(A) Issue, in the name of the Board of Zoning Appeals, improvement location permits and certificates of occupancy and maintain records thereof;
(B) Conduct inspections of buildings, structures and use of land to determine compliance with the terms of this chapter, and report the findings and violations to the Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals for the purpose of ordering compliance thereof;
(C) Provide interpretation of the Planning and Zoning Codes when necessary and such technical and clerical assistance as the Commission and Board may require;
(D) Provide and maintain a public information service relative to all matters arising out of the planning and zoning codes;
(E) Maintain permanent and current records of the planning and zoning codes, including, but not limited to, all maps, amendments, improvement location permits, building permits, certificates of occupancy, variances, special exceptions and appeals, and applications therefore, and records of hearings thereon;
(F) Review all applications for improvement location permits and subdivisions to ascertain as to whether the proposed use lies in a flood hazard area as defined in this chapter. If the proposed use is found to lie in such an area, the Executive Director will enforce the requirements set forth in §§ 156.300 through 156.309 of this chapter in the event that any structures involved are not directly covered by the Building Code regulations;
(G) The Executive Director, during his or her review of improvement location permits and building permits, shall assure that all national flood insurance program regulations pertaining to state and federal permits, subdivision review, mobile home tie-down standards, utility construction, record keeping (including lowest floor elevations) and watercourse alteration and maintenance have been met; and
(H) The Executive Director shall review all surveys and plats of any division of land, excepting re-tracement surveys of existing traces or descriptions, and legal surveys to establish boundary lines. The Executive Director shall within five working days from the date of submission to the office of the Area Plan Commission review said surveys and plats. All surveys and plats submitted for review to the Executive Director shall conform to the minimum requirements of surveys as set forth by state law and § 156.342 of this chapter and corresponding ordinances within the Area Zoning Code and Subdivision Control Code of the county. The Executive Director may, at his or her discretion, reject a survey or plat that does not meet the minimum requirements set forth herein or that does not contain necessary information.
(Ord. passed - -2006, § 80.39(D); Ord. 10A, passed 7-17-2006)