The Community Development Director of the City of Arnold shall be the Zoning Enforcement Officer, and shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter. The Community Development Director may deputize one (1) or more members of his/her department, as well as members of other City departments, who have a particular skill or competence to act for him/her, and the term "Zoning Enforcement Officer" as used elsewhere in this Chapter shall be deemed to include such deputies, but no order or other enforcement action shall be issued unless approved and signed or countersigned by the Community Development Director.

The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter through issuance of building permits, occupancy permits, by means of field inspections and other duties delineated herein to assure conformance with this Chapter. Upon the advice of the City Attorney, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall take appropriate action to assure that all uses and developments in the City of Arnold shall comply with this Chapter and any ruling made pursuant thereto. The Zoning Enforcement Officer is authorized to inspect or cause to be inspected any building or other structure or any land on which work is in progress, and to order stoppage of work being done in violation of the zoning ordinance. He/she shall inspect or cause to be inspected such premises after work is completed, and shall not issue an occupancy permit until final inspection has been made.

The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall have the power to adopt such administrative regulations as he/she deems necessary to the carrying out of his/her enforcement responsibilities, which regulations shall have general applicability to causes of similar character.

No building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, or enlarged, nor shall any building or structure or land or part thereof be hereafter occupied or used in any case of establishment of a new use, extension or alteration of a use, or conversion from one use to another use, until the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall issue a proper permit, except that no permit shall be required for the raising of agricultural crops.

No building or structure shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, or enlarged, nor shall any such work be started without a building permit being issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer, which permit shall state that the permitted construction must comply with the provisions of this zoning ordinance.

Except as hereinabove provided, no land shall be occupied or used in whole or in part for any purpose until an occupancy permit is issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer, which permit shall state that the structure and use comply with the provisions of the zoning ordinance. The use of any land or building or structure or part thereof, now or hereafter erected, shall not be changed until an occupancy permit is issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer. No occupancy permit shall be issued for a change in use unless such change is in conformity with the provisions of the zoning ordinance.

The Commission and the Zoning Enforcement Officer are hereby empowered, in the performance of their functions, to enter upon any land in the City of Arnold for the purpose of making inspections, examinations, and surveys, or to place and maintain thereon monuments, markers, notices, signs or placards required to effectuate the purpose and provisions of this Chapter. The Commission shall be required to present proper credentials upon demand when entering upon any land or structure for the purpose of this Section.

The Zoning Enforcement Officer, his/her deputies or inspectors may cause the cessation of any erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance or use in violation of the zoning ordinance by posting of a stop work or stop use notice on the premises and by notice in writing to the owner of the property involved or to his/her agent or to the person doing the work in the case of a stop work order, stating the nature of the violation.

The Zoning Enforcement Officer may refer any violation of the zoning ordinance to the City Attorney for prosecution or other appropriate action.

The City Police shall aid the Zoning Enforcement Officer in enforcing the zoning ordinance by posting a stop work or stop use notice when requested by the Zoning Enforcement Officer.

Filing Of Plans. All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by plans in triplicate, drawn to scale showing the actual shape and dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the exact size and location on the lot of the buildings and accessory buildings existing, and the lines within which the buildings or structures shall be erected or altered, the existing and intended use of each building or part of building, the number of families the building is designed to accommodate, and such other information with regard to the lot and neighboring lots as may be necessary to determine and provide for the enforcement of this Chapter. One (1) copy of such plans shall be returned to the owner when such plans shall have been approved by the Community Development Director.

Penalties For Violation Of Zoning Ordinance.