No land shall be used, no excavations or site improvements shall be started, and no buildings or structures shall be erected, moved, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, or structurally altered, until a certificate of zoning compliance has been applied for and issued by the Zoning Administrator, except as otherwise provided for in this Zoning Code.
A certificate of zoning compliance shall only be issued when one or more of the following apply:
(a) The Zoning Administrator finds that, for a single-family home on a subdivided lot, the work described in an application clearly complies with all applicable provisions of this Zoning Code and other Municipal codes according to the procedures set forth in Section 1232.03;
(b) A development plan as required in this Code has been approved by the Planning Commission, according to the procedures set forth in Section 1232.06;
(c) A conditional use has been approved by Planning Commission according to the procedures set forth in Section 1232.04. Approval by the Planning Commission shall authorize the Zoning Administrator to issue a conditional use certificate in compliance with said approval. Such conditional use certificate shall set forth any conditions, stipulations, and safeguards that have been approved by the Planning Commission;
(d) Any request for a variance from a requirement or standard of this Zoning Code has been approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with the limitations, procedures, and requirements of Section 1232.08; or
(e) The Planning Commission has made a determination in accordance with the procedures in Section 1232.09 that a proposed use is substantially similar to and of the same general character as the permitted uses set forth for the zoning district in which such use is located, and that such use has been reviewed and approved according to the development plan review procedures of Section 1232.06 or the conditional use procedures of Section 1232.04.
(Ord. 24-97. Passed 10-14-97.)