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(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
(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
(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)
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
The Board of Adjustment shall consist of five regular members, plus one additional member designated as an alternate who shall attend and serve only when one of the regular members is unable to attend for any reason, each to be appointed for a term of three years and removable for cause by the appointing authority upon written charges and after public hearings. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant. One member only of the Board of Adjustment shall be appointed from the membership of the Planning Commission, and the loss of membership on the Planning Commission by the member shall also result in his or her immediate loss of membership on the Board of Adjustment and the appointment of another Planning Commission member to the Board of Adjustment. After 9-9-1995, the first vacancy occurring on the Board of Adjustment shall be filled by the appointment of a person who resides in the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city at the time as more than 200 persons reside within the area. Thereafter, at all times, at least one member of the Board of Adjustment shall reside outside the corporate boundaries of the city but within its extraterritorial jurisdiction. The Board of Adjustment shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to Neb. RS 19-901 through 19-914. Meetings of the Board of Adjustment shall be held at the call of the Chairperson and at any other times as the Board of Adjustment may determine. The Chairperson, or in his or her absence the Acting Chairperson, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the Board of Adjustment shall be open to the public. The Board of Adjustment shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating the fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the Board and shall be a public record.
(Ord. passed - -2000)
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