The Zoning Administrator of the Township of Egelston is the official primarily charged with the enforcement of this chapter. He is the official to whom all site plans, special land use and planned unit development applications are submitted, and because no building permit may be issued for any construction until zoning requirements are met, the Zoning Administrator must pass on the building permit and approve same. The Zoning Administrator shall be consulted, therefore, in the event any land use activity is contemplated by any person.

Decisions by the Zoning Administrator vis-a-vis zoning issues (as opposed to building code compliance) shall be referred to the Zoning Board of Appeals for review or interpretation. Since the Zoning Administrator often administers matters which are Planning Commission concerns, especially as they involve site plans, special land uses or planned unit developments, informal but not binding review of Zoning Administrator decisions may be sought at regular or special meetings of the Planning Commission and considered on its agenda. However, the Planning Commission is not an adjudicatory body, and if actual decisions of the Zoning Administrator are contested, they shall be finally determined by the Zoning Board of Appeals.

The Building Inspector's duties are set forth elsewhere in the Township ordinances and particularly in the building and other codes which have been adopted. The Building Inspector is primarily responsible for the review and issuance of building permits. If the Building Inspector is not the same person as the Zoning Administrator, both such officials must be consulted before the issuance of a building permit.

It shall be unlawful for any person to commence excavations for, or construction of any building or structure, or structural change in any existing building or structure without first obtaining a building permit from the appropriate Township officer. No permit shall be issued for the construction, alteration or remodeling of any building or structure until an application has been submitted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, showing that the construction proposed is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter as well as the building code.

Every application for a building permit shall be sworn to by the applicant as required by the building code and shall designate the existing and intended use of the structure or premises or part thereof which it is proposed to alter, erect, or extend. The number of housekeeping units existing and/or intended shall also be indicated. The application shall contain other required information and shall be accomplished by such drawings and plans as are requested by the Building Inspector.

It shall be unlawful to use or permit the use of any structure or premises hereafter altered, extended or erected until the Building Inspector shall have issued a certificate of occupancy stating that the provisions of this chapter have been complied with. It shall be unlawful to use or permit the use of any structure or premises, hereafter changed to different use, until the Building Inspector shall have issued a certificate of occupancy showing conformity with the provisions of this chapter. Until such certificate has been issued, no Township official shall grant a required license for the use proposed.

Where it appears that an area has been subdivided in violation of the Land Division Act, MCL 560.101 et seq., in effect at the time by statute of the State of Michigan, no additional building permits shall be issued until such area is brought into compliance.