Corcoran City Zoning Code

Subd. 1. Process. This Chapter shall be administered and enforced by the Zoning Administrator who is appointed by the City Administrator. The Zoning Administrator may institute in the name of the City of Corcoran any appropriate actions or proceedings against a violator as provided by statute, charter, or ordinance. The Zoning Administrator's duties shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

A.

Periodically inspect buildings, structures, and uses of land to determine compliance with the terms of this Chapter.

B.

Notify, in writing, any person responsible for violating a provision of this Chapter, indicating the nature of the violation and ordering the action necessary to correct it.

C.

Order discontinuance of illegal use of land, buildings, or structures; order removal of illegal buildings, structures, additions or alterations; order discontinuance of illegal work being done; or take any other action authorized by this Chapter to insure compliance with or to prevent violation of its provisions, including cooperation with the City Attorney in the prosecution of complaints.

D.

Maintain permanent and current records of the Zoning Ordinance, including all maps, amendments, conditional uses and variances.

E.

Maintain a current file of all permits, all certificates and all copies of notices of violation, discontinuance, or removal for such time as necessary to insure a continuous compliance with the provisions of this Chapter and, on request, provide information to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in any specific property.

F.

Provide clerical and technical assistance to the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustments and Appeals.

G.

Receive, file and forward as applicable to the Board of Adjustment, Planning Commission, or City Council all applications for conditional use permits, variances, amendments or development plans as required herein.

H.

Maintain the Development Rights Map.

Subd. 2. Violations. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained; or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this Chapter, the Zoning Administrator, in addition to other remedies, may institute any proper criminal action or proceedings in the name of the City of Corcoran. Therefore, the Zoning Administrator shall hereby have the powers of a police officer to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain or correct such violations, to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about said premises.

Subd. 3. Penalties. Any person who violates a provision of this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, may be punished as allowed by State Statute and as identified in Section 10.19 (B) of the City Code. Each act of violation and every day on which a violation occurs or continues is a separate violation.

Subd. 4. Recover Costs Charged to the City.

A.

Purpose. In instances in which watershed management commissions, other water authorities, and other regulatory agencies seek recovery of costs from the City of Corcoran, the City of Corcoran desires to recover any such costs which are charged to the City from the responsible property owner or the property owner's designated responsible agent or representative via a special assessment against the property in question.

B.

Special Assessment of Costs Charged to the City Which Are Attributed to Non-Payment on the Part of a Property Owner. The City of Corcoran shall maintain the right to recover from the responsible property owner or that owner's designated responsible agent or representative those costs charged to the City by watershed management commissions, other water authorities, and other regulatory agencies. To recover these costs, the City may approve a special assessment against the property, pursuant to the process outlined in Minnesota Statute §429.061.

(Ord. 301, passed 04-23-15)