(A) A zoning certificate shall be required for any of the following, except as herein provided.
(1) Construction or alteration of any building, including accessory buildings. Such construction or alteration shall include exterior modifications involving construction, reconstruction, or alteration but excluding painting, re-siding, reroofing, application of shutters or eaves spouting.
(2) Change in use of an existing building or accessory building to a use of a different classification or involving a change in required setbacks, screening, off-street parking or conditional use permit.
(3) Change in the use of land or buildings to a use of a different classification.
(4) Any change in the use of a nonconforming use.
(5) Erection of fences, swimming pools, and signs.
(6) Construction of driveways and off-street parking areas.
(7) If applicable, no zoning certificate shall be issued unless a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) is duly issued, under the provisions of Chapter 158 Historic and Architectural Preservation Code, by the Historic Preservation Commission and accompanies the application for a zoning certificate.
(B) In all other situations where a minimum dollar amount of $2,500 is being expended on any building, structure, or land, a certificate of zoning compliance is to be obtained. There is a fee charged for a certificate of zoning compliance according to the adopted fee schedule, and application shall be made on form(s) available in the Planning Department.
(Ord. 9098, passed 6-12-2023)