Sanitation facility

Outdoor toilet placement rules

Türkiye · Auxiliary · usually lightweight

A pit/dry toilet (where there is no sewer) must be at least 1.5 m from drinking-water wells and at least 2 m from house walls, and should not be more than 50 m from the dwelling for practical use.

Use in planner All objects

Placement rules

A high-sensitivity sanitary object: place it only after checking wells, houses and local sanitation rules.

Boundary setback

Setbacks from plot boundaries and neighbouring buildings.

Distance to house walls At least 2 m Local rules

Sanitary zone

Sanitary protection distances to wells, drinking water and dwellings.

Outdoor toilet / cesspit distances

Distance to drinking-water well At least 1.5 m Local rules

Other conditions

Runoff, shading and other local-code conditions.

Max practical distance Not more than 50 m from the building Local rules

Important limitation

The catalog is a planning aid, not a legal opinion. Before construction, check the land plot category, local land-use and development rules, easements, utility protection zones and neighbour buildings.