The City Manager or his designated agent shall administer and enforce this Ordinance. Its duties shall include receiving applications, inspecting premises, and issuing zoning compliance permits and certificates of occupancy for uses and structures that meet the requirements of this Ordinance. The Codes Enforcement Officer or other appropriate City Official has the right to enter upon any premises necessary to carry out his duties in the administration or enforcement of this Ordinance.

It shall be unlawful to commence the excavation for or the construction of any building (including accessory buildings) or to commence the moving or alteration of any building (including accessory building) until a certificate of zoning compliance for such work has been secured from the Building Inspector.

It shall be unlawful for the appropriate City Official to approve any plans or issue a certificate of zoning compliance for any excavation, grading, fill, or construction within the City until he has inspected the plans for such construction in detail and found them to conform with the provisions of this Ordinance.

All applications for a certificate of zoning compliance shall be accompanied by a plat or plan in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing:

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Actual shape, location, and dimensions of the lot to be built upon.

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The shape, size, height, and location on the lot of all buildings to be erected, altered, or moved and the location of any building existing on the lot.

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The existing and intended use of all such buildings.

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Such other information concerning the lot or adjoining lots as may be essential for determining whether the provisions of this Ordinance are being observed.

If the proposed excavation, grading, fill, or construction, as set forth in the application, is in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance, the Codes Enforcement Officer shall issue a certificate of zoning compliance. If a certificate of zoning compliance is refused, the Codes Enforcement Officer shall state the reasons for such refusal in writing. A record of all certificates of zoning compliance issued and refused shall be kept by the Codes Enforcement Officer.

No land or building or part thereof hereafter erected or altered in its use or structure shall be occupied until a certificate of occupancy has been obtained from the Building Inspector.

Within three (3) days after application for a certificate of occupancy, the Building Inspector shall inspect the premises for which the certificate of occupancy is desired and issue a certificate of occupancy if the land, building, or part thereof and the proposed use thereof are found to conform with the provisions of this Ordinance. If a certificate of occupancy is refused, the Codes Enforcement Officer shall state the reasons for such refusal in writing. A record of all certificates of occupancy issued and refused shall be kept by the Codes Enforcement Officer.

A violation of this Ordinance is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor. Any person, firm, or corporation convicted of violating any provisions of this Ordinance shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in the general clause for this code.

In case any building or structure is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is or is proposed to be used in violation of this Ordinance, the Codes Enforcement Officer, municipal counsel, or other appropriate authority of the municipality, or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specially damaged by such violation, may, in addition to other remedies, institute an injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding 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.