(a) Written application shall be made for a zoning certificate for the construction of a new building or the alteration of an existing building. Said certificate shall be issued within twenty days after a written request for the same has been made to the Zoning Inspector or his agent, provided such construction or alteration is in conformity with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance. Exceptions to this requirement shall be permitted where alterations involve only the functional use or operations within an existing building or structure.
(b) Written application for a zoning certificate for the use of vacant land, or for a change in the use of land or of a building, or for a change in a nonconforming use, as herein provided, shall be made to the Zoning Inspector. If the proposed use is in conformity with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance, the certificate therefore shall be issued within twenty days after the application for same has been made.
(c) Every application for a zoning certificate shall be accompanied by a plot plan in duplicate, and such other plans as may be necessary to show the location and type of buildings to be erected or alterations to be made. Where construction or physical improvements of the land is involved, the lot and location of the buildings to be erected thereon shall be staked out on the ground before construction is started, and all the dimensions shown on filed plans shall be based on an actual survey. (Ord. 99-2. Passed 3-1-99.)