[Amended 8-14-2000 by Ord. No. 07.2000.07]
The City Manager shall appoint a Director of Planning and Community
Development or his or her designee who may be a City official and
whose duty it shall be to administer and enforce this chapter.
[Amended 8-14-2000 by Ord. No. 07.2000.07]
A. Enforcement. The Director of Planning and Community Development or
his or her designee shall order the discontinuance of illegal use
of land or structures, removal of illegal structures or additions,
alterations or structural changes or discontinuance of any illegal
work being done or take any other action to ensure compliance with
the provisions of this chapter. Any permit or license issued in conflict
with this chapter shall be null and void.
B. Interpretation. It shall be the responsibility of the Director of
Planning and Community Development or his or her designee to interpret
the provisions of this chapter for the purposes of any permit request
or application of the provisions for subdivision or site review proposals.
The Director of Planning and Community Development or his or her designee
is required to issue a statement of compliance, in writing, to the
Planning Board and concurrently to the applicant for subdivision and
site plan applications. Such a statement of compliance shall list
all areas of noncompliance.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be guilty of a violation not to exceed the maximum penalty as
set forth in RSA 676:17, Fines and Penalties. Such person, after being
notified once as provided by RSA 676:17 and 676:17-a, shall be deemed
to be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any
portion of which any violation of this chapter is committed, continued
or permitted by such person and shall be punishable therefor as provided
therein.
As provided by RSA 676:14, wherever the provisions of this chapter
differs from the authority of an existing ordinance or other regulation,
the provision which imposes the greater restriction or higher standard
shall be controlling.
[Amended 8-14-2000 by Ord. No. 07.2000.07]
The Planning Board, its members, the Zoning Board of Adjustment,
its members, and the staff of the Planning and Community Department,
in the performance of their functions, are hereby authorized to enter
upon any land and to make such examinations as are reasonably necessary.
In the event such entry is denied, they may obtain an administrative
inspection warrant under RSA 595-B.