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§ 159.177 OCCUPANCY PERMITS.
   (A)   Subsequent to the effective date of this chapter no change in the use occupancy in any existing building shall be made, nor shall any new building be occupied for any purpose until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the Building Commissioner/Inspector. Every certificate of occupancy shall state that the new occupancy complies with all provisions of this chapter.
   (B)   No permit for excavation for, or the erection or alteration of any building shall be issued before the application has been made and approved for a certificate of occupancy and compliance.
   (C)   A record of all certificates of occupancy shall be kept in the office of the Building Commissioner/ Inspector and copies shall be furnished on request to any person having propriety or tenancy interest in land or in a building affected by such certificate of occupancy.
   (D)   A certificate of occupancy shall be required of all nonconforming uses of land or buildings created by the passage of this chapter. Application for such certificates of occupancy for nonconforming uses shall be filed with the Zoning Administrator by the owner or lessee of the land or building occupied by such nonconforming use within one year from the effective date of this chapter. It shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner/Inspector to issue a certificate of occupancy for nonconforming use.
   (E)   Any nonconforming use for which an occupancy permit has not been obtained in conformity with the requirements of division (D) shall be presumed to be operating in violation of this chapter and such use shall thereupon be abated.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77) Penalty, see § 159.99
§ 159.178 PLATS.
   Each application for a building permit shall be accompanied by a plat, in duplicate, or duplicate prints thereof, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimension of the lot to be built upon, the size, shape, and location of the building to be erected, the size, shape, and location of any existing buildings, and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of this chapter. A record of applications and plats shall be kept in the office of the Building Commissioner/Inspector.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77)
§ 159.179 CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS.
   The regulations imposed and the districts created by this chapter may be amended from time to time, but no such amendments shall be made until a public hearing has been held, and a report and recommendations have been made thereon by the Village Planning, Zoning and Development Commission. At least 15 days notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in an official paper of general circulation in the village. In case of written protest against any proposed amendment, signed and acknowledged by the majority owners of the frontage immediately adjoining or across an alley therefrom, or by the majority owners of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered as to such regulation or district filed with the Village Clerk, such amendment shall not be passed except by the favorable vote of two-thirds of all the members of the Board of Trustees.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77; Am. Ord. 95-06, passed 4-10-95)
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