.
  • The resolution is identified by the township as adopted June 9, 2026.

  “The Board of Township Trustees hereby find it necessary, advisable, and beneficial to the residents of Deercreek Township to provide for the division of the unincorporated area of the Township into Zoning Districts.”

Rules another office applies inside Deercreek Township

Deercreek 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 for land inside Deercreek Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.

  • For a new home where public sewer is unavailable, the applicant is directed to the Environmental Health Division for the household sewage treatment-system permit process.
  • For new construction, the health department requires a sewage-system design and site-review application, payment, sewage-system design, soil reports, a County Engineer-issued address, and a home plan; it reviews under OAC 3701-29-10.
  • The township requires Pickaway County Health Department approval of the proposed water-supply method and sanitary-waste disposal before the zoning inspector approves the zoning certificate.

  “The Environmental Health Division permits and inspects all new, replacement, or alterations for household sewage treatment systems in Pickaway 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.