No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, or altered contrary to the provisions of this ordinance.
1. Administrative Officer. The City Manager or his authorized representative shall serve as the administrative officer. The administrative officer shall have authority to grant building permits or certificates of occupancy; to make inspections and to make all decisions necessary to a proper carrying out of the provisions of this chapter. No oversight or dereliction on the part of any official or employee of the City shall legalize, authorize or excuse the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
2. Enforcement and Interpretation. The administrative officer or his authorized representative shall have the power and the duty to enforce and interpret the provisions of this ordinance. Any appeal from a ruling of the administrative officer shall be made to the Board of Adjustment. It is the intent of this ordinance that all questions or interpretation and enforcement shall first be presented to the administrative officer.
Where this ordinance imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or land or upon the height of buildings or requires larger lots or yards than are imposed or required by existing provisions of law or ordinance or by such rules or regulations, this ordinance shall control.
3. Form of Petitions, Application and Appeals. All petitions, applications, appeals provided in this ordinance shall be made on forms provided for the purpose or as otherwise prescribed by the Board of Adjustment in order to assure the fullest practical presentation of pertinent facts and to maintain a permanent record. All applications shall be accompanied by plans drawn to scale showing the actual shape and dimensions of a lot to be built upon, the exact size and location on the lot of the buildings and other structures existing and proposed buildings or structures, the existing and proposed and intended use of each building, structure, or land and such other pertinent descriptive information as is needed to determine their conformance with the provisions of this ordinance.
4. Violation and Penalties. Any person, firm, co-partnership, corporation, or other association of persons, whether acting directly or through employees or agents, that violates, disobeys, omits, neglects, refuses to comply with, or resists the enforcement of any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a municipal infraction and upon conviction thereof shall for each offense pay a sum not exceeding the maximum allowed by law. Each day that the violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.
(Ch. 170 – Ord. 1507 – Jan. 16 Supp.)
EDITOR’S NOTE | |||
The following ordinances have been adopted amending the Official Zoning Map referred to in Section 170.06 of this chapter and have not been included as a part of this Code of Ordinances but have been specifically saved from repeal and are in full force and effect. | |||
ORDINANCE | ADOPTED | SUBJECT | |
1508 | November 9, 2015 | Rezoning from R-3PUD to R-3 | |
1510 | December 28, 2015 | Rezoning from R-5 to B-2 | |
1607 | April 25, 2016 | Rezoning from A-1 to B-2 | |
1608 | April 25, 2016 | Rezoning from A-1 to R-2 | |
1801 | January 22, 2018 | Rezoning from A-2 to I-2 | |
1802 | August 6, 2018 | Rezoning from A-1 to PUD | |
1803 | August 6, 2018 | Rezoning from R-3 to PUD | |
20-01 | January 13, 2020 | Rezoning from PUD to R-3 | |
2102 | July 26, 2021 | Rezoning from B-2 to RB-1 | |
2204 | August 22, 2022 | Rezoning from A-1 to R-3 & R-4 | |