(A) Director of Community Development or City Engineer; appeals. The appeals of orders, requirements, decisions or determinations made by the Director of Community Development, City Engineer, or their designee may be taken to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(B) Permit required; application; record. No construction of any building may be undertaken in the city without a building permit. Each application for a building permit shall be accompanied by a sketch in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing the name of the person making the application, the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon as shown by a subdivision plat, the size, shape and location of the buildings to be erected, and any other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of this chapter. A record of applications and sketches shall be kept in the office of the Building Inspector.
(C) Effective date; record of certificates of occupancy. No change in the use or occupancy of land, nor any change of use or occupancy in an existing building other than for single-family dwelling purposes, shall be made, nor shall any new building be occupied until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the Building Inspector. No permit for excavation for, or the erection or alteration of, any building shall be issued before the application has been made and approved for a building permit, and no building or premises shall be occupied until the certificate and permit are issued. A record of all certificates of occupancy shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Inspector, and copies shall be furnished on request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in land or a building affected by the certificate of occupancy.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-2.1, passed 1-4-2010; Ord. 17-3538, passed 2-6-2017; Ord. 20-3609, passed 4-6-2020)