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CHAPTER 1262
Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
1262.01   Establishment of Department of Planning and Zoning; personnel; functions.
1262.02   Enforcement; right of entry; violations; orders to correct.
1262.03   Zoning permits.
1262.04   Certificates of occupancy.
1262.05   Fee schedule.
1262.06   Violations; equitable remedies.
 
1262.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Municipal zoning - see Ohio R.C. 713.06 et seq.
   Administrative board; powers and duties - see Ohio R.C. 713.11
   Violation of zoning ordinances may be enjoined - see Ohio R.C. 713.13
   Nonconforming uses, lots and structures - see P. & Z. Ch. 1274
   Site development plans - see P. & Z. Ch. 1276
   Conditional use permits - see P. & Z. Ch. 1278
   Supplementary regulations - see P. & Z. Ch. 1280
1262.01  ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING; PERSONNEL; FUNCTIONS.
   (a)   There is hereby established a Department of Planning and Zoning, whose personnel shall be under the direction of, appointed by and responsible to the City Manager and compensated as Council, by ordinance, may provide.
   (b)   The Department shall consist of such positions as the City Manager, with the consent of Council, deems necessary to perform the duties of the Department.
   (c)   The Department shall assist the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals and the Architectural Review Board in the administration of this Zoning Code, the Exterior Property Maintenance Code, the Rental Housing Code and other Municipal codes, and shall perform other duties as designated by the City Manager.
(Ord. 2337.  Passed 10-20-92.)
1262.02  ENFORCEMENT; RIGHT OF ENTRY; VIOLATIONS; ORDERS TO CORRECT.
   This Zoning Code shall be administered and enforced by the Zoning Administrator.  The Administrator or any authorized assistant thereof, upon proper identification, shall have the right to enter upon any land or into any building for the purpose of making an inspection or acquiring information to determine whether or not the property and the use thereof conform to the requirements of this Zoning Code.
   If the Administrator shall find that any of the provisions of this Zoning Code are being violated, he or she shall notify, in writing, the person responsible for such violations, indicating the nature of the violation and ordering the action necessary to correct it.  The Administrator shall order the discontinuance of illegal uses of land, buildings or structures; the removal of illegal buildings or structures or of illegal additions, alterations or structural changes; or the discontinuance of any illegal work being done; or shall take any other action authorized by this Zoning Code to ensure compliance with or to prevent violation of its provisions.
(Ord. 2337.  Passed 10-20-92.)
1262.03  ZONING PERMITS.
   No building or structure shall be erected, constructed, altered, moved, converted, extended, remodeled, repaired or enlarged, and no use shall be established, without a zoning permit having first been issued therefor by the Administrator, except in conformity with the provisions of this Zoning Code.
   Applications for zoning permits shall be made to the Administrator on forms provided.  Each application shall be accompanied by a plot plan drawn to scale showing the size and shape of the parcel of land, the location of structures or uses with respect to the property lines and to the right-of-way of any street or highway, the proposed grading plan and any other information which the Administrator may deem necessary for consideration of the application. 
   For purposes of this section, fences, signs, pools, satellite dishes and similar objects shall be deemed to be structures.
(Ord. 2536.  Passed 2-24-97.)
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