The Borough Council shall appoint a Zoning Officer, who shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Zoning Code.

(Ord. 2210. Passed 4-21-97.)

   The Zoning Officer shall interpret and enforce all of the provisions of this Zoning Code and shall have such duties and powers as are conferred upon him or her by this Zoning Code and as are reasonably implied for that purpose.

   (a)   Applications; Zoning Certificates and Building Permits; Inspections. The Zoning Officer shall receive all applications for conditional uses, special exceptions, requests for variances, zoning amendments and appeals of zoning interpretations, as well as for zoning certificates and building permits, and shall make inspections of all such matters.

   (b)   Examinations. The Zoning Officer shall examine or cause to be examined all structures, land and proposed improvement sites for which an application is involved and for which zoning certificates are to be issued.

   (c)   Nonconforming uses. The Zoning Officer shall keep an up-to-date list of all nonconforming uses. (Ord. 2210. Passed 4-21-97.)

   (a)   Requirements. Until the Zoning Officer has issued a zoning certificate applicable thereto, no person shall:

      (1)   Occupy or use any vacant land; or

      (2)   Occupy or use any structure hereafter constructed, reconstructed, moved, altered or enlarged; or

      (3)   Change the use of a structure or land to a different use; or

      (4)   Change a nonconforming use.

   (b)   Expiration. The zoning certificate shall expire six months from the date of its issuance, if the purpose and intent for which it was issued have not occurred.

   (c)   Applications and Fees. Each applicant for a zoning certificate shall present with the application a plat of the property showing clearly and completely the location, dimensions and nature of any structure involved and such other information as the Zoning Officer may require as to compliance with this Zoning Code, together with a filing fee in accordance with the schedule of the same as fixed by the Borough Council, by resolution.

   (d)   Records. The Zoning Officer shall maintain a permanent file of all zoning certificates and applications therefor as public records.

(Ord. 2210. Passed 4-21-97.)

   (a)   A building permit application must be filed and a building permit obtained for construction or repair of, additions to, or alterations of, buildings and accessory structures.

   (b)   The applicant for a building permit shall also apply for a zoning certificate as required by this Zoning Code.

(Ord. 2210. Passed 4-21-97.)

   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Zoning Code shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, pay a judgment of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Borough as result thereof. A separate violation shall be deemed committed each day that a violation continues, unless the District Justice determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person violating the provision to have believed there was no violation, subject to all other provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (Act 170 of 1988).

(Ord. 2210. Passed 4-21-97.)