Clinton Township City Zoning Code
ADMINISTRATION
§ 152.075 ENFORCEMENT.
The Building Commissioner is hereby designated and authorised to enforce this chapter.
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§ 152.076 IMPROVEMENT LOCATION PERMIT AND PLATS.
(A) Within the jurisdictional area of the City Plan Commission, no structure, improvement or use of land may be altered, changed placed, erected or located on platted or unplatted lands, unless the structure, improvement or use and its location conform to the Master Plan and ordinances of the city, and an improvement location permit for such structure, improvement or use has been issued, except that no permit is required for buildings used exclusively for agricultural purposes on a tract of land containing five acres or more unless used for residential purposes.
(B) The Building Commissioner of the city shall issue an improvement location permit, upon written application, when the proposed structure, improvement or use and its location conform in all respects to the Master Plan of the city.
(C) Every application for an improvement location permit shall be accompanied by a site plan, drawn to scale, showing the location of the structure, improvement or use to be altered, changed, placed, erected or located, the dimensions of the lot to be improved, the size of yards and open spaces, existing and proposed streets and alleys adjoining or within the lot, and the manner in which the location is to be improved. Application for an improvement location permit for new construction of a principal building shall be accompanied by a fee of , and application for an improvement location permit for an accessory building or for alteration of an existing building shall be accompanied by a fee of .
(D) Any decision of the Building Commissioner of the city concerning the issuance of an improvement location permit may be appealed to the Board of Zoning Appeals by any person claiming to be adversely affected by such decision.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 152.999
§ 152.077 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
(A) No land shall be occupied or used and no building hereafter erected, reconstructed or structurally altered shall be occupied or used, in whole or in part, for any purpose whatsoever, until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Building Commissioner stating that the building and use comply with all of the provisions of this chapter applicable to the building or premises or the use in the district in which it is to be located.
(B) No change in use shall be made in any building or part thereof, now or hereafter erected, reconstructed or structurally altered, without a certificate of occupancy having been issued by the Building Commissioner, and no such permit shall be issued to make such change unless it is in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
(C) The certificate of occupancy shall be applied for coincidentally with the application for an improvement location permit and shall be issued within ten days after the lawful erection, reconstruction or structural alteration of such building shall have been completed.
(D) A record of all certificates of occupancy shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Commissioner and copies shall be furnished upon request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building or land affected.
(E) No improvement location permit shall be issued for excavating for or the erection, reconstruction or structural alteration of any building before application has been made for a certificate of occupancy.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 152.999