(A) Applications and permits. All zoning and building applications shall be filed with the Administrative Official. There shall be submitted with all applications, two copies of a layout or site plan of the proposed site at a scale necessary for clarity, but not larger than 36 inches square, showing:
(1) The location, dimensions and character of all present and/or proposed buildings, structures and uses;
(2) The location of adjacent pedestrian and vehicular traffic circulation;
(3) The location of off-street parking and off-street loading;
(4) Proposed type of surfacing material for access ways and parking;
(5) Plan for pedestrian and vehicular traffic within the subject area with consideration given to the established street systems serving the subject area, and to emergency vehicle access to each building;
(6) Perspectives or such other information as is necessary to indicate the relative compatibility of the proposed development with the immediate neighborhood as well as within the subject area;
(7) General landscaping and screening plan;
(8) Location of public or private utilities proposed to serve the subject area;
(9) Proposed finished grade of the site;
(10) Development schedule providing reasonable guarantees for the completion of the proposed development or other construction according to the development schedule;
(11) Current zone district classification; and
(12) Proposed zone district classification, when applicable.
(B) Bulk variance. Applications for area-bulk variances shall supply the applicable provisions of division (A) of this section and shall meet the requirements of § 155.336(D).
(C) Zoning compliance certificate. Hereinafter no land shall be occupied or used and no building erected, altered, or extended, shall be used or changed in use until an occupancy permit shall have been issued by the Administrative Official stating that the building zoning classification, building location and proposed use thereof complies with the provisions of this code.
(D) Issuance. An occupancy permit for a new building or the reconstruction or alteration of an existing building shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and the certificate shall be issued within five working days following an approved final inspection of the premises involved.
(E) Nonconforming uses. No nonconforming use shall be reinstated, changed, or extended without an occupancy permit having first been issued by the Administrative Official.
(F) Fees for zoning compliance certificate. The fee for occupancy permit and inspections shall be included in the building permit application fee and no additional fee shall be required.
(G) Zoning application - special use permit. This code divides the entire municipality into zoning districts and in each district there are mutually compatible uses which are permitted. It is recognized, however, that other uses may be necessary or desirable but their potential influence on permitted uses could be harmful. For this reason they are classed as special uses and may be permitted only under certain conditions. These special uses may be public or private uses. Applications for special uses shall provide the information requested in division (A) above of this section.
(H) Zoning application - amendments. The Corporate Authority may from time to time on its own motion, or on petition of any person or persons in interest, or on initial recommendation of the Planning Commission amend, supplement, or repeal the regulations and provisions of this code. Any application to amend this code shall be made to the Administrative Official.
(I) Planning Commission advisory report. Any such proposed amendment or change, when initiated by the Corporate Authority or by individual petition shall be referred to the Planning Commission for an advisory report thereon. When a proposed amendment or change is initiated by the Planning Commission the advisory report shall accompany the initial recommendation of the Planning Commission.
(J) Amendment procedure. Proposed amendments to this code shall follow the procedures of § 155.336(E) and applications shall contain the information requested in division (A) of this section.
(K) Zoning application fees.
(1) The following fees apply equally to:
(a) Special use permits.
(b) Area-bulk variance.
(c) Amendments.
(2) The fees for subsections (a), (b) and (c) above shall be paid to the Municipal Clerk in the amount of $100 plus the cost of advertising prior to submission of the application to the Administrative Official. Any fee once paid shall not be refunded.
(Ord. 887, §§ 7.1 - 7.11, passed - -; Am. Ord. 1608, passed 3-25-2003)