(A) Improvement location permit.
(1) 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. The 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.
(2) 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 City Master Plan.
(3) Every application for an improvement location permit shall be accompanied by the following:
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) The issuance of an improvement location permit cannot substitute for or supersede the requirement of any ordinance adopted by the Common 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 city, state or federal ordinance, rule, regulation or law.
(6) No improvement location permit for erection of any building shall be issued before the application has been made for a certificate of occupancy.
(Ord. 466, § 4-13-9, passed 5-11-98)
(B) Certificate of occupancy.
(1) No occupancy, use or change of use, except buildings incidental to agricultural operations shall take place until a certificate of occupancy shall have been applied for, in writing, and issued by the Zoning Administrator in the following cases:
(a) Occupancy and use of a building or structure hereafter erected or enlarged.
(b) Change in use of an existing building or structure.
(c) Occupancy and use of vacant land, except for agricultural operations.
(d) Change in the use of land to a use of a different classification, except for agricultural operations.
(e) Any change in the use of a nonconforming use.
(2) Written application for a certificate of occupancy for a new building or for an existing building which will be enlarged shall be made at the same time as the application for an improvement location permit.
(3) Written application for a certificate of occupancy shall be applied for within ten days of a contemplated change in use of a building of land. If the proposed use is in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, the certificate of occupancy therefor shall be issued within four days after the application for the same was made.
(4) A record of all certificates of occupancy shall be kept on file in the office of the Commission and a copy shall be forwarded, on request, to any person having proprietary or temporary interest in the building or land affected.
(5) Pending the issuance of a certificate, a temporary certificate of occupancy may be issued by the Zoning Administrator for a period of not more than six months during the completion of the construction of the building or of alterations which are required under the terms of any law or ordinance. A temporary certificate may be renewed, but it shall not be construed in any way to alter the respective rights, duties or obligations of the owner or of the city relating to the use of occupancy of the land or building, or any other matter covered by this chapter, and a temporary certificate shall not be issued except under restrictions and provisions as will adequately insure the safety of the occupants.
(Ord. 466, § 4-13-10, passed 5-11-98)
(C) Sign permit. Prior to the construction, placement, alteration or relocation of any sign covered by this chapter, the individual responsible for the sign must first obtain a permit from the Zoning Administrator and make payment of the appropriate fee. (Ord. 466, § 4-13-11, passed 5-11-98)
(D) Contingent and special use permit reviews.
(1) A public hearing shall be required before the Board may permit either a contingent use or
a special use.
(2) Permitted contingent uses and consideration factors are identified in § 152.029.
(3) Permitted special uses and consideration factors are identified in § 152.030.
(Ord. 466, § 4-13-12, passed 5-11-98) Penalty, see § 152.999