(a) Powers and Duties. The Zoning Officer, or the Zoning Officer's official designee, shall be charged with the administration of Zoning Code and, in particular, shall have the jurisdiction, authority, and duties described below:
(1) To meet with those persons having an interest in this Zoning Code, other questions of land use, and related City plans and policies.
(2) To conduct zoning compliance reviews regarding any permit pertaining to the use of land, buildings or structures.
(3) To issue permits for temporary uses requiring administrative approval.
(4) To conduct other administrative approvals as provided by this Zoning Code.
(5) To review any plans submitted for such review, and to make decisions or recommendations, as appropriate, to the BZAP, ARB or City Council on such plans.
(6) To approve certificates of appropriateness that do not require approval of the Board of Zoning and Planning or Architectural Review Board.
(7) To review planning and zoning applications received by the City, to notify and require applicants to provide all signatures, materials and supporting documentation required by the rules and ordinances of the City and its boards and commissions and to refuse to place any incomplete application on the agenda of any recommending or decision making authority until the application is complete and all required materials have been submitted.
(b) Procedures.
(1) General Authority to Enact Rules and Procedures. The Zoning Officer, consistent with the express standards, purposes, and intent of this Zoning Code, may promulgate, adopt, and issue such procedural rules, regulations, and forms as are necessary to the effective administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Zoning Code.
(2) Staff Assistance to the BZAP and ARB. The Zoning Officer shall make staff and consulting assistance available to the BZAP and ARB. The Zoning Officer or such person as the Zoning Officer designates shall in that capacity:
(A) Require complete zoning applications and prepare meeting agendas.
(B) Attend the meetings of each such body.
(C) Inform each such body with a summary of all relevant facts and information at the Zoning Officer's disposal with respect to any matter brought before such body.
(D) Assist each such body by performing research and/or arranging for research on matters brought before such body.
(E) Perform such other duties as may be assigned to the Zoning Officer by this Code, the Mayor, the City Council, the BZAP, and the ARB.
(3) Records. The Zoning Officer shall maintain:
(A) Permanent and current records of this Zoning Code, including all maps, amendments, variances, Conditional Use and planned unit development approvals and denials, interpretations, and decisions rendered respectively by the BZAP and the Zoning Officer together with relevant background files and materials.
(B) A current file of all notices of violations and revocations of Conditional Use Permits issued by or entrusted to the Zoning Officer's office for such time as necessary to ensure continuous compliance with the provisions of this Zoning Code.
(4) Zoning Text and Map. The Zoning Officer shall have available for reproduction or electronic display at least one (1) up-to-date copy of both the Zoning Code text and the Zoning Map, as per Chapter 1248, Official Zoning Map.
(5) Receipts, Processing, and Referral of Applications. The Zoning Officer shall receive all applications required to be filed pursuant to this Zoning Code. Upon receipt of any such application, the Zoning Officer shall see to its processing, including its referral to and retrieval from each official, department, board, or commission of the City or other government agency, with any interest or duty with respect to such application. Whenever the ARB, BZAP, the City Council or the Mayor so request, the Zoning Officer shall conduct or cause to be conducted such surveys, investigations, and field studies and shall prepare or cause to be prepared such reports, maps, photographs, charts and exhibits as shall be necessary and appropriate to the processing of any application filed pursuant to this Zoning Code.
(6) Time Extensions. The Zoning Officer, upon written request, may for good cause shown and without any notice or hearing grant extensions of any time limit imposed on an applicant or permittee by this Zoning Code except the time for referendum or appeal or, unless the ordinance or resolution shall expressly provide otherwise, by any ordinance or resolution of anybody acting pursuant to this Zoning Code. The total period of time granted by such extension or extensions shall not exceed the length of the original time period, and requests for any further extension may only be granted by the applicable hearing body.
(Ord. 29-16. Passed 11-15-16; Ord. 11-20. Passed 7-14-20.)