It shall be the duty of the duly appointed Zoning Administrator that he or she is hereby given the authority to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. passed 3-1-2004; Am. Ord. passed 7-29-2004; Am. Ord. passed 10-13-2005)

   (A)   Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, all uses regulated by this chapter must secure a zoning compliance permit . The Zoning Administratorshall in no case grant any permit for the construction or alteration of any building if the building as proposed to be constructed or altered would be in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

   (B)   All applications for zoning compliance permitsshall be accompanied by plans in duplicate, if possible, showing the actual dimensions of the plat to be built upon, drawn to scale, and the location on the lot of the building or structure proposed to be erected and altered, and the other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The Zoning Administrator or his/her designee shall review all applications for zoning compliance and shall approve an application if it meets all requirements. If it does not meet all requirements, then the Administrator or his/her designee shall notify the applicant of deficiencies in the application. Once an applicant has been notified that all requirements have not been met, the applicant shall have 6 months to re-submit the application for additional review. If an applicant does not re-submit within 6 months , the application will be considered void. In addition, an application will only be considered active to 18 months . If an applicant cannot meet the requirements of this chapter within 18 months , it will be considered void.

   (C)   A zoning compliance permitshall be required for those uses permitted with standards in the MR-MU District, (See § 154.066(E)).

   (D)   Events occurring off-site subsequent to the date of an application for any zoning compliance permitshall not operate to invalidate any permit validly issued.

(Ord. passed 3-1-2004; Am. Ord. passed 7-29-2004; Am. Ord. passed 10-13-2005; Am. Ord. 00052, passed 6-26-2008; Am. Ord. 2018-02, passed 2-8-2018)

   If no substantial construction progress has been made within 6 months of the date of the issuance of the zoning compliance permit , the permit becomes invalid.

(Ord. passed 3-1-2004; Am. Ord. passed 7-29-2004; Am. Ord. passed 10-13-2005)

   It is the intention of this chapter that all questions arising in connection with the enforcement of this chapter shall be presented first to the Zoning Administrator and that the questions shall be presented to the Zoning Board of Adjustment only on appeal from the Zoning Administrator .

(Ord. passed 3-1-2004; Am. Ord. passed 7-29-2004; Am. Ord. passed 10-13-2005)

   If any building or structure is erected, constructed, repaired, converted or maintained or any building , structure or land is used in violation of this chapter, the Zoning Administrator or any other appropriate authority or adjacent or other propertyowner who would be damaged by the violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute injunction, mandamus or other appropriate action in proceeding to stop the violation.

(Ord. passed 3-1-2004; Am. Ord. passed 7-29-2004; Am. Ord. passed 10-13-2005)