(A) Issuance of zoning compliance permits.
(1) No building or structure, or part thereof, shall hereafter be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted or enlarged or moved; nor shall any change be made in the use of any building, structure, or land without a zoning compliance permit having been obtained from the Zoning Inspector for such building, structure or land. A zoning compliance application shall be filled out and submitted to the Zoning Inspector.
(2) The Zoning Inspector shall require that all applications for zoning compliance permits shall be accompanied by plans and specifications including a plot plan in duplicate drawn to scale showing the following information:
(a) The actual dimensions and shape of the lot to be building upon;
(b) The exact size and location of existing structures on the lot, if any; and
(c) The location and dimensions of the proposed structure or alteration.
(3) One copy of the plans shall be returned to the applicant by the Zoning Inspector after such copy has been approved or disapproved, and attested to same by the Zoning Inspector’s signature on such copy. The Zoning Inspector shall retain the original copy, similarly marked, for his or her files. Whenever the building, structures and uses as set forth in the application are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, the Zoning Inspector shall issue the applicant a zoning compliance permit with ten days of the filing thereof. Where action of the Board of Appeals or the Planning Commission is required in any case, as set forth in the chapter, the Zoning Inspector shall issue such permit promptly following such action.
(B) Voiding of zoning compliance permit. Any zoning compliance permit granted under this chapter shall become null and void and fees forfeited unless construction and/or use is completed within 545 days of the date of issuance. A zoning compliance permit shall be renewable upon reapplication and upon payment of the fee, subject however, to the provisions of all ordinances in effect at the time of renewal.
(Ord. 1, passed 11-13-2000, § 20.4)