(A) The Chief Inspector shall have the power to grant building, land use, and occupancy permits, and to make inspections of buildings or premises necessary to carry out his or her duties in the enforcement of this chapter. It shall be unlawful for the Chief Inspector to approve any plans or issue a building permit for any excavation or construction until he or she has inspected such plans in detail and found them in conformity with this chapter. To this end, the Chief Inspector shall require that every application for a building permit for excavation, construction, moving or alteration, or change in type of use or the type of occupancy be accompanied by written statements and plans or plats drawn to scale, in duplicate, and showing the following in sufficient detail to enable the Chief Inspector to ascertain whether the proposed work or use is in conformance with this chapter:
(1) The actual shape, location, and dimensions of the premises to which the certificate of occupancy is to apply;
(2) The lines of all lots or parcels under separate ownership contained within the subject premises;
(3) The width and alignment of all abutting streets, alleys, easements of access, and public open spaces;
(4) The shape, size, height, and location of all buildings or other structures to be erected, altered, or moved, and of any buildings or other structures already on the lot;
(5) The existing and intended use of the lot and of all such structures upon it, including, in the residential areas, the number of dwelling units the building is intended to accommodate; and
(6) Such other information concerning the lot or adjoining lots as may be essential for determining whether the provisions of this chapter are being observed.
(B) If the proposed excavation, construction, moving or alteration, or use of land, as set forth in the application are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, the Chief Inspector shall issue a permit. If any application for such permit is not approved, the Chief Inspector shall state in writing on the application the cause for such disapproval. Issuance of a permit shall in no case be construed as waiving any provisions of this chapter. If any plans filed with the Chief Inspector are rejected because they do not comply with the standards as to type and style herein established, an appeal from the ruling may be filed with the Board of Appeals on Zoning, which Board shall have the power to hear and determine such appeal and give relief in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(C) The Chief Inspector is under no circumstance permitted to grant exceptions to the actual meaning of any clause, order, or regulation contained in this chapter to any person making application to excavate, construct, move, alter, or use either buildings, structures, or land within the city.
(D) The Chief Inspector is under no circumstance permitted to make changes to this chapter nor to vary the terms of this chapter in carrying out his or her duties as Chief Inspector.
(E) The Chief Inspector shall make a record of all nonconforming uses, for which a certificate of occupancy has been applied for, which are existing at the effective date of the chapter for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of § 153.111.
(Prior Code, § 153.591) (Ord. D-1418, § 2602, passed 11-22-1982, effective 1-21-1983) Penalty, see § 153.999