(A) General. Except as hereinafter provided, no person, firm or corporation shall construct, erect, alter, wreck or move any building or structure or part of, or erect, alter or move any sewage system within the corporate limits of the city without first securing a zoning permit from the city. It shall not be necessary to secure a zoning permit in order to alter or repair or otherwise change the interior or exterior of any building provided the proposed alteration, repair or change will not affect the exterior dimension of the building or change the existing use and occupancy thereof.
(B) Application. Application for a zoning permit shall be made to the Zoning Administrator on blank forms to be furnished by the city. Each application for a permit to construct or alter a building or sewage system shall be accompanied by a plan drawn to scale showing the dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the size and location of the building and accessory buildings to be erected. Applications shall contain other information as may be deemed necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter or any other ordinance. No residential building contractor, residential remodeler, or other person who is required to be licensed by the state under the provisions of M.S. §§ 326.83 to 326.991, as they may be amended from time to time, and no person employing a residential contractor, who is required to be licensed, shall be issued a zoning or land use permit unless that contractor is licensed. Any person applying for a permit who is required to have a state license but who does not have a state license shall be reported to the State Commissioner of Commerce who may begin an action against the person.
(C) Fees. The fee for a zoning permit shall be determined by the Menahga City Council.
(D) Issuance. The Zoning Administrator shall determine that the building plans together with the application comply with all the terms of this chapter, in which event, he or she shall execute a certificate of approval and file the same with the City Clerk/Treasurer/Administrator. Upon the filling of the certificate and payment by the applicant of the permit fee established by the City Council, the City Clerk/ Treasurer/Administrator shall issue the zoning permit.
(E) Certificate of zoning compliance.
(1) A certificate of zoning compliance shall be obtained before any building hereafter erected or structurally altered is occupied or the use of any building is altered or sewage system is covered.
(2) Application for a certificate of zoning compliance for a new building or for existing building which is to be altered shall be made to the Zoning Administrator as part of the application for a zoning permit as required in § 151.50(B).
(3) Every certificate of zoning compliance shall state that the building or proposed use of a building or land complies with all provisions of law and this chapter. A record of all certificates of zoning compliance shall be kept on file in the Office of the Zoning Administrator, and copies shall be furnished on request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building or land affected.
(Ord. passed 4-24-78)