(a) Required. No owner shall use or permit the use of any structure, building or land, or part thereof, hereafter created, erected, changed, converted or enlarged, wholly or partly, until a zoning certificate has been issued. The zoning certificate shall show that the building or premises or a part thereof, and the proposed use thereof, are in conformity with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance, the Landscape Ordinance, the Comprehensive Development Plan, the Thoroughfare Plan, the Subdivision Regulations, the access management regulations, the traffic impact study regulations, the regulations for driveway approaches and curb cuts, the Water Master Plan, the Wastewater System Master Plan, the standard construction drawings and any other applicable sections of the codified ordinances of the city.
(b) Authority to proceed with construction. No excavation or construction shall commence unless the plans, specifications and the intended use conform to the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance and authority to proceed is granted by the City Engineer or his or her agent.
(c) Nonconforming uses. A zoning certificate shall be required of all nonconforming uses showing thereon the nature, extent and status of the nonconforming use. Application for the zoning certificate for nonconforming uses shall be filed within six months from the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance. No zoning certificate shall be required for any nonconforming use for which a zoning certificate was previously issued under Ordinance E92 of the city and which has remained thereof a lawful nonconforming use. The fee for this zoning certificate shall be as established and set forth in the fee schedule in Part One - Title Eleven, Chapter 205 of these codified ordinances. The amount of the fee shall be as set by ordinance from time to time. However, no fee shall be charged for a zoning certificate where a building permit fee is paid to the Building Department or for nonconforming uses. The fees shall be paid to the Building Department. If the property owner fails to obtain the required zoning certificate and has not previously obtained a zoning certificate within the six- month time period, the nonconforming use shall be deemed to have been abandoned and any further use of the property must comply with the provisions of the City Zoning Ordinance.
(d) Other permits required. Obtaining a zoning certificate shall not excuse compliance with any and all other applicable provisions of the codified ordinances and in the case of any conflict between the Zoning Ordinance and any other provision, the more restrictive provision shall apply.
(Ord. 99-207, passed 1-10-2000)
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 205.01