SECTION:
11-7-1: Enforcement
11-7-2: Compliance Required
11-7-3: Zoning Administrator
11-7-4: Zoning Commission (Rep. by Ord. 14-08, 9-15-2014)
11-7-5: [Reserved]
11-7-6: Appeals
11-7-7: Variances
11-7-8: Conditional Use Permits
11-7-9: Zoning Compliance Permit
11-7-10: Water Quality Protection Permitting And Review
11-7-11: Nonconforming Uses
11-7-12: Amendments
11-7-13: Violations And Penalties
These regulations shall be enforced by the zoning administrator duly appointed by the city council, or by his assistant or designee, who shall have the authority to request entry to any building, structure, or premises, or any part thereof, at any and all reasonable times, for the purpose of performing his official duties. Any reference herein to the zoning administrator shall include his assistant or designee. (Ord. 01-04, 2-20-2001)
A. Office Created; Appointment: There is hereby created the position of a zoning administrator who will be a duly appointed person charged with the administration, interpretation and enforcement of these zoning regulations.
B. Powers And Duties: The zoning administrator, his assistant or designee will:
1. Enforce any and all of the provisions of these regulations.
2. Keep complete, accurate and secure records.
3. Accept applications and appeals and ensure their appropriateness and completeness.
4. Accept and remit fees as established in the adopted administrative procedures.
5. Update these regulations and the official zoning map as directed by the city council.
6. Provide for the accuracy and security of the official zoning map.
7. Undertake any other administrative function appropriate to the office of the zoning administrator.
8. Report to the city council any recommendations for changes and improvements in these regulations and the procedures therein.
9. Issue any permit granted by the city council or ordered by the community development board, and make periodic inspections to verify that all conditions of a granted permit are complied with by the applicant or his agent.
10. Receive and investigate allegations of noncompliance or violation of these regulations, report findings to the city council, and file a complaint where such allegations are based in apparent fact.
11. Refer any matters under appeal to the community development board for their action.
12. Make recommendations to the city council in connection with any conditional use permit or to the community development board in connection with any application for variance or appeal, such conditions as he may deem necessary in order to fully carry out the provisions and intent of these regulations.
13. Determine the location of any district boundary shown on the zoning map adopted as part of these regulations when the location is in doubt as provided for in section 11-2-2 of this title.
14. Refer to the community development board for placement of all uses not categorically permitted but deemed to be synonymous by the zoning administrator. The community development board will reserve the right to declare a new use and thus require a zoning ordinance amendment for placement of the new use.
C. Restrictions: The zoning administrator must not:
1. Make any changes in the uses categorically permitted in any zoning classification or zoning district, or make any changes in the terms of these zoning regulations, or make any changes in the terms, classifications or their boundaries on the official zoning map without the prior specific direction of the city council requesting that he/she do so.
2. Issue any conditional use permit without the specific direction to do so from the city council.
3. Issue any variance without specific direction to do so from the community development board.
(Ord. A-407, 3-15-1982; amd. Ord. 23-27, 11-20-2023)
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