Lafayette City Zoning Code
§ 13-18.2
Zoning Permits.
[Ord. No. 2012-06 § 13-18.2]
a.
A zoning permit shall be required in the following instances:
1.
Before using or allowing the use of any structure, building or land or part thereof hereinafter created, erected, changed, converted or enlarged, wholly or partly.
2.
Before changing the use of any building, property, or part thereof or allowing a change of use of any building, property or part thereof.
3.
Before changing the occupancy of commercial buildings.
b.
A zoning permit shall show that every building, or premises or part thereof and the proposed use thereof are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter or in conformity with the provisions of a variance granted according to law and not required to have a site plan review.
c.
All zoning permits shall be issued in triplicate and one copy shall be posted conspicuously on the premises affected whenever construction work is being performed thereon. No owner, contractor, workman or other persons shall perform any building operations of any kind unless the zoning permit covering such operation has been previously issued. Furthermore, no building operations of any kind shall be performed after notification of the revocation of said zoning permit.
d.
A record shall be kept of all zoning permits issued and the original applications therefor shall be kept on file in the same manner as applications for building permits. No owner, tenant, or other persons shall use or occupy any building or structure thereafter erected or altered, the use of which shall be changed after passage of this chapter, without first obtaining a zoning permit.
e.
A zoning permit, unless revoked, shall continue in effect so long as there is no change of use or occupancy of the premises.
f.
The Zoning Officer shall act upon all such applications within 15 days after receipt of a fully filled-in application, or shall notify the applicant, in writing, of his refusal to issue such permit and the reasons therefor.
g.
Failure to notify the applicant in case of such refusal within 15 days shall entitle the applicant for a zoning permit to file an appeal to the Land Use Board as in the case of a denial.
h.
The Zoning Officer may waive plans on minor alterations not affecting structural change.
i.
The Zoning Officer shall collect a fee of $35 for each residential zoning permit application submitted and $75 for each non-residential zoning permit application submitted, except that if a certificate of occupancy is required, no additional charge shall be made for issuance of a zoning permit.
[Amended 9-7-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-19]
j.
If it shall appear at any time to the Zoning Officer that the application or accompanying plans is in any material respect false or misleading, or that the work being done upon the premises is materially different from that called for in the application previously filed with him or may be in violation of any provision of this chapter, or that the conditions imposed by the Land Use Board are not being met within the time or in the manner required by the approving authority, he may forthwith revoke the zoning permit.