(a) Use Prohibited Without Certificate. No owner, lessee or tenant shall use or permit the use of any structure, building or land, or part thereof, hereafter created, erected, changed, converted or enlarged, wholly or partly, until a certificate of zoning compliance shows that such building or premises or a part thereof, and the proposed use thereof, are in conformity with the provisions of this Zoning Code.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Administrator shall issue a certificate of zoning compliance provided he/she is satisfied that the structure, building and/or premises, the proposed use thereof, and the proposed methods of water supply and disposal of sanitary waste, conform with all requirements of this Zoning Code, subject to approval of Council where the Zoning Code requires or deems appropriate.
(2) This section shall in no case be construed as requiring a certificate in the event of a change in ownership or tenancy only, without a change in use or intended use, provided that no alterations or additions are proposed for such building.
(b) Effect of Approval. Certificates of zoning compliance shall be issued on the basis of plans, information and application approved by the Planning and Zoning Administrator and/or Council and shall authorize only the use, arrangement and construction set forth in such approved plans, information and application or approved amendments thereto, and no other use, arrangement or construction. Use, arrangement and construction at variance with that authorized shall be deemed a violation of this Zoning Code and punished as provided in this chapter.
(c) Conformance with Certificate of Zoning Compliance. Any project requiring a certificate of zoning compliance shall conform to the approved plans and/or other approved materials. Any project not in conformance with the approved certificate of zoning compliance shall be considered in violation of this Zoning Code, per § 1135.10.
(d) Approval of Health Officer. In every case where the lot is not serviced with public water supply and/or the disposal of sanitary wastes by means of public water and sewers, the application shall be accompanied by written evidence of approval by the responsible Health Officer as to the proposed method of water supply and/or treatment and disposal of sanitary waste.
(Ord. 2020-10, passed 6-15-2020)