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, which may be a part of the building permit, has been issued by the Zoning Inspector. The zoning certificate shall show that such building or premises or part thereof, and the proposed use thereof, are in conformity with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance. It shall be the duty of the Zoning Inspector to issue a zoning certificate, provided the Zoning Inspector is satisfied that the structure, building or premises, the proposed use thereof and the proposed methods of water supply and disposal of sanitary wastes conform with all applicable requirements of this Zoning Ordinance.
Without limiting the above paragraph, a zoning certificate shall be required for any of the following:
(a) Construction or structural alteration of any building, including an accessory building.
(b) Change in use of an existing building or accessory building to use of a different classification.
(c) Occupancy and use of vacant land.
(d) Change in the use of land to a use of a different classification.
(e) Any change in the use of a nonconforming use.
(f) A zoning certificate shall be required for all lawful nonconforming uses of land or buildings created by the Zoning Ordinance or any amendments.
(Ord. 2125. Passed 2-14-11.)