A zoning certificate shall be required for all lawful non-conforming uses of land or buildings created by adoption of this chapter. Application for the certificate for a non-conforming use shall be filed with the Zoning Inspector by the owner or leasee of the building or land occupied by such non-conforming use within one year of the effective date of this chapter. It shall be the duty of the Zoning Inspector to issue a certificate for a lawful non- conforming use, but failure to apply for the certificate for a non-conforming use or refusal of the Zoning Inspector to issue a certificate for such non-conforming use shall be evidence that the non-conforming use was either illegal or did not lawfully exist at the effective date of this chapter. No charge shall be made for issuing a zoning certificate In accordance with this section.
(Ord. 76-43, passed 12-13-1976; Am. Ord. 2006-10, passed 6-26-2006)