(A) Building permit or certificate of occupancy required. This subchapter shall be enforced by a Building Inspector, acting at the direction of the Town Administrator. It shall be a violation of this subchapter for any person to change or permit the change in the use of land or buildings or structure or to erect, alter, move, or improve any building or structure until a building permit has been obtained under the following conditions:
(1) A plot plan, drawn to scale, showing the exact size, shape, and dimensions of the lot to be built upon; the exact size and location on the lot of all existing buildings and structures; and the exact size and location on the lot of the structure or building proposed to be repaired, altered, erected, or moved together with a statement of the materials to be used and the size, arrangement, number of parking stalls, movement of vehicles, and ingress and egress drives for all off-street parking and loading facilities;
(2) A declaration of the existing and intended use of each existing and proposed building or structure on the lot and the number of families and housekeeping units which each existing building accommodates and which each existing and proposed building is designed to accommodate;
(3) Additional information relating to the proposed improvement needed to determine compliance with these regulations; and
(4) A survey prepared by an engineer registered in the state of the boundaries of the lot on which the improvements is proposed to be located.
(Prior Code, § 18-88)
(B) Certificate of occupancy. No change shall be made in the use of any land or building or structure after the passage of this subchapter until a certificate of occupancy is obtained from the Town Clerk that all of the provisions of this subchapter are complied with. Whenever a building permit is issued for the erection of a new building or structure, an occupancy permit shall not be required except where the use of the building or structure is changed from that for which the permit is issued or where the intended use is not clearly stated on the building permit.
(Prior Code, § 18-89)
(C) Procedure for authorizing conditional uses permitted on review. The uses listed under the various districts herein as uses permitted on review are so classified because they more intensely dominate the area in which they are located than do other uses permitted in the district; however, the nature of such uses makes it desirable that they be permitted to locate therein. The following procedure is established to integrate properly the uses permitted on review with the other viewed and authorized or rejected under the following procedures.
(1) An application together with a file fee of no less than $50 shall be filed with the Planning Commission for review. Said application shall show the location and intended use of the site, the names of all the property owners, and existing land uses within 300 feet and any other material pertinent to the request which the Planning Commission may require.
(2) The Planning Commission shall hold one or more public hearings thereon.
(3) The Planning Commission shall, within 45 days of the date of application, transmit to the Town Board its report as to the effect of such proposed building or use upon character of the neighborhood, traffic conditions, public utilities, and other matters pertaining to the general welfare and the recommendation of the Planning Commission concerning use thereon. Thereupon, the Town Board may authorize or deny the issuance of a building permit for the use of land or buildings as requested.
(Prior Code, § 18-90)
(D) Amendments. The Town Board may (from time to time, on its own motion or on petition from a property owner or on recommendation of the Planning Commission) amend the regulations and districts herein established. No change in regulations, restrictions, or district boundaries shall become effective until after a public hearing held in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. A minimum notice of 15 days of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in an official paper of general circulation in the town.
(Prior Code, § 18-91)
(E) Passage by the Town Board.
(1) Every such proposed amendment shall be referred by the Planning Commission for report. If a protest against such amendment be presented, duly signed, and acknowledged by the owners of 20% or more of the land within such area proposed to be altered or by the owner of 20% or more of the area of the lots immediately abutting either side of the territory included in such proposes change or separated therefrom only by an alley or posed change or street, such amendment shall not be passed except by the favorable vote of three-fourths of the Town Board of Trustees. Whenever the owners of 51% of the land in any area shall present a petition duly signed and acknowledged to the Town Board requesting an amendment of the regulations prescribed for such area, it shall be the duty of the Town Board to vote upon such amendment within 90 days of the filing of same by the petitioners with the Town Clerk.
(2) For each petition for amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, a fee plus the cost of legal publication shall be paid to the Town Clerk.
(Prior Code, § 18-92)