(A) Compliance required. No structure or part thereof shall hereafter be located, erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, converted, structurally altered, used, or occupied without full compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable city, county, and state regulations. An improvement location permit is required for any of the following:
(1) Occupancy or use of any structure hereafter created, erected, changed, converted, or wholly or partly altered or enlarged;
(2) Occupancy or use of vacant land, except for the raising of crops;
(3) Change in the use of an existing structure to a different use;
(4) Change in the use of land to a different use, except for the raising of crops; or
(5) Change in the use or character of a nonconforming use.
(B) Minimum requirements. The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements necessary for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare, and shall be liberally construed in favor of the city and shall not be construed to be a limitation or repeal of any other power now possessed by the city.
(Ord. 17, 2006, passed 11-27-2006)