The lawful use of a building or premises existing at the time of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title may be continued, although such use does not conform with the provision hereof, and such use may be extended throughout the building or premises lawfully acquired previous to the adoption of said ordinance and in which such use is located. A nonconforming use may be changed to a use of the same or higher classification according to the provisions of this title, and whenever a district shall hereafter be changed, any then existing nonconforming use in such changed district may be continued or changed to a use of similar or higher classification, provided all other regulations governing the new area are complied with. Whenever a nonconforming use of a building has been discontinued or changed to a higher classification or to a use, such use shall not thereafter be changed to a use of lower classification.

No building which has been damaged by fire or other causes to the extent of more than fifty (50) percent of its value shall be repaired or rebuilt except in conformity with the regulations of this title.

(Prior code § 182.12)

No land shall be occupied or used, and no building hereafter erected or altered shall be occupied or used in whole or in part for any purpose whatsoever until a certificate shall have been issued by the building commissioner stating that the building and use comply with all the building and health laws and ordinances and with the provisions of these regulations. No change of use shall be made in any building or part thereof now or hereafter erected or altered, without a permit having been issued by the building commissioner, and no permit shall be issued to make such changes unless it is in conformity with the provisions of this title or amendments thereto hereafter duly enacted.

Nothing in this section shall prevent the continuance of the present occupancy or use of any existing building, except as may be necessary for safety of life and property.

Certificates for occupancy and compliance shall be applied for coincidently with the application for a building permit and shall have been completed. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the office of the building commissioner and copies shall be furnished on request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building affected. A fee of two dollars ($2.00) shall be charged for each original certificate and one dollar ($1.00) for each copy thereof.

No permit for excavation for or the erection of any building shall be issued before the application has been made for certificate of occupancy and compliance. No building premises shall be occupied until such certificate shall be issued.

(Prior code § 182.19)

The building commissioner is empowered and directed to stop work on any building, structure or portion thereof that is being done in a reckless, unsafe or unsanitary manner, or with the use of defective or improper materials; and on any building, structure or portion thereof proposed for unlawful purposes as regards location, intended use or occupancy; and any work that in any other respect is being done contrary to the provisions of the building code or to the requirements of any other ordinances of the village.

Any person, firm or corporation having charge of, directing, or in any way engaged in work that violates the building code, who shall refuse or fail to promptly desist from such work on written notice from any building officer, or who having desisted on either verbal or written or posted notice shall resume the work before the violation which occasioned the order is corrected or agreed to be corrected satisfactorily to the officer causing the work to be stopped and consistent with the purposes of the building code; or who before having been authorized by the officer causing the same to be stopped resumes work stopped by the building officer, shall be deemed guilty of violating the building code, and shall be subject to the general penalty provided in this code. Permits for work being done in violation of the building code may be canceled or revoked on order of the building commissioner, as is elsewhere provided in this code.

(Prior code § 182.20)

If desired, an official certificate of final inspection may be obtained by the owner, his or her agent or the person in whose name a permit for constructing, erecting, enlarging, remodeling, altering or repairing any building, structure, or major portion thereof, by applying to the building commissioner.

(Prior code § 182.21)

The building commissioner is explicitly and expressly prohibited from issuing building permits for the conversion of single-family dwellings into two-family dwellings.

(Ord. No. 2238, § 5, 9-10-2018)

Any person or entity seeking a zoning change by variation shall pay an application fee of six hundred dollars ($600.00) upon submission of their application to the village for a zoning change by variation.

(Ord. No. 2355, § 5, 1-25-2021)