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

Logan Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Buildings and structures inside Logan Township, including erection, enlargement, conversion, repair, alteration, razing, and demolition.

  • Permit must be procured before work begins.
  • A permit is valid for one year from issuance.
  • It may be renewed yearly upon payment of the reissuance fee, but only for three consecutive one-year periods including the first year.

  “Prior to the commencement of any work thereon, no building or structure, or any part thereof, shall be erected, enlarged, converted, repaired or altered, razed and/or demolished until a building permit shall have been procured by the owner or owner's agent from the Building Permit Clerk. A building permit, once issued, shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance.”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning districts inside Logan Township.

  • The Township's published code includes Chapter 27 Zoning.

  “For the purpose of this chapter, the Township of Logan is divided into the following eight classes of districts:”

• Off-grid sanitationLimited

  Private privies, cesspools, septic tanks, and similar disposal structures on premises accessible to a public sanitary sewerage system in Logan Township.

  • The restriction applies only to premises accessible to a public sanitary sewerage system.
  • When a public-sewer connection has been made, existing private disposal facilities must be abandoned; the Township may require cleansing and filling where warranted or where seepage or drainage exists.

  “From and after the passage of this Part 1, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct or erect and privy, privy vault, cesspool or septic tank or any other type of disposal, receptacle or structure in, on or under any premises accessible to any public sanitary sewerage system in the Township.”

• Mandatory utility hookupSewer (with conditions)

  Occupied buildings inside Logan Township accessible to a public sanitary sewer system.

  • A portion of the occupied building must be within 150 feet of a public sanitary sewer system.
  • Connection must be made within 60 days after the system becomes accessible.
  • Where sewage cannot flow by gravity, a pump may be required.
  • The Board may extend the connection period up to 120 days beyond the original 60th day for extreme unfavorable weather, if the owner timely pays fees, secures a sewer permit, and submits a qualified-contractor agreement.

  public sanitary sewer-system distance: <= 150 feet (Only occupied buildings on premises accessible to the public sanitary sewer system.) · connection deadline: 60 days (May be extended under § 103(2).)

  “From and after the passage of this Part 1, any occupied building, a portion of which is within 150 feet from a public sanitary sewer system, and on premises now accessible to a public sanitary sewer system or which may hereafter become accessible to a public sanitary sewer system shall be connected to said public sanitary sewer system.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Water (with conditions) — Structures designed primarily for human habitation inside Logan Township, including single-family and two-family dwellings and townhouses.

    “Any person desiring to construct any structure designed primarily for human habitation including, but not limited, to single family and two family dwellings and townhouses shall be required to connect to a public water system if such public water system is within 150 feet of the structure to be constructed and said public water system has adequate pressure and supply.”

• Permit feesVariable (with conditions)

  Township building permits.

  • Fees are established from time to time by the Board of Supervisors.
  • The applicable statutory certification charge is added where required.

  “There shall be paid by the applicant to the Building Permit Clerk for the issuance of said Building Permit, fees as established from time to time by the Board of Supervisors, to which there shall be added the charge, now or hereafter provided by law for the certification of the issuance of said permit to any lawful authority requiring the same.”

• Permit processPublished (with conditions)

  Township building permits for construction, improvement, razing, or demolition.

  • Application must be in writing on the Township-prescribed form.
  • Application must identify the owners and property, describe work in detail, and state estimated cost.
  • Construction and improvement applications require dimensioned plans and approvals by County and Commonwealth authorities where required by law.
  • The Building Permit Clerk may waive plans for minor work adequately described in the application.

  “Application for said permit shall be made in writing in a form prescribed by the Township by the owner or owner's agent and shall contain the names and addresses of the owners; a description sufficient to identify the property for which the permit is sought; the nature of the construction, improvement, razing and/or demolition (whether pursuant to Chapter 4, Part 1 or for any other reason), in detail; the amount of estimated cost thereof, and, in the case of construction and improvement, shall be accompanied by one set of dimensioned plans showing all habitable floors, basement or cellar and foundation and with said plans being prepared, signed and approved by all County and Commonwealth authorities where required by law.”

Still unanswered

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

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built construction inside Logan Township.
• Building code adopted — Building-code adoption for construction inside Logan Township.
• Inspections — Building construction inside Logan Township.
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of buildings inside Logan Township.
• Minimum dwelling size — Single-family dwellings in Logan Township zoning districts.

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.

Off-grid gear

Going off-grid in Logan Township means bringing your own water and power. The kit we’d start with:

• Water Crystal Quest Filter any source — well, rain, or creek — to drinking-clean.
• Power Bluetti Solar generators and home battery backup for living off the grid.
• Septic Soil percolation test kit Run your own perc test before paying an engineer — the first thing a septic office asks about.
• Water Well water test kit Bacteria, nitrates, hardness — know what the well on a parcel is really pumping.

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