All departments, officials, and public employees of the City vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and shall issue no permit or license for uses, buildings, or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, and any such permit or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this chapter shall be null and void.

The Chief Building Official shall not issue any building permit for the construction of any building, structure, facility, or alteration the construction of which, or the proposed use of which, would constitute a violation of the provisions of this chapter.

(§§ 21.01 and 21.02, Ord. 363)

It shall be the duty of the Chief Building Official to enforce the provisions of this chapter pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, conversion, or alteration of buildings and structures.

(§ 21.01, Ord. 363)

Any building or structure set up, erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this chapter, and any use of any land, building, or premises established, conducted, operated, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be, unlawful and a public nuisance, and the City Attorney, upon an order of the Council, shall immediately commence an action or proceeding for the abatement, removal, and enjoinment thereof in the manner prescribed by law and shall take such other steps and shall apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove such building or structure and restrain and enjoin any person from setting up, erecting, building, maintaining, or using any such building contrary to the provisions this chapter.

(§ 21.04, Ord. 363)

Any person, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as set forth in Chapter 2 of Title 1 of this Code.

(§ 21.03, Ord. 363)