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

Paupack Township’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Paupack township, Wayne County, PA: the township's own zoning ordinance (Ordinance No. 31) governs use and district rules

  • Source is a scanned copy hosted by the PA Public Utility Commission with OCR errors; it is the township ordinance as amended through amendment G (June 10, 1998).
  • Township website http://www.paupacktownship.org/ returned only frameset text on 2026-11-01, so later amendments (including any post-1998 change) were not checked and the current ordinance must be confirmed.
  • Zoning-only topics below are answered from this ordinance where it speaks; other topics are not inferred from it.

  “paupack township wayne county, pennsylvania zoning ordinance 31 amendment g adopted with amendments juna 10, t 998 (originally adopted june 22,1988)”

• SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Rural residential (RR) district lots in Paupack township of record as of June 22, 1988 with total lot size under one acre (rear yard setback)

  • General front, side and rear yard setbacks are defined in section 406, which was not extracted; this claim covers only the small-lot rear setback exception.
  • Setback amounts for C-1, C-2 and S-1 districts not extracted.

  rear yard setback for RR lots of record under one acre: >= 10 feet (lots of record as of June 22, 1988 with total lot size under one acre in the RR district)

  “in the rural residential district lots of record as of june 22,1988, with a total lot size ofless than one (1) acre, sha1l be required to have a rear yard setback ofno less than ten (10) feet.”

• Lot coverageSpecified

  Rural residential (RR) district lots in Paupack township

  • Covers all buildings including accessory buildings and impervious areas such as parking areas.
  • Section heading is OCR-garbled; section 508 placement is read from the text sequence.
  • Other districts (C-1, C-2, S-1) not checked for lot coverage.

  maximum lot coverage by buildings, accessory buildings and impervious areas: <= 25 percent of lot

  “buildings, including accessory buildings and impervious areas, such as parking areas shall not cover more than twenty-five (25) percent of the lot.”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Mobile home parks in the RR rural residential district of Paupack township, listed as a conditional use

  • Mobile home parks are a conditional use in the RR district (requires conditional-use approval under the ordinance).
  • Single manufactured homes on individual lots were not separately addressed in the text extracted; not established either way.
  • OCR heading garbled; conditional-use list read from the RR district section.

  “the following list identifies conditionar uses for the (rr) rural residential district,: (1) planned residential developments l2l mobile home parks (3) recreational land developments”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building permit requirement for new homes in Paupack township
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption in Paupack township
• Building code adopted — Building code adoption for Paupack township
• Inspections — Building inspection requirement in Paupack township
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes in Paupack township

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.