No building shall be constructed, erected, reconstructed,
structurally altered, enlarged or moved unless and until a permit
therefor shall first have been secured from the Building Inspector.
Every such application shall be filed in duplicate and shall be accompanied
by a drawing or plat, in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing the lot
and building site, the location of the building on the lot, accurate
dimensions of the building, of the yards and of the lot, and such
other information as may be necessary to the enforcement of this chapter.
Upon appeal from a decision of the Building
Inspector, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall have power to decide
any question involving the interpretation of any provision of this
chapter, including determination of the location of any district boundary
if there is uncertainty with respect thereto.
Permits for the occupancy of land or construction,
reconstruction or occupancy of buildings, approved by the Zoning Board
of Appeals, shall be void after six months from the date of such approval
unless, in cases of new construction, work shall have been done above
the foundation walls, and in cases of occupancy of land or reconstruction
or occupancy of buildings, the operations called for by such permit
shall be well underway at the end of such six-month period.
This chapter may be amended as provided in the
state law on village planning and zoning and applicable to the Village
of Superior.
In interpreting and applying the provisions
of this chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements
adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience
and general welfare. Except as specifically herein provided, it is
not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any
way to impair or interfere with any existing provision of law or ordinance,
or any rule, regulation or permit previously adopted or issued, or
which shall be adopted or issued pursuant to law relating to the use
of building or land or relating to the erection, construction, establishment,
moving, alteration or enlargement of any building or improvement;
nor is it intended by this chapter to interfere with or abrogate or
annul any easement, covenant or other agreement between parties; provided,
however, that whenever this chapter imposes greater restrictions upon
the erection, construction, establishment, moving, alteration or enlargement
of buildings or the use of any building or of land in any of the districts
established by this chapter than are imposed or required by such existing
provisions of law or ordinance, or by such rules, regulations or permits,
or by such easements, covenants or agreements, then the provisions
of this chapter shall control.
All other ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this chapter, to the extent of such conflict and
no further, are hereby repealed; provided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to repeal or amend any ordinance requiring
a permit or license to cover any business, trade or occupation.
The zoned areas of the Village are as established by the Plan Commission and as represented on the Zoning Map, as amended, which is on file in the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer (see §
400-4).