Knob Noster City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
Administration
Section 405.740 Office of The Zoning Official.
[R.O. 2012 §405.740; Ord. No. 522 §§1—3, 12-1-1992]
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Authorization. A Zoning Official shall be appointed by the City Administrator and shall be responsible for the enforcement of these Zoning Regulations.
B.
Duties Of The Zoning Official. The Zoning Official shall enforce these Zoning Regulations and in addition thereto and in furtherance of said authority, he/she shall:
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Approve and issue all zoning and occupancy certificates and make and maintain records thereof.
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Conduct inspections of buildings, structures and uses of land to determine compliance with the provisions of the Zoning Regulations.
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Receive, file, and forward to the Board of Adjustment the records in all appeals and all applications for conditional uses and variances.
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Maintain permanent and current records of the Zoning Regulations including, but not limited to, all zoning maps, amendments, conditional uses, variances, appeals and applications therefore and records of hearing thereon.
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Maintain for distribution to the public a supply of copies of the Zoning Map or Maps, the compiled text of the Zoning Regulations, and the rules of the Board of Adjustment.
Section 405.750 Building Permits.
[R.O. 2012 §405.750; Ord. No. 522 §§1—3, 12-1-1992]
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Building Permits. Unless a building permit shall first have been obtained from the office of the Zoning Official:
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The construction, building, moving, remodeling or reconstruction of any structure shall not be commenced and;
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The improvement of land preliminary to any use of such land shall not be commenced.
Any building permit issued in conflict with the provisions of these Zoning Regulations shall be null and void. |
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Application For Building Permit.
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Every application for a building permit shall include at least the following. A plot plan, in duplicate, drawn to scale and in such form as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Zoning Official, showing the location, ground area, height, and bulk of all present and proposed structures, drives and parking lots, the building lines in relation to lot lines, waste disposal areas, the use to be made of such present and proposed structures on the land, and such other information as may be required by the Zoning Official for the proper enforcement of these Zoning Regulations.
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One (1) copy of both the plat and the plot plan shall be retained by the Zoning Official as a public record.
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Issuance Of Building Permit. A building permit shall be either issued or refused by the Zoning Official within ten (10) days after the receipt of an application or within such further period as may be agreed to by the applicant. No building permit shall be issued unless all the zoning requirements of this Chapter are met.
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Period Of Validity. A building permit shall become null and void six (6) months after the date on which it is issued unless within such six (6) month period construction, building, moving, remodeling or reconstruction of a structure is commenced or a use is commenced.
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Violation And Penalty. The owner or general agent of a building or premises where a violation of any provision of said regulations has been committed or shall exist, or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the owner, general agent, lessee or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the general agent, architect, builder, contractor or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in any such violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall be guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each and every day that such violation continues, but if the offense be willful on conviction thereof, the punishment shall be a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each and every day that such violation shall continue, or by imprisonment for ten days for each and every day such violation shall continue, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.