1.

An official zoning map of the City of Mission shall be kept in the office of the planning director and an official certified copy thereof shall be kept in the office of the city clerk.

2.

It shall be the duty of the planning director to keep the official map and the current copies thereof herein provided, by entering on such maps any changes which the city council may from time to time order by amendments to the zoning ordinance and map.

3.

The city secretary, upon the adoption of this article, shall affix a certificate identifying the map as the official zoning map of the City of Mission.

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City manager. The provisions of this article shall be administered and enforced by the city manager or his duly authorized representative of the City of Mission.

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Right to enter. The city manager or any duly authorized person shall have the right to enter upon any premises at any reasonable time for the purpose of making inspection of buildings or premises necessary to carry out the duties in the enforcement of this article.

3.

Stop orders. Whenever any building work is being done contrary to the provisions of this article, the city manager or his duly authorized representative may order the work stopped by notice in writing served on the owner or contractor doing the work or causing such work to be done, and any such person shall forthwith stop such work until authorized to proceed with such work.

In addition to the requirements set out in chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Mission, all applications for building permits shall be accompanied by:

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Accurate site plans drawn to scale and showing:

a.

The actual shape and dimensions of the lot to be built upon;

b.

The exact sizes and locations on the lot of the buildings and accessory buildings then existing;

c.

The setback lines within which the proposed building and structure shall be erected or altered;

d.

The existing and intended use of each building or part of building;

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The number of families or housekeeping units the building is designed to accommodate.

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And such other information with regard to the lot and neighboring lots as may be necessary to determine and provide for the enforcement of this section. A plan inspection period shall be completed as soon as practical, but not to exceed ten days.

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Existing permits and private agreements: This section is not intended to abrogate or annul:

a.

Any permits issued before the effective date of this section; or

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Any easement, covenant, or any other private agreement.

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Preserving rights in pending litigation and violations under existing ordinances: By the passage of this section, no presently illegal use shall be deemed to have been legalized unless such use falls specifically within a use district where the actual use is a conforming use. Otherwise, such uses shall remain nonconforming uses where recognized, or an illegal use, as the case may be. It is further the intent and declared purpose of this section that no offense committed, and no liability, penalty, or forfeiture, either civil or criminal, shall be discharged or affected by the adoption of this section; but prosecution and suits for such offenses, liabilities, penalties, or forfeitures may be instituted, or causes presently pending be proceeded with in all respects as if such prior ordinance had not been repealed.

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Completion of existing buildings: Nothing in these regulations or in any amendments hereto which change district boundaries shall require any change in the plans, construction, or designated use of a building which shall be completed in its entirety within one year from the date of passage of this section or any amendments to this section and was authorized by building permit before the passage of this section, provided construction shall have been started within 90 days of the effective date of this section. Building construction is hereby defined as the placing of construction materials in permanent position and fastened in a permanent manner.

Any person who shall violate, participate, or acquiesce in the violation of any of the provisions of this article or who shall fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect or alter any building in violation of any detailed statement or plan required to be submitted and approved thereunder, shall for each and every violation or noncompliance be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $1.00 nor more than $1,000.00. Each day in violation hereof shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 1258, § 19, 11-14-1983)

The penalty provided in section 1.7 above should not be construed as exclusive, and the City of Mission hereby provides that any other remedy available to it in the enforcement of this article, in law or in equity, including, but not limited to, an injunction in a district court or other court of competent jurisdiction, is not intended to be, and is not, foreclosed by the provision of such penalty.