All department officials and public employees of the City of Layton who are vested with the duty or authority to issue permits shall conform to the provisions of this Title and shall issue no permit, certificate, or license for uses, buildings, or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this Title, and any such permit, certificate, or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this Title, intentionally or otherwise, shall be null and void.

HISTORY

Ord. No. 97-19, Enacted, 4/17/1997

Ord. No. 97-35, Recodified, 6/19/1997

Ord. No. 04-69, Recodified, 12/16/2004

1. The Zoning Administrator is hereby designated and authorized as the officer charged with the enforcement of this Title. He shall enforce all the provisions of this Title, entering actions in the court when necessary, and his failure to do so shall not legalize any violation of such provisions.
2. The City of Layton may, by resolution or ordinance, from time to time, entrust the administration of this Title, in whole or in part, to any officer of Layton City, without amendment to this Title.

HISTORY

Ord. No. 97-19, Enacted, 4/17/1997

Ord. No. 97-35, Recodified, 6/19/1997

Ord. No. 04-69, Recodified, 12/16/2004

Ord. No. 17-13, Amended, 6/15/2017

1. The Planning Director is hereby authorized to inspect or cause to be inspected all buildings and structures in the course of construction, modification, or repair, and to inspect land uses to determine compliance with the provisions of the zoning ordinance; provided, however, that no such inspection shall be required as a condition precedent to commencement or continuation of any construction, modification, or repair of any building or structure.
2. The Planning Director or any employee of Layton City who is authorized to represent the City shall have the right to enter any building for the purpose of determining the use thereof or to enter the premise for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of this Title, provided that such right of entry shall be exercised only at a reasonable hour and that in no case shall entry be made to any occupied building in the absence of the owner or tenant thereof without the written order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
3. A violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.

HISTORY

Ord. No. 97-19, Enacted, 4/17/1997

Ord. No. 97-35, Recodified, 6/19/1997

Ord. No. 04-69, Recodified, 12/16/2004

Ord. No. 19-17, Amended, 6/6/2019

Any building or structure erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this Title, and any use of any land, building, or premise established, conducted, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this Title, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance, and the City Attorney of the City of Layton shall, upon request of the City Council, immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and enjoining thereof in the manner provided by law, and shall take other steps and shall apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief and will abate and remove such building or structure, and restrain and enjoin any person, firm, or corporation from erecting, building, maintaining, or using any such building or structure or using property contrary to the provisions of this Title. The remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

HISTORY

Ord. No. 97-19, Enacted, 4/17/1997

Ord. No. 97-35, Recodified, 6/19/1997

Ord. No. 04-69, Recodified, 12/16/2004

Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal agent, employed or otherwise, violating, causing, or permitting the violation of any of the provisions of this Title shall be guilty of a offense for each and every day during which any portion of any violation of this Title is committed, continued, or permitted by such person, firm, or corporation, and shall be punishable as herein provided.

HISTORY

Ord. No. 97-19, Enacted, 4/17/1997

Ord. No. 97-35, Recodified, 6/19/1997

Ord. No. 04-69, Recodified, 12/16/2004

Ord. No. 19-17, Amended, 6/6/2019