A. Appointment: There is hereby created the position of city planning administrator. The city planning administrator shall be appointed by the planning and zoning commission and the appointment confirmed by the city council.
B. Duties: The city planning administrator, throughout this title referred to as administrator, shall administer the provisions of this title and provide assistance and guidance to the planning and zoning commission and the city council, and in addition, shall have the following duties:
1. Advise interested persons of the zoning title provisions.
2. Notify the news media regarding matters of public interest.
3. Aid and assist applicants in the preparation and expedition of required applications.
4. Issue building permits, certificates of occupancy, notifications and such similar administrative duties.
5. Investigate all violations of this title and notify, in writing, the person responsible for such violations, ordering the action necessary to correct such violation. (Ord. 223, 7-13-2006)
6. Whenever there is doubt as to the classification of use not specifically mentioned in this title, the determination shall be made by the administrator. Such determination shall be based upon detailed description of the proposed use and such other information as may be required. The administrator shall make such investigations as are necessary to compare the nature and characteristics of the proposed use with those of listed uses in the various districts, and shall determine that the use is, in all essentials, pertinent to the objectives of this title, of the same character as a use listed as allowed or as a special use permitted in one or such specified district or districts. No use added by such administrative determination shall permit in any district a use which is a special use permitted in such districts or in any less restricted district, nor shall same permit a use which is an allowed use in a less restrictive district. The determination of the administrator shall be final unless an appeal is made to the city council through the process specified in section 8-12-1 of this title.
(Ord. 223, 7-13-2006; amd. Ord. 252, 5-15-2013)