(1)

Enforcement. 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 action of proceedings in the name of the City of Grand Forks, and hereby shall have the powers of a police officer 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.

(2)

Sale of lots from unrecorded plats. It shall be unlawful to sell, trade, or otherwise convey or offer to sell, trade, otherwise convey any lot or parcel of land as a part of, or in conformity with any plan unless a plat or replat shall have first been approved by the city council and the city planning and zoning commission and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county.

(3)

Misrepresentations as to construction, supervision, or inspection of improvements. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning an addition or subdivision of land within the city to represent that any improvement upon any of the streets, alleys or avenues of said addition or subdivision or any sewer in said addition or subdivision has been constructed according to the plans and specifications approved by the city council, or has been supervised or inspected by the city, when such improvements have not been so constructed, supervised or inspected.

(1)

Any violation of the provisions of Chapter XVIII shall be subject to the penalties as provided by the North Dakota Century Code.

(2)

Penalties for violations not provided for by the Century Code shall be as follows: Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with, or who resists enforcement of any of the provisions of Chapter XVIII shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or thirty (30) days in jail, or both, in the discretion of the court, for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 2995, § 1, 11-6-89)

All applications and fees required by chapter XVIII of the City Code shall be collected by the planning department with the exception of the zoning variance and sign fees (subsections (6) and (8) below) which shall be collected and administered by the inspection department. All fees shall be credited to the general fund of the city. Copies of all applications shall be forwarded to the auditing department. No applicant shall be entitled to a refund as a result of denial of any request.

Administrative fees for each development request shall be as follows:

(1)

PUD: .....

(A)

Concept development plan .....$ 271.00

(1)

Amendments .....271.00

(B)

Detailed development plan .....217.00

(1)

Amendments: .....

(a)

Approved by planning or engineering department(s) with an estimated market value of $5,000.00 or less .....81.00

(b)

Approved by planning or engineering department(s) with an estimated market value of more than $5,000.00 .....243.00

(2)

Appeal filed with planning and zoning commission .....81.00

(2)

Conventional zoning map amendments .....150.00

(3)

Site plan reviews: .....

(A)

Improvement(s) having an estimated market value of $5,000.00 or less .....81.00

(B)

Improvement(s) having an estimated market value of more than $5,000.00 .....243.00

(4)

Subdivisions: .....

(A)

Major subdivisions .....650.00

(B)

Minor subdivisions .....380.00

(5)

Conditional use permit .....163.00

(6)

Zoning variance (board of adjustment) .....80.00

(7)

Subdivision variance (planning and zoning) .....65.00

(8)

Signs where permits are required, per $1,000.00 of valuation .....21.00

(9)

Vacations .....190.00

(10)

Parabolic antenna .....52.00

(Ord. No. 2984, § 4, 10-16-89; Ord. No. 2992, § 1, 11-6-89; Ord. No. 3021, § 4, 3-19-90; Ord. No. 3171, § 1, 2-18-92; Ord. No. 3635, § I, 3-17-97; Ord. No. 4096, § XII, 10-3-05; Ord. No. 4154, § X, 9-5-06; Ord. No. 4252, § XV, 10-6-08)