[R.O. 2012 §405.825]
No building or premises shall be used or occupied and no building,
structure or part thereof shall be erected, placed, moved, reconstructed,
extended, or altered except in conformity with this Chapter.
[R.O. 2012 §405.830]
A.
A person
employed either full- or part-time by the City of Union as specified
by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Union shall be designated
as the "Zoning Enforcement Official" who shall have the duty of enforcing
the Zoning Code of the City of Union and shall specifically be empowered
and directed:
1.
To review applications for building permits, issue zoning compliance
certificates and certificates of occupancy and provide that inspections
be made of buildings, structures, and premises as necessary to enforce
this Chapter;
2.
To cause to be denied the issuance of any permit to construct, alter,
or repair any building, structure, or premises which does not conform
to the provisions of this Chapter; and
3.
To institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such
unlawful erection, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, or use;
to restrain, correct, or abate such violation; and to prevent occupancy
of such building, structure, premises, or lot.
[R.O. 2012 §405.835]
A.
No
building shall be erected, reconstructed, or altered nor shall any
work be started upon same until a certificate has been issued by the
Zoning Enforcement Official stating that the proposed building or
use complies in all respects with the provisions of this Chapter,
and that the applicant is not in arrears for any taxes, license or
fee owed to the City.
B.
Any
application for a building permit for a new or enlarged building,
structure, or use shall include therewith a plot plan, in duplicate,
drawn to scale, and fully dimensioned showing any off-street parking
or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the requirements
of this Chapter and such other information as may be necessary to
provide for the enforcement of this Chapter. One (1) copy of applications
and plats shall be kept on file in the office of the Zoning Enforcement
Official.
C.
In
the event the off-street parking regulations of the City of Union
require that parking spaces for employees be designated, any such
application for a building permit shall have clearly designated thereon
which spaces or areas are to be used for employee parking.
[R.O. 2012 §405.840]
A.
No
land shall be used and no building or premises hereafter erected,
reconstructed, or altered shall be occupied in whole or in part until
a certificate of occupancy is issued by the Zoning Enforcement Official
stating that the building or use complies in all respects with this
Chapter. Issuance of said certificate may include prior review by
the Building Inspector and appropriate officials of the Fire Department.
B.
Certificates
of occupancy shall be applied for simultaneously with the application
for building permit and shall be issued within ten (10) days after
the lawful erection, reconstruction, or alteration is completed. A
record of all certificates of occupancy shall be kept on file in the
office of the Zoning Enforcement Official and copies shall be furnished,
on request, to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest
in the land, building, or premises affected.
[R.O. 2012 §405.845]
The cessation of any erection, construction, reconstruction,
alteration, conversion, maintenance or use in violation of this Chapter
may be effected by posting a stop work or stop use notice on the premises
or by notice in writing to the owner of the property involved or to
his/her agents or to the person doing the work, in the case of a stop
work order, stating the nature of the violation.
