Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Clinton Township, Pennsylvania

Clinton Township’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Clinton Township, Lycoming County, PA: the township administers its own zoning ordinance through a zoning officer and zoning hearing board.

  • The township zoning ordinance text itself was not retrieved; the township page confirms the ordinance exists and is administered by the township zoning officer and zoning hearing board.
  • The zoning map amendment Ordinance 2025-02 is a .doc file that could not be opened.
  • Township packet cites zoning ordinance Article 7 and Article 9.2, but their text was not readable.

  “it must limit its scope of activities to those permitted by the pennsylvania municipalities planning code (mpc) and by the township’s zoning ordinance.”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Subdivision and land development inside Clinton Township, Lycoming County, PA.

  • Plans must be recorded with the Lycoming County Recorder of Deeds within ninety days of approval or they are void, per the township packet.
  • Preliminary sketch plan and township forms are listed in the packet; the township planning commission prepares subdivision and land development ordinances.

  plan recording deadline: 90 days

  “applicant records an 18" x 24" or 24 x 36 copy of the approved plan and a copy of the deed description in the register and recorder's office, lycoming county court house within ninety (90) days of approval”

• Permit feesPublished

  Zoning permit fees for land inside Clinton Township, Lycoming County, PA.

  • The township page links a fee schedule; the fee amounts were not read because the linked PDF was not opened.
  • The page's fee-schedule link text carries a 2020 date, not the schedule's effective date.

  “2023 municipal fee schedule updated pricing for zoning ordinance permit fees”

Rules another office applies inside Clinton Township

Clinton 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)

  Onlot sewage (septic) systems on land inside Clinton Township, Lycoming County, PA, which the DEP table assigns to the Lycoming Sanitary Committee as sewage enforcement agency.

  • The DEP table is undated; confirm the current agency with the township or the committee.
  • Permit and inspection rules were not retrieved from an official source.

  “41912 clinton township lycoming lycoming sanitary committee”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Clinton Township or Lycoming County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption from building permits inside Clinton Township, Lycoming County, PA.
• Building code adopted — Building code enforced inside Clinton Township, Lycoming County, PA.
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Clinton Township, Lycoming County, PA.
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy for buildings inside Clinton Township, Lycoming County, PA.
• Zoning districts — Zoning district map and district list for land inside Clinton Township, Lycoming County, PA.

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.