(a) Use Prohibited Without Certificate. No owner, lessee or tenant 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 Certificate of Zoning Compliance shows that such building or premises or a part thereof, and the proposed use thereof, are in conformity with the provisions of this Zoning Code.
(1) The Zoning Inspector shall issue a Zoning Certificate provided he/she is satisfied that the structure, building and/or premises, the proposed use thereof, and the proposed methods of water supply and disposal of sanitary waste, conform with all requirements of this Zoning Code, subject to approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission and/or Council where the Zoning Code requires or deems appropriate.
(2) This section shall in no case be construed as requiring a certificate in the event of a change in ownership or tenancy only, without a change in use or intended use, provided that no alterations or additions are proposed for such building.
(b) Building Permit. No building permit for the extension, erection or alteration of any building shall be issued before an application has been made and a Certificate of Zoning Compliance issued, and no building shall be occupied until such certificate is approved.
(c) Effect of Approval. Zoning Certificates issued on the basis of plans, information and application approved by the Planning and Zoning Administrator and/or Planning and Zoning Commission authorize only the use, arrangement and construction set forth in such approved plans, information and application or approved amendments thereto, and no other use, arrangement or construction. Use, arrangement and construction at variance with that authorized shall be deemed a violation of this Zoning Code and punished as provided in this chapter.
(d) Approval of Health Officer. In every case where the lot is not serviced with public water supply and/or the disposal of sanitary wastes by means of public water and sewers, the application shall be accompanied by written evidence of approval by the Franklin County Board of Health as to the proposed method of water supply and/or treatment and disposal of sanitary waste. (Ord. 69-14. Passed 1-12-15.)