Whenever the consent of adjoining or neighboring owners is required as a prerequisite to the conduct of any business or occupation, or the location of any establishment, the consents must be obtained by securing the necessary signatures to a written consent petition. The petition shall be filed with the city clerk when signed. Consents once given and filed shall not be withdrawn; and the petitions need not be renewed for the continuous conduct of the same business, whether by the same proprietor or not. It shall be unlawful to forge any name to a petition, or to falsely represent that the names thereon have been properly placed thereon if such is not the fact. Each consent when filed shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the person securing the signatures that each signature appearing thereon was properly secured and written on; and that the petition contains the necessary number of signatures required by ordinance. The frontage consent requirements contained in this code shall not be construed as amending or changing any zoning ordinance or provision of the city; and no provision shall be construed as permitting the erection of a structure or building, or the conduct of a business, or the commission of any act in any location where the structure, building, business or act is prohibited by any zoning ordinance of the city.
(Ord. O-14-74, passed 4-2-74)