(A) Establishment. It shall be unlawful to use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of any building or premises, or both, or part thereof, hereafter created, erected, changed, converted, or wholly or partially altered or enlarged in its use or structure until a use permit has been issued by the Extraterritorial Zoning Enforcement Officer, stating that the proposed use of the building or land conforms to the requirements of this chapter.
(B) Application.
(1) An application for permit shall be submitted in such form as the Extraterritorial Zoning Enforcement Officer shall require.
(2) Such application shall be made by the owner or lessee or agent of either, or the architect, engineer, or builder employed in connection with the proposed use. If such application is made by a person other than the owner in fact, it shall be accompanied by a duly verified affidavit of the owner in fact that the person making the application is authorized to make such an application.
(3) Such application shall contain the full names and addresses of the applicant and the owner (and if the owner is a corporate body, of its responsible officers).
(4) Such application shall describe briefly the proposed use and shall give such additional information as may be required by the Enforcement Officer for an intelligent understanding of the proposed use.
(C) Plans. Application for permits shall be accompanied by such drawings of the proposed work, drawn to scale, including such flood plains, sections, elevations and structural details as the Enforcement Officer may require.
(D) Plot diagrams. There shall also be filed a plot diagram showing the lot in a form and size suitable for filing permanently within the permit record, drawn to scale, with all dimension figures, showing accurately by the size and exact location of all proposed new construction or in the case of demolition, of such construction as is to be demolished and of all existing buildings and structures that are to remain.
(E) Amendments. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the filing of amendments to an application or to a plan or other record, accompanying the same at any time before the completion of the use for which the permit was sought. Such amendment, after approval, shall be filed with and be deemed a part of the original application.
(F) Construction in progress. Nothing in this chapter shall require changes in the plans, construction or designated use of a building for which a lawful permit has been heretofore issued or which has been otherwise lawfully authorized, and the construction of which shall have been actually begun within 90 days after this chapter becomes effective and which entire building shall be completed, as authorized, within 2 years thereafter.
(G) Action upon application. It shall be the duty of the Enforcement Officer to examine applications for use permits within a reasonable time after filing. If, after examination, he or she finds no objection to the same and it appears that the proposed use will be in compliance with the laws and ordinances applicable thereto, he or she shall approve such application and issue a permit for the proposed use as soon as practicable. If his or her examination reveals otherwise, he or she will reject such application, noting his or her findings in a report to be attached to the application and delivering a copy to the applicant.
(H) Conditions of the permit.
(1) All uses performed under a permit issued by the Enforcement Officer shall conform to the approved application and plans, and approved amendments thereof.
(2) The location of all new construction as shown on the approved plat diagram or an approved amendment therefor shall be strictly adhered to.
(3) It shall be unlawful to reduce or diminish the area of a lot or plat of which a plat diagram has been filed and has been used as basis for a permit, unless a revised plat diagram showing the proposed change in conditions shall have been filed and approved, providing that this shall not apply when the lot is reduced by reason of a street opening or widening or other public improvement.
(I) Signature required. Every use permit issued by the Extraterritorial Zoning Enforcement Officer under the provisions of this chapter shall have his or her signature affixed thereto.
(Ord. 81-1, passed 7-10-1981)