[Amended 1-9-2023 by Ord. No. 2022-008]
A. This chapter shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement
Officer. No building permit shall be issued or reissued except where
all the provisions of this chapter have been complied with. The Code
Enforcement Officer shall keep the Planning and Zoning Commission
advised of all matters pertaining to the enforcement of this chapter
other than routine duties and shall submit a monthly report to the
Mayor and Council enumerating the applications received, inspections
made, permits issued or refused, and other actions taken.
B. Where sufficient cause exists to believe that the
terms of this chapter have been violated and where corrective action
has not been taken nor an appropriate variance application to the
Board of Adjustment filed, within 14 days of the issuance of a written
notice of violation mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the record owner of the property where the violation occurs, the
Code Enforcement Officer is authorized to issue an appearance ticket,
either in person or by certified mail, directing the alleged violator
to appear in a designated local criminal court at a designated future
time in connection with the alleged and designated offense.
[Amended 1-9-2023 by Ord. No. 2022-008]
A. No land shall be occupied or used and no building
or other structure erected, altered, extended, enlarged or, if a nonconforming
use, restored, occupied, used, or changed in use until a certificate
of occupancy has been issued by the Code Enforcement Officer stating
that the building, other structure or proposed use thereof complies
with the provisions of this chapter. Vacated existing commercial properties
may not be used or occupied until a certificate has been issued to
ensure that the new use or occupancy is permitted.
B. All certificates of occupancy for new or structurally
altered buildings or structures shall be applied for coincident with
the application for a building permit therefor. Such certificate of
occupancy shall be issued within 30 days after the erection or alteration
has been approved as complying with the provisions of this chapter.
C. The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby empowered to
cause any building, other structure or tract of land to be inspected
and examined and to order, in writing, the remedying of any condition
found to exist therein or thereat in violation of any provision of
this chapter. After any such order has been served, no work shall
proceed on any building, other structure or tract of land covered
by such order, except to comply with such order. No new structure
on a parcel that has had a site plan approval may be occupied before
a certificate of occupancy has been issued.