Within the corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Claremont no building, sign or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to or structurally altered before a zoning permit has been issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer of the City of Claremont. Written notice of such determination refusal and reason therefore shall be given to the applicant and property owner (G.S. 160D-403(b)), the Zoning Enforcement Officer may provide their determination in print or electronic form; if electronic form is used then it must be protected from further editing (G.S. 160D-403(a)). (Ord. of 12-7-04, No. 37-02; Ord. of 6-21-21, No. 41-21)