Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Sugar Creek Township, Ohio

Sugar Creek Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  All building projects in Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio.

  • A Construction Application for Permit (CAP) is required.
  • The cited County table directs readers to the CAP sheet for details.

  “NEED CAP – All Township building projects (see CAP sheet for details) Baughman, Canaan, Chester, Chippwa (also needs zoning), Clinton, Congress, East Union, Franklin, Green, Milton, Paint, Plain, Salt Creek, Sugar Creek, Wayne, Wooster.”

• Local zoningAbsent

  Unincorporated land in Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio; this does not establish the zoning status of land inside an incorporated municipality.

  • Wayne County states that county subdivision regulations, health, building code, floodplain, and soil-and-water regulations must still be followed.
  • The County's explicit exception is Chippewa Township; Sugar Creek Township is not listed as an 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; However, there are county subdivision regulations, health, building code, floodplain and soil and water regulations that must still be followed.”

Rules another office applies inside Sugar Creek Township

Sugar Creek 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 septicLocal (with conditions)

  On-site sewage treatment systems serving land in Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio.

  • For installation or alteration, a permit must be obtained before construction or repair begins.
  • For a one-, two-, or three-family dwelling or a small-flow on-site sewage treatment system, the Environmental Health Unit issues installation or alteration permits after approval of the submitted design plan.
  • A registered septic installer and homeowner must be named on the permit, and the permit fee must be paid to issue permits.
  • A homeowner may install a system only if the parcel is the homeowner's primary residence and the homeowner passes the Sewage code test with an 80% grade.
  • Soil-based installations require prior Environmental Health Unit approval before construction from November 1 through April 30.

  homeowner sewage-code test passing grade: 80 percent (Applies where the homeowner applies for and installs a septic system on the homeowner's primary-residence parcel.) · small-flow system threshold: < 1000 gallons per day (The page describes SFOSTS as facilities generating less than 1000 gallons per day.)

  “Individuals may obtain a Permit to Install or a Permit to Alter a sewage treatment system to serve a one, two or three family dwelling (STS) or a small flow on-site sewage treatment system (SFOSTS) from the EH Unit after the approval of the submitted design plan.”

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.