A zoning certificate shall be required for all lawful nonconforming uses of land or buildings created by the adoption of this Zoning Code. Application for such a certificate for a nonconforming use shall be filed with the Zoning Inspector by the owner or lessee of the building or land occupied by such nonconforming use within one year of the effective date of this Zoning Code. It shall be the duty of the Zoning Inspector to issue a certificate for a lawful nonconforming use, but failure to apply for such certificate for a nonconforming use, or refusal of the Zoning Inspector to issue a certificate for such nonconforming use shall be evidence that such nonconforming use was either illegal or did not lawfully exist on the effective date of this Zoning Code. No charge shall be made for issuing a zoning certificate in accordance with this section.
(Ord. 1466. Passed 4-11-94; Am. Ord. 1905. Passed 12-13-11.)