The provisions of this ordinance shall be administered and enforced by the Building Inspector, who shall have authority to make inspections of buildings and lands necessary to carry out his duties in the enforcement of this ordinance.

No building or other structure shall be constructed, erected, moved, added to or structurally altered in any way without a building permit issued in advance. No building permit shall be issued except in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance. The building permit shall be valid for six (6) months, unless fifty (50) per cent or more of the construction has taken place within that period of time; in such case, the building permit shall be valid for an additional six (6) months.

8.2.1. In applying to the Building Inspector for a building permit, the applicant shall submit a scaled plot plan indicating the actual dimensions of the lot to be built on, the shape, size, height and location of all buildings to be erected, altered or moved and of all existing buildings and structures on the lot. The applicant shall also state the present and proposed uses of such buildings and supply such other information as may be required by the Building Inspector for the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance.

No land shall be used or occupied and no building hereafter erected, altered or extended shall be used or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Building Inspector, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. All occupants of nonconforming uses created by the passage of, and subsequent amendments to, this ordinance shall obtain a certificate of occupancy within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this ordinance or its amendments.

Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 00-9, 3-16-2000)

If any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this ordinance, the Building Inspector or any aggrieved citizen may, in addition to other remedies, institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action in proceeding to stop the violation in the case of such building, structure or land.

A planned residential development shall conform to the following restrictions and development standards:

(a)

Minimum area. The minimum tract of land eligible for development under R-5 zoning, high density residential development shall be five (5) acres. Notwithstanding Section 10.5 of this Appendix A, for tracts of land or any combination of adjacent tracts of land already within the corporate limits of the City of Dublin as of the date of the adoption of this ordinance amendment with less than five (5) acres, but at least one (1) acre of land, a variance to the minimum area requirement herein may be granted subject to section (d) below.

(b)

Density. A high density residential development shall be allowed only in R-5 districts with the following maximum density for each district:

Development, five (5) acres or more: Eight (8) units per acre.

Development, less than five (5) acres but at least one (1) acre: Six (6) units per acre.

(c)

Minimum floor area. The minimum gross square footage of heated area in each of the R-5 districts shall be one-thousand (1,000) square feet.

(d)

Variance requirements. If the Board of Zoning Appeals grants any variance allowed herein, said variance may only be granted with the following conditions for the R-5 zoned area:

(1)

Regardless of surrounding zoning, if the existing houses adjacent to the subject property are all detached, the variance may only be granted conditioned on the development being limited to detached single family housing, and not attached;

(2)

The development shall provide for a turnaround pad for each house which will allow for backing motor vehicles on the driveway and not onto any city street.

(3)

The entire development shall have a privacy fence erected between it and all surrounding parcels of land;

(4)

Any other condition which is deemed appropriate by the Board of Zoning Appeals based on the location of the proposed development and the surrounding existing use must be imposed in order to preserve the integrity of the neighborhood.

(Ord. No. 87-27, 9-17-87; Ord. No. 18-14, 12-13-2018)

Cross reference— High density residential development, R-5, app. A, § 5.45.