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Zoning permits or certificates of occupancy shall not be issued for any building, structure, use or change of use during the period in which an ordinance or other measure which would forbid the action authorized by such permit or certificate is pending before Council or recommended to Council by the Planning and Zoning Commission, provided, however, that no such permit or certificate shall be withheld for more than ninety days after application because such ordinance has not yet had final action by Council.
(Ord.79-O-14. Passed 7-24-79.)
A record of all applications for zoning permits and certificates of occupancy issued shall be kept in the office of the Zoning Inspector and copies shall be furnished on request to any person having an interest in the property to which they apply.
(Ord.79-O-14. Passed 7-24-79.)
All officials and employees of the City who are vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this Zoning Code and shall issue no permit or license for any use, building or purpose if the same would be in conflict with the provisions of this Zoning Code. Any permit or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this Zoning Code shall be null and void.
(Ord.79-O-14. Passed 7-24-79.)
The following fees are hereby established for collection in advance by the Zoning Inspector, who, upon receipt of such fees, shall notify the proper board or commission:
(a) The fees for zoning permits shall be as follows:
Building or Structure Amount
(1) New house (residential) $100.00
(2) Commercial building (per unit) $100.00
(3) Addition and/or alteration 50.00 for less than 600 square feet and
100.00 for 600 square feet or greater
100.00 for 600 square feet or greater
(4) Attached or detached garage 50.00
(5) Any device that uses combustible material for heat or ambiance within a structure, including wood and pellet burners 20.00
(6) Fence 40.00
(7) Shed/utility building regardless of size 40.00
(8) Decks/slab patios 50.00
(9) Moving of building, in addition to
fee for addition and/or alteration:
A. On rollers on any public street 500.00
B. Without traversing any public
street or portion thereof 50.00
C. On a carryall on any public
street or portion thereof 150.00
(b) The fee for filing an application with the Planning and Zoning Commission for re- zoning, including docketing, publication costs, hearings and all other items shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(c) The fee for the filing of conditional use permits with the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00).
(d) The fee for filing an appeal to the Board of Zoning Appeals shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(e) A zoning permit shall be required for the demolition of a building and the fee for a demolition permit shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
(f) All fees for zoning permits that are referenced in this section are non-refundable.
(Ord. 96-O-13. Passed 7-23-96; Ord. 2016-O-31. Passed 12-13-16; Ord. 2019-O- 06. Passed 5-28-19; Ord. 2021-O-07. Passed 3-23-21.)
(a) All fence permit applications shall be subject to the approval of the Zoning Inspector. In Garden-Type and Elderly Apartment, Condominium, Garden, Business Districts I and II, Office Building, Industrial, Yacht Club, and Recreational Park Districts, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall have the authority to set display and type of fences, and the decision of such Commission in such regard shall be final and binding.
(b) No fence permit shall be issued in any district by the Zoning Inspector unless the fence to be erected conforms to the requirement that the finished or decorative side of the fence faces away from the lot upon which the fence is being erected.
(c) No fence shall hereafter be erected, constructed, altered, relocated, rebuilt or repaired by any person until an application has been filed with, and a permit issued by, the Zoning Inspector. A fence repair exemption to this permit requirement may be granted pursuant to the provisions of division (d) below.
(d) The Zoning Inspector may grant the applicant for a fence repair an exemption from obtaining and paying for a fence permit if the Zoning Inspector determines that the fence repair is the repair of a deteriorated or broken fence and that the repair method utilizes the exact same location for the fence and the same type of fence material, size, style, and shape of the existing fence and the repair does not exceed 33% of one single side length of the current fencing. In order to obtain this exemption, the owner, occupant or fence repair person must still apply for a fence permit but during that process request an exemption because the proposed repair meets the requirements of this division (d).
(Ord. 91-O-11. Passed 6-25-91; Ord. 2022-O-14. Passed 10-11-22.)
(a) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Zoning Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) and shall be sentenced to no more than 30 days in jail. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
(b) The erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, conversion, repair, moving, use or maintenance of any building or structure and the use of any building which is continued, operated or maintained contrary to any of the provisions of this Zoning Code is hereby declared to be a violation of this Zoning Code and unlawful. The Law Director shall, immediately upon any such violation having been called to his attention, institute injunction, abatement or any other appropriate action to prevent, enjoin, abate or remove such violation. Such action may also be instituted by any property owner who may be especially damaged by any violation of this Zoning Code. The remedy provided for in this division shall be cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies provided by law.
(Ord.79-O-14. Passed 7-24-79; Ord 2001-O-01. Passed 3-13-01.)