No building, sign or other structure (except as otherwise for in this chapter) shall be erected, moved, extended or enlarged or structurally altered, nor shall any excavation or filling of any lot for the construction of any building be commenced until the Zoning Administrator has issued a zoning permit for such work in accordance with a fee schedule established by the Town Council.
(A) Expiration of zoning permit. Any zoning permit issued in accordance with this chapter will lapse and become invalid unless the work for which it was issued is started within six months of the date of issue, or if the work authorized by it is suspended or abandoned for a period of at least one year.
(B) Records.
(1) The Zoning Administrator shall maintain a record of all zoning permits on file at his or her office and copies shall be made available on request to interested parties.
(2) The County Planning Director shall keep records on development activities on all lots located within a Water Supply Watershed Overlay District having a maximum prescribed built-upon area.
(3) The County Planning Director shall maintain files on all minor and major variances concerning property located within a Water Supply Watershed Overlay District. A copy of information pertinent to any minor variance application request concerning property located within a Water Supply Watershed Overlay District (including minutes of the hearing, findings made by the Board of Adjustment, actions taken by the Board of Adjustment, names and addresses of all persons giving evidence at the public hearing) shall be submitted annually during the last week of December to Division of Environmental Management, Supervisor of the Classification and Standards Group.
(C) Conditions for approval.
(1) Zoning permits issued on the basis of dimensional plans approved by the Zoning Administrator authorize only the use, arrangement and construction set forth in such approved plans and applications.
(2) Use, arrangement or construction which differ from that authorized shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and shall be punishable as indicated under § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(D) Zoning permit not required. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no zoning permit is necessary for the following uses:
(1) Street construction or repair;
(2) Electric power, telephone, telegraph, cable television, gas, water and sewer lines, wires or pipes, together with supporting poles or structures, located within a public right-of-way;
(4) Mailboxes, newspaper boxes, walls, fences, birdhouses, flag poles, pump covers and doghouses under 15 square feet of gross floor area.
(Ord. passed - -, § 11.2)