§ 153.293 BUILDING PERMIT APPROVAL.

   All building permits requiring a conditional use permit or change of zone shall be approved by the City Council after consideration of the City Planning Commission's recommendation.

(Ord. passed - -2000)

§ 153.294 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

   (A)   No structure or land shall be hereafter used or the use changed thereof until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Zoning Administrator.

   (B)   A certificate of occupancy for a new building, or the alteration of an existing structure, shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within ten days after the erection or alteration of the building is completed and conformity with this chapter.

   (C)   (1)   No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for residential purposes for a partially completed or portion of a building.

      (2)   No structure shall be used as a temporary residence.

   (D)   Application for a change of use of land or existing structure shall be made on farms provided by the Zoning Administrator and shall state the proposed use is in conformity with this chapter.

(Ord. passed - -2000) Penalty, see § 153.999

§ 153.295 ENFORCEMENT BY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.

   (A)   (1)   It shall be the duty of the Zoning Administrator to enforce this chapter in accordance with its provisions.

      (2)   All departments, officials, and public employees of the city, which are vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses, shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and shall issue no permit or license for any use, building, or purpose, if the same would be in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.

   (B)   The erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use of any building, structure, water or sewer facility, automobile trailer, house trailer, or land in violation of this chapter is hereby declared to be a violation of this chapter.

(Ord. passed - -2000) Penalty, see § 153.999

ENFORCEMENT

§ 153.310 ZONING VIOLATIONS.

   The city may enforce this chapter through methods included in this chapter or through other methods adopted by the City Council.

(Ord. passed - -2000)

§ 153.311 ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE.

   (A)   Whenever the Zoning Administrator, whether through personnel knowledge or through members of the Planning Commission or city employees, has knowledge of any violation of the this chapter, he or she shall give written notice to the violator to correct the violation within 30 days after the date of the notice. Should the violator fail to correct the violation within the 30-day period, the City Council may request that the Police Department to issue a citation to the violator, stating the nature of the violation with sufficient particularity to give notice of the charge to the violator. The citation shall require that the violator appear in court at a definite time and place stated therein to answer and defend the charge.

   (B)   One copy of the citation shall be served upon the violator by the Police Department in the manner provided by law for the service of a criminal summons. One copy each shall be retained by the Police Department and the City Council and one copy shall be transmitted to the Clerk of the Court.

(Ord. passed - -2000)