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

Washington Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Township zoning permit for erecting, moving, adding to or structurally altering buildings or structures inside Washington Township (a zoning permit, not shown to be a building-code permit)

  • Agriculture is excepted
  • Permit also needed for change in use of building, structure or land
  • Zoning permits issued only in conformity with the resolution unless BZA orders otherwise
  • Permit expires if work not substantially completed within one year
  • Fees set by trustee resolution
  • New construction: flood hazard information from county regional planning must be obtained first
  • Residential construction needs well and septic approval from county sanitarian or EPA, and county engineer review of road cuts and drainage
  • Building-code permit authority (state/county) not established in this research

  “with the exception of agriculture, no building or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to or structurally altered, without a permit issued by the zoning inspector.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Washington Township, Van Wert County, Ohio (township zoning resolution, with A/R, Commercial and Industrial districts)

  • The code is a combined township zoning code listing twelve Van Wert County townships including Washington Township
  • Amended May 15, 2024, effective June 14, 2024
  • Township zoning inspector administers permits; county zoning officials list names a Washington Township zoning inspector

  “zoning inspector: ed klaus, 23165 dolt rd., delphos 45833 419-692-5188”

Rules another office applies inside Washington Township

Washington 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 systems in non-public-sewer areas inside Washington Township; the Van Wert County Health Department is the authority, as the township zoning code states

  • Single-family lot must be at least 1.5 acres with 150 feet of road frontage, well drained, no ponds; 2 acres if a pond
  • Health department has final jurisdiction on whether a lot may have a sewage system

  minimum lot for single-family dwelling in non-public-sewer area: >= 1.5 acres (2 acres with a pond) · minimum road frontage: >= 150 feet

  “the van wert county health department has sole responsibility for household sewage and water systems for non-public-sewer areas of van wert 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.