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The Community Development Director 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 Director shall not approve any plans or issue any permits or certificates of occupancy for any excavation or construction until he or she has inspected such plans in detail and found them to conform to this Zoning Code.
The Director shall record all nonconforming uses existing on the effective date of this Zoning Code for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Chapter 1278.
Under no circumstances is the Director 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 Director.
The Director shall not refuse to issue a permit when conditions imposed by this Zoning Code are complied with by the applicant despite violations of contracts, such as covenants or private agreements, which may occur upon the granting of said permit.
(a) The Community Development Director shall require that all applications for building permits shall be accompanied by plans and specifications, including a site plan, in triplicate, drawn to scale, showing the following:
(b) The actual shape, location and dimensions of the lot.
(c) The shape, size and location of all buildings or other structures to be erected, altered or moved and of any building or other structure already on the lot.
(d) The existing and intended use of the lot and of all such structures upon it, including, in residential areas, the number of dwelling units the building is intended to accommodate.
(e) 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.
The following shall apply in the issuance of any permit:
(a) Permits Not to be Issued. No building permit shall be issued for the erection, alteration or use of any building or structure or part thereof, or for the use of any land, which is not in accordance with all provisions of this Zoning Code.
(b) Permits for New Use of Land. No land heretofore vacant shall hereafter be used, or an existing use of land be hereafter changed to a use of a different class or type, unless a certificate of occupancy is first obtained for the new or different use.
(c) Permits for New Use of Buildings. No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be changed to or occupied by a use of a different class or type unless a certificate of occupancy is first obtained for the new or different use.
(d) Permits Required. No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be hereafter erected, altered, moved or repaired unless a building permit shall have been first issued for such work. The terms "altered" and "repaired" shall include any changes in structural parts, stairways, type of construction, type, class or kind of occupancy, light or ventilation, means of egress and ingress, or other changes affecting or regulated by the City of Ionia Building and Housing Code, or this Zoning Code, except for minor repairs or changes not involving any of the aforesaid features.
(1975 Code § 5.174)
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