CHAPTER 1323
Permits, Enforcement and Penalty

1323.01   Building permits and certificates of occupancy required.

1323.02   Building Inspector; inspections and reports.

1323.03   Certificate of occupancy application, issuance and records.

1323.04   Building permit plat contents and records; joint use of open spaces.

1323.05   Enforcement; effect on existing building permits.

1323.06   Validity.

1323.07   Repeal of conflicting legislation.

1323.08   Planning and zoning fees.

1323.99   Penalty.

CROSS REFERENCES

Violation of zoning ordinances - see Ohio R.C. 713.13

Permit for temporary building - see P. & Z. 1325.04(b)(4)

Compliance with district regulations - see P. & Z. 1329.05

Nonconforming uses - see P. & Z. Ch. 1347

1323.01 BUILDING PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY REQUIRED.

   The erection of any building shall not be commenced and the foundation of any existing building shall not be extended until a building permit has been issued for such purposes by the City Manager. Commencement of residential buildings of four dwelling units or more, commercial buildings and industrial buildings shall have first been approved by the State as to plans and specifications. No vacant land shall be occupied or used, nor shall there be a change in its use, and no building shall be hereafter erected or altered, until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the City Manager. The City Manager is authorized to issue or building permits upon application and the payment of a fee, the submission of the plat as provided in Section 1323.04, and upon the approval of the Building Inspector as to compliance with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance and other pertinent ordinances.

(Ord. 430 AC. Passed 11-29-65.)

1323.02 BUILDING INSPECTOR; INSPECTIONS AND REPORTS.

   The City Manager shall appoint a Building Inspector or Building Inspectors, whose duties shall be to investigate the land or building of the proposed improvement, upon actual view, before the commencement of the improvement to determine whether the location of the improvement and the type of improvement conform with this Zoning Ordinance of the City. The Building Inspector shall report his/her findings in writing to the City Manager, and after commencement of the proposed improvement, the Building Inspector shall again investigate, on actual view, the improvements to ascertain and report in writing to the City Manager whether the improvement conforms to this Zoning Ordinance of the City.

(Ord. 430 AC. Passed 11-29-65.)