A Zoning and Use Registration Permit shall be obtained from the zoning officer for any of the following:
1. Occupancy and use of a building hereafter constructed, enlarged, relocated, reconstructed or altered.
2. Any change in the use of an existing building.
3. Occupancy and use of vacant land, or change in the use of land except for any use consisting primarily of tilling the soil.
4. No such occupancy, use, or change of the use shall take place until a Zoning and Use Registration Permit therefore has been issued by the zoning officer. No Zoning and Use Registration Permit shall be issued unless the proposed occupancy is in full conformity with all the provisions of this chapter.
5. A Zoning and Use Registration Permit shall be deemed to authorize, and is required for both initial and continued occupancy and use of the building or land to which it applies and shall continue in effect, so long as such buildings and the use thereof or the use of such land is in full conformity with the provisions of this chapter and any requirements made pursuant thereto. However, on the serving of written notice by the zoning officer of any violation or any of said provisions or requirements with respect to any building or the use thereof or of land, the Zoning and Use Registration Permit for such use shall thereupon without further action, be null and void, and a new Zoning and Use Registration Permit shall be required for any further use of such building or land.
6. Any permit or approval which may be issued by the zoning officer shall be in effect for a period of one year from date of issuance. A six-month extension shall be granted upon written request by the permit holder to the zoning officer. Upon the end of the six-month extension a permit shall be deemed expired and a new permit application shall be submitted for review and approval and all associated permit fees shall be assessed before said work shall continue to commence.
West Branch City Zoning Code
165.16 ZONING
AND USE REGISTRATION PERMITS.
A Zoning and Use Registration Permit shall be obtained from the zoning officer for any of the following:
1. Occupancy and use of a building hereafter constructed, enlarged, relocated, reconstructed or altered.
2. Any change in the use of an existing building.
3. Occupancy and use of vacant land, or change in the use of land except for any use consisting primarily of tilling the soil.
4. No such occupancy, use, or change of the use shall take place until a Zoning and Use Registration Permit therefore has been issued by the zoning officer. No Zoning and Use Registration Permit shall be issued unless the proposed occupancy is in full conformity with all the provisions of this chapter.
5. A Zoning and Use Registration Permit shall be deemed to authorize, and is required for both initial and continued occupancy and use of the building or land to which it applies and shall continue in effect, so long as such buildings and the use thereof or the use of such land is in full conformity with the provisions of this chapter and any requirements made pursuant thereto. However, on the serving of written notice by the zoning officer of any violation or any of said provisions or requirements with respect to any building or the use thereof or of land, the Zoning and Use Registration Permit for such use shall thereupon without further action, be null and void, and a new Zoning and Use Registration Permit shall be required for any further use of such building or land.
6. Any permit or approval which may be issued by the zoning officer shall be in effect for a period of one year from date of issuance. A six-month extension shall be granted upon written request by the permit holder to the zoning officer. Upon the end of the six-month extension a permit shall be deemed expired and a new permit application shall be submitted for review and approval and all associated permit fees shall be assessed before said work shall continue to commence.