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(a) Subsequent to the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance, no change in the use or occupancy of land nor any change in the use or occupancy of an existing building shall be made, nor shall any new building be occupied, until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the City Building Inspector. The certificate of occupancy shall state that the land and/or building complies with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance.
(b) No excavation, erection, or alteration of any building shall be permitted before an application has been made and approved for a building permit, and no building or premises shall be occupied until a certificate of occupancy is issued.
(c) A record of all certificates of occupancy shall be kept on file in the office of the Zoning Administrator. Copies shall be furnished for $2 on request by any person having an interest in the land or building affected.
Notwithstanding the site plan requirements of Article 30 of this Title, each application for a building permit shall be accompanied by a plan in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the size, shape, and location of the building to be erected, and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of this Zoning Ordinance. For applications outside the corporate limits of the City of Wamego, the Zoning Administrator shall, in addition, require submission of the Pottawatomie County Health Permit if water or sanitary facilities are proposed. The Zoning Administrator shall submit permits for buildings outside the corporate limits of the City of Wamego to the Pottawatomie County Zoning Administrator upon certification, together with the Health Permit, if required, plans, and accompanying information. A record of applications and plats shall be kept in the office of the City Building Inspector.
(a) The owner or agent of a building or premises in or upon which a violation of any provision of this Title has been committed or shall exist; or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises in or upon which a violation has been committed or shall exist; or the agent, architect, building contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in any violation, or who maintains any building or premises in or upon which a violation has been committed or shall exist, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months for each offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this Zoning Ordinance, the appropriate authorities of said area, in addition to other remedies, may institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance or use, or to correct or abate such violation or to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure, or land.
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17-3301 Board of Zoning Appeals established
17-3302 Election of officers
17-3303 Rules of procedure
17-3304 Meetings
17-3305 Records
17-3306 Filing fee
17-3307 Public hearing and notice
17-3308 Powers and jurisdictions
17-3309 Procedure
17-3310 Variances to this Zoning Ordinance
17-3311 Automatic setback variance
17-3312 Exceptions to this Zoning Ordinance
17-3313 Performance and review
A Board of Zoning Appeals is hereby established. Such Board shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven members who shall be appointed by the Mayor, by and with the consent of the City Governing Body. All members of the Board so appointed shall be residents of the city except one, which shall be a resident of the zoning jurisdiction outside the city's limits. One member of the Board shall be a member of the Planning Commission. The members first appointed shall serve respectively for terms of one, two and three years, divided equally or as nearly equal as possible, among the members. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for terms of three years each. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. All members of said Board shall serve without compensation.
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