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

Center Township’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  The unincorporated portion of Center Township, Wood County, Ohio.

  • A zoning permit must be obtained from the local zoning authority having jurisdiction before filing a building-permit application for residential or commercial projects.
  • This claim does not apply to incorporated municipal territory within the township.

  “Before you file an application for a Building Permit for residential or commercial projects, you must obtain a Zoning Permit from the local zoning authority having jurisdiction at the job site location. [...] Center Township Ken Taylor”

Rules another office applies inside Center Township

Center 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

  Residential construction, additions, alterations, and remodeling inside Center Township, Wood County, Ohio, administered by Wood County Building Inspection.

  • No work may commence until the building permits are obtained.
  • For new construction, additions, or alterations, two sets of drawings, a permit application, and the fee must be submitted; only complete plans compliant with the Residential Code of Ohio for one-, two-, and three-family dwellings will be reviewed.
  • Before issuance, a copy of the zoning permit must be submitted. If a sanitary-sewer, septic-tank, water-tap, or SWIP permit is required, the applicable approved permit number must be supplied.
  • Work started without applying for required permits is subject to double the original fee.

  “No work is to commence at the job site until the building permits have been obtained.”

• Who permits septicLocal (with conditions)

  New or replacement sewage treatment systems in non-sewered areas inside Center Township, Wood County, Ohio.

  • The Wood County Health Department administers the site-review and permitting process.
  • A soil evaluation and sewage-treatment-system design must be completed before a site-review application is submitted.
  • The installation and operation-and-maintenance permit applications must be completed and submitted before installation.
  • The property owner must acknowledge and sign the approval letter before obtaining the installation permit.
  • The site-review fee stated by the guide is $728 for new construction and $478 for replacement, with additional review fees possible; corrected-design resubmittals require $75 and the stated combined installation and O&M permit fee is $744. All fees are subject to change.
  • The guide is for non-sewered areas and reports a revised date of 2024-02-22.

  new-construction site-review application fee: 728 USD (Includes the site evaluation and initial design-review fee; additional review fees may be required.) · replacement site-review application fee: 478 USD (Includes the site evaluation and initial design-review fee; additional review fees may be required.) · site-review validity: <= 5 years (Upon approval, unless the property is currently under violations to replace the existing sewage treatment system.)

  “The following information regarding the STS Site Review and Permitting process is for those people who are thinking of building a new home in Wood County or replacing an existing STS. [...] permit issued by the Wood County Health Department (WCHD).”

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.