The Enforcement Official, as designated by Council, shall have the power to grant zoning compliance and occupancy permits and to make inspections of buildings or premises necessary to carry out his or her duties in the enforcement of this Zoning Code. The Enforcement Official shall not approve any plans or issue a zoning compliance permit or a building permit for any excavation or construction until he or she has caused such plans to be inspected in detail and found them in conformity with this Zoning Code. To this end, the Enforcement Official shall require that every application for a zoning compliance permit for excavation, construction or alteration or change in type of use or occupancy be accompanied by written statements and plans or plats drawn to a scale of not less than one inch equals thirty feet, in duplicate, and showing the following in sufficient detail to enable the Enforcement Official to ascertain whether the proposed work or use is in conformance with this Zoning Code.
(a) The legal description, actual shape, location and dimensions of the lot.
(b) The shape, size and location of all buildings or other structures to be erected, altered or moved, and of any buildings or other structures already on the lot.
(c) The existing and intended use of the lot and all such structures upon it.
(d) Such other information concerning the lot or adjoining lots as may be essential for determining whether the provisions of this Zoning Code are being observed.
(e) Existing and proposed grades to an extent necessary to allow the Enforcement Official and the Village Engineer to properly determine the results of the proposed work.
If the proposed excavation, construction or alteration, or use of land, as set forth in the application, are in conformity with the provisions of this Zoning Code, the Enforcement Official shall issue a zoning compliance permit. If any application for such permit is not approved, the Enforcement Official shall state in writing on the application the cause for such disapproval. Issuance of a permit shall in no case be construed as waiving any provisions of this Zoning Code.
The Enforcement Official is, under no circumstances, permitted to grant exceptions to the actual meaning of any clause, order or regulation contained in this Zoning Code to any person making application to excavate, construct, move, alter or use either buildings, structures or land within the Village.
The Enforcement Official is, under no circumstances, permitted to make changes to this Zoning Code, nor to vary the terms of this Zoning Code in carrying out his or her duties as Enforcement Official.
The Enforcement Official shall record all nonconforming uses existing at the effective date of this Zoning Code within twelve months after the adoption of this Zoning Code for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Chapter 1264.
(Ord. 2000-38. Passed 5-8-00.)