(A) No building or structure shall be erected, reconstructed, enlarged, or moved until an improvement location permit shall have been applied for in writing and issued by the Zoning Administrator. When a mobile home is used as an agricultural dwelling, a permit shall be required. Said permit shall be posted in a prominent place on the premises prior to and during the period of erection, reconstruction, enlargement, or moving. The permit shall be valid for six months after the date of issuance. The Zoning Administrator shall have the power to renew the improvement location permit.
(B) In obtaining an improvement location permit as required by this subchapter, the contractor or excavator who is to install the pond shall make application in the name of the owner of the pond and shall be responsible for obtaining the permit and displaying the permit at the job site before commencing any construction. No contractor or excavator shall do any work in installing or modifying and making improvement to any pond requiring a permit without informing the owner of the necessity thereof and personally obtaining the permit on behalf of the owner.
(C) The Zoning Administrator shall issue an improvement location permit, upon written application, when the proposed structure, improvement, or use and its location conform in all respects to the County Master Plan.
(D) Every application for an improvement location permit shall be accompanied by:
(1) A site plan drawn to scale showing the ground area of the building or structure, the building lines in relation to lot lines, the number of stories, or the height of building or structure, the use to be made of the building, or structure, or land, and all other information required by the Zoning Administrator for the proper enforcement of this chapter; and
(2) The site plan shall be attached to the application for an improvement location permit when it is submitted to the Zoning Administrator and shall be retained by the Plan Commission as a public record.
(E) Any decision of the Zoning Administrator concerning the issuance of an improvement location permit may be appealed to the Board of Zoning Appeals by any person claiming to be adversely affected by that decision.
(F) The issuance of an improvement location permit cannot substitute for or supersede the requirement of any ordinance adopted by the County Council which requires the issuance of a building permit before the construction of any building or structure. The issuance of any improvement location permit does not waive any requirement of any pertinent municipal, county, state, or federal ordinance, rule, regulation, or law.
(G) No improvement location permit for erection of any building shall be issued before the application has been made for a certificate of occupancy.
(Ord. 2005-01, passed 2-17-2005) Penalty, see § 153.999