A. General Powers. The Village Manager shall be charged with the administration and enforcement of this Code. In addition to the jurisdiction, authority, and duties conferred on the Manager by other provisions of State statutes and Village codes and ordinances, the Manager shall have all powers necessary to such administration and enforcement and shall, in particular, have the jurisdiction, authority, and duties hereinafter set forth.
B. Rules; Regulations; Application Forms. The Village Manager, consistent with the express standards, purposes, and intent of this Code, shall promulgate, adopt, and issue such procedural rules, regulations, and forms as are in the Manager's opinion necessary to the effective administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Code.
C. Staff Assistance to the Zoning Board of Appeals and Plan Commission. The Village Manager, within budgets available for that purpose, shall make staff and consulting assistance available to the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Plan Commission, and the Manager or his or her delegatee shall in that capacity:
1. Attend the meetings of each such body;
2. Inform each such body of all facts and information at the Manager's disposal with respect to any matter brought before each such body;
3. Assist each such body by performing research and making recommendations on matters brought before each such body; and
4. Perform such other duties as may be assigned to the Manager by this Code and by the rules of such bodies.
D. Records. The Village Manager shall maintain:
1. Permanent and current records of this Code, including all maps, amendments, special use permits, interpretations, and decisions rendered by the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Plan Commission, the Village Attorney, and the Manager, together with relevant background files and materials;
2. In the central address file, copies of all certificates of zoning compliance, certificates of occupancy, and all notices of violations, discontinuances, terminations, or removals, issued by or entrusted to the Manager's office for such time as necessary to ensure continuous compliance with the provisions of this Code; and
3. In the central address file, information on all known nonconforming uses, structures, lots, and signs in the Village.
E. Zoning Text; Zoning Map. The Village Manager shall prepare and have available for public sale:
1. The compiled text of this Code in book or pamphlet form, including all amendments thereto through the preceding December 31; and
2. The official Zoning Map, showing the zoning districts, divisions, and classifications in effect on the preceding December 31.
The Manager, at all other times, shall maintain and have available for reproduction at least one up-to-date copy of both the Zoning Code text and the Zoning Map, showing all amendments through the most recent meeting of the Board of Trustees for which official minutes have been approved.
F. Applications: Receipt, Processing, Referral to Interested Parties and Agencies. The Village Manager shall receive all applications required to be filed pursuant to this Code. Upon receipt of any such application, the Manager shall see to its expeditious processing, including its prompt referral to and retrieval from each official, department, board, or commission of the Village, or other government, with any interest or duty with respect to such application.
G. Investigation of Applications. Whenever the Plan Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Zoning Commission, or the Board of Trustees shall so request, by general rule or specific direction, the Village Manager shall, within the limits of staff and budgeted funds available for such purposes, conduct or cause to be conducted such surveys, investigations, and field studies and shall prepare or cause to be prepared such reports, maps, photographs, charts and exhibits as shall be necessary and appropriate to the processing of any application filed pursuant to this Code.
H. Zoning Certificates. Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 7-301 and 7-302 of this Code, the Village Manager shall review all applications for Certificates of Zoning Compliance and Certificates of Occupancy and shall approve or disapprove such applications and issue or refuse to issue such certificates based on compliance or noncompliance with the provisions of this Code.
I. Interpretations. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-401 of this Code, the Village Manager shall issue a written interpretation of the meaning and applicability of specific provisions of this Code. Any interpretation of this Code that may be rendered by the Zoning Board of Appeals or the Manager shall be kept on file with the Manager and shall be a public record of the Village open to inspection by interested parties at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice.
J. Exterior Appearance Review. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-503 of this Code, the Village Manager shall undertake exterior appearance review and either approve, disapprove, or approve subject to modifications any applications for building permit that the Plan Commission has specifically delegated to the Manager for exterior appearance review.
K. Extensions of Time. The Village Manager, upon written request, may for good cause shown and without any notice or hearing grant extensions of any time limit imposed on an applicant or permittee by this Code, except for time limits applying to variations or special use permits or unless expressly provided otherwise by an ordinance or resolution of any body acting pursuant to this Code. The total period of time granted by such extension or extensions shall not exceed the length of the original period.
L. Inspection and Enforcement. In furtherance of the enforcement of this Code, the Village Manager shall undertake such regular and continuing programs of inspection of work approved and under way and of existing structures and uses as may be feasible and proper within the limits of staff and budgeted funds; shall undertake such additional inspections as may be necessary to the performance of his or her duties hereunder; shall receive from any person complaints alleging with particularity a violation of this Code; and when appropriate shall cause such investigations and inspections as may be warranted by such complaints to be made. Upon finding the existence of any violation of this Code, the Manager shall take or direct all actions necessary and appropriate to abate and redress such violation.