The zoning administrator shall administer and enforce this ordinance. He may be provided with the assistance of such other persons as the board of county commissioners may direct.

If the zoning administrator shall find that any of the provisions of this ordinance are being violated, he shall notify in writing the person responsible for such violations, indicating the nature of the violations and specifying the action necessary to correct it. He shall order discontinuance of illegal use of land, buildings, or structures; removal of illegal buildings or structures or of additions, alterations, or structural changes thereto; discontinuance of any illegal work being done; or shall take any other action authorized by this ordinance to insure compliance with or to prevent violation of its provisions.

No building or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to or structurally altered or changed in use, nor shall any vacant land or building be placed into use until a certificate of zoning compliance shall have been issued by the zoning administrator. No certificate of zoning compliance shall be issued except in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance except after written order from the board of adjustment. No building permit for the purpose of erection, extension, or alteration of any building shall be issued before an application has been made for a certificate of zoning compliance which certificate shall become invalid unless the action authorized by it shall have been commenced within one year of its date of issue.

(Ord. of 6-7-82)

All applications for a certificate of zoning compliance shall be accompanied by plans showing dimensions and shape of the parcel to be built upon; the exact sizes, uses and locations on the parcel of buildings already existing if any; and the location and dimensions of any proposed building or alterations. The application shall include such other information as may be necessary to determine conformance with, and provide for the enforcement of this ordinance. A fee of $2.00 shall be charged for the processing of each such application; however, the fee may be waived when an application for a certificate of zoning compliance is made simultaneously with an application for a building permit.

One copy of the plans shall be returned to the applicant by the zoning administrator, after he shall have marked such copy either as approved or disapproved and attested to same by his signature on such copy. The second copy of the plans, similarly marked and signed shall be retained by the zoning administrator.

No land shall hereafter be used, occupied, or changed in use, except for bona fide farm purposes, and no building hereafter structurally altered, erected, or moved shall be changed in use for other than bona fide farm purposes, until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the zoning administrator stating that the building and/or its proposed use complies with the provisions of this ordinance. A similar certificate shall be issued for the purpose of maintaining, renewing, changing, or extending a nonconforming use. A certificate either for the whole or a part of a building shall be applied for simultaneously with the application for a certificate of zoning compliance and shall be issued within five days after the erection or alteration of such building or part thereof shall have been completed in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the office of the zoning administrator, and copies shall be furnished, on request, to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building erected or altered or in the building or land being used.

(Ord. of 6-7-82)