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

Rules another office applies inside Chester Township

Chester Township does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Building permitRequired

  Township building projects in Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio, requiring Wayne County's Construction Application for Permit (CAP).

  • The county page directs readers to the CAP sheet for details.
  • The CAP instructions state that a CAP is required for non-farm earth-disturbing activities in unincorporated Wayne County; work requiring a building permit must complete a CAP except signs, fences over six feet high, certain non-dwelling residential structures or additions of 600 square feet or less, and certain non-business non-residential structures or additions of 600 square feet or less.
  • A CAP is also required for work not requiring a building permit if it disturbs 10,000 square feet or more or creates 20,000 square feet or more of impervious surface.

  “A Building Permit will not be issued until the CAP is approved.”

• Local zoningAbsent

  Land in unincorporated Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio.

  • Wayne County states that county subdivision regulations, health, building-code, floodplain, and soil-and-water regulations must still be followed.
  • The official county statement identifies Chippewa Township as the sole exception; Chester Township is not that exception.

  “There is no zoning in the unincorporated areas of Wayne County except Chippewa Township so properties in all those other areas have no zoning;”

• Who permits septicLocal (with conditions)

  On-site sewage treatment systems serving property in Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio, administered by the Wayne County Health Department Environmental Health Unit.

  • For a one-, two-, or three-family dwelling STS or an SFOSTS, the submitted design plan must be approved before a permit may be obtained.
  • A permit application, a registered septic installer and homeowner named on the permit, and permit-fee payment are required to issue permits.
  • A homeowner may apply for and install a system only if the parcel is the homeowner's primary residence and the homeowner passes the Sewage-code test with an 80% passing grade.
  • A newly installed system receives an operating permit after approval for use, submission of as-built information, and passing a 12-month inspection.
  • For new houses or commercial buildings under the county CAP process, the Health Department requires a certified-soil-scientist soils report and an approved plot plan showing the proposed structure, septic system and leach field, replacement leach field, and water well.

  SFOSTS generation threshold: < 1000 gallons per day (Applies to facilities evaluated by the Environmental Health Unit as stated on the sewage-treatment-systems page.) · design-plan review fee: 125 USD (The page states the fee is submitted with the soil evaluation and plot-plan design for review and approval.) · homeowner sewage-code test passing grade: >= 80 percent (Applies to a homeowner seeking to apply for and install a septic system on the homeowner's primary-residence parcel.)

  “Household Sewage Treatment Systems & Small Flow [...] services offered in all political subdivisions throughout Wayne 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.