The Land Use Planning and Zoning Department shall administer and enforce this chapter for Green Lake County.

The Land Use Planning and Zoning Department shall collect fees that are collectable from the applicants for permits, certificates and public hearing items and shall remit said fees to the County Treasurer on a timely basis.

It is the duty of Land Use Planning and Zoning Department to receive and act upon applications for land use permits and certificates of occupancy, follow up complaints and have such other duties as provided by this chapter.

It shall be the duty of the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department to investigate alleged violation(s) of this chapter to determine the facts and, if a violation is identified, to pursue enforcement to achieve compliance.

In addition to the Corporation Counsel having the authority to file a complaint to achieve compliance with the below said land use ordinances, the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department shall have the authority to prepare, sign and issue citations in order to achieve compliance with the following land use ordinances:

No building or structure or billboard or any part thereof, except as herein provided, shall hereafter be erected, enlarged, structurally altered or moved within the areas subject to the provisions of this chapter until a land use permit shall have been applied for, in writing, and obtained from the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department. Such permit shall be posted in a prominent place on the premises prior to and during the period of construction, alteration, repair or moving. Land use permits shall be valid for a period of one year from date of issue unless otherwise specified on the permit. A copy of such permit shall be filed with the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department and with the inspector and clerk for the town in which the permit is effective. Forms for the application for land use permits shall be supplied by the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department. All such forms shall be approved by the County Board. For a fee schedule refer to Article XII, Fee Schedule.

All applications for land use permits shall be accompanied by a location sketch drawn to scale, showing the location, actual shape and dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the exact size and location of the building on the lot, the existing and intended use of the building, the number of families to be accommodated, its situation with reference to the highway, the distance between the nearest point on the building and the center line of the highway, and such other information with regard to the proposed building and neighboring lots or buildings as may be called for on the application or may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of this chapter. Additionally, all applications shall require a rural address and/or fire number assigned by the Real Property Lister as referenced in Chapter 217. The Land Use Planning and Zoning Department may require satisfactory evidence of actual lot line location, including a surveyor's certificate and map where necessary.

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A copy of all land use permits shall be sent to the town clerk, town assessor and land use inspector of the town in which the permit was granted.

Town boards, or town zoning/planning committees, as established by town boards, shall be notified, in writing, at least 10 days prior to a public hearing on a conditional use or zoning amendment change in that town by the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department or Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee.

Town boards or a designated committee as in Subsection A may reply to the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee prior to the hearing either approving, approving with conditions, or rejecting the proposed conditional use or zoning amendment change for that town.

Information provided to the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee by the town boards may be used as documentation in the Committee's decision.

If no reply is received by the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee prior to the public hearing, the conditional use or rezoning change shall be deemed as approved by said town board.

A copy of the conditional use permit or rezoning change, if approved by the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee, shall be forwarded by the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department to the board chairman, clerk, or both, of the affected town.