A Certificate of Nonconformance shall be required for all nonconforming uses of land or building created by adoption of this Zoning Ordinance. Application for a Certificate of Nonconformance shall be filed with the Building Inspector or person designated by the City Manager by the owner or lessee of the building or land occupied by such nonconforming use within one year of the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance. It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector, or person designated by the City Manager, to issue a Certificate for a lawful nonconforming use, but failure to apply for such Certificate for a nonconforming use or refusal of the Building Inspector, or person designated by the City Manager to issue a Certificate for such nonconforming use shall be evidence that such nonconforming use was either illegal or did not lawfully exist at the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance. No charge shall be made for issuing a Certificate of Nonconformance in accordance with this chapter.
(Ord. 22-87. Passed 5-11-87.)