(A) Zoning Administrator. The City Clerk and Utility Superintendent shall jointly serve as the Zoning Administrators, whose responsibilities shall be as follows:
(1) Receive, process, and issue land use permits, and make and maintain records thereof;
(2) Conduct inspections of buildings and use of land to determine compliance with the terms of Code Title XV;
(3) Maintain permanent and current records of this chapter, including, but not limited to, all maps, amendments and conditional uses, variances, appeals and applications therefor; and
(4) Institute, in the name of the city, any appropriate actions or proceedings against a violator as provided for in this chapter.
(B) Processing Applications. Upon receiving a land use permit application, the Zoning Administrator shall process it as follows:
(1) The City Clerk shall review the application and determine whether it is complete and whether it follows the criteria of the zoning district and city code.
(2) The Utility Superintendent shall review the application and the relevant physical attributes of the property, including but not limited to location of utility lines, or easements and determine whether requested items are clearly within set-backs for the zoning district. If the Utility Superintendent can not determine with reasonable certainty that set-backs are properly observed, the Utility Superintendent may request, and the owner shall, at the owner’s expense, locate the property lines. It is the property owner’s responsibility to locate the property lines.
(3) If both the City Clerk and Utility Superintendent verify the application meets the requirements of city code, they can approve the application.
(4) If the application involves issues that cannot be resolved by contacting the applicant, or if the application involves items that require approval of the City Council, then the application shall be added to the next Council meeting agenda to be reviewed by Council for consideration.
(Ord. 75, passed 12-27-1990; Ord. 144, passed 10-9-2023)