(A) The purchaser (or grantee or assignee) of any residential property in the Village is required to furnish, to the Department of Community Development, on a form supplied by the Building and Code Enforcement Department, an occupancy affidavit acknowledging purchase of a dwelling unit or units, acknowledging the type of dwelling being purchased (i.e. apartment, single-family home, two-family residence, or multi-family home with a specified number of apartments), acknowledging the maximum allowable number of occupants for each dwelling unit or apartment as determined by the Fire Department or Building and Code Enforcement Department pursuant to the applicable fire and property maintenance occupancy codes, as amended, acknowledging that no additional dwelling units or apartments may be created without the prior approval of the Village, and acknowledging that failure to abide by the rules and regulations of the Village could result in fines and/or mandatory deconversion. No real estate transfer stamps shall be issued by the Village unless an occupancy affidavit has been completed and received by the Building and Code Enforcement Department.
(B) (1) The purchaser (or grantee or assignee) of any property in the Village is required to furnish to the Department of Code Enforcement, on a form supplied by the Village, a zoning district acknowledgment form confirming:
(a) The zoning district designation of the real property being acquired;
(b) That use of the property is limited to only those uses listed as permitted uses under the applicable zoning district designation in the Village’s zoning regulations, except:
1. Where the property is an existing legal non-conforming use, in which case the use is subject to the provisions of the Village’s zoning regulations related to legal non-conforming uses; or
2. Where a special use permit has already been granted or is granted for the property by the Village President and Board of Trustees, in which case the use is subject to the terms and conditions of the special use permit ordinance;
(c) That failure to abide by the zoning regulations of the Village could result in fines, mandatory deconversion, or other legal action by the Village.
(2) No real estate transfer stamps shall be issued by the Village unless a zoning district acknowledgment form has been completed, executed by the purchaser and filed with the Village’s Building and Code Enforcement Department.
(Ord. C0-08-01, passed 1-15-2008; Am. Ord. C0-09-01, passed 1-13-2009; Am. Ord. CO-09- 27, passed 10-6-2009; Am. Ord. CO-2021-21, passed 8-17-2021)