This law shall be enforced by the code enforcement officer,
who shall be appointed by the mayor and common council of the city.
No building permit shall be issued or reissued except where all the
provisions of this law have been complied with. The code enforcement
officer shall keep the planning board advised of all matters pertaining
to the enforcement of this law other than routine duties, and shall
submit a monthly report to the mayor and common council, planning
board and zoning board of appeals enumerating the applications received,
inspections made, permits issued or refused, and other actions taken.
Where sufficient cause exists to believe that the terms of this
law have been violated and where corrective action has not been taken
nor an appropriate variance application to the zoning board of appeals
filed, within 10 days of the issuance of a written notice of violation
mailed to the record owner(s) of the property where the violation
occurs, with a copy to the alleged violator, if not the same person,
the code enforcement officer, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law
SS 10, Subdivision 4(a), is authorized to issue an appearance ticket
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.
15.1.1
No building or structure shall be erected, added to, or structurally
altered until a permit therefor as specified herein has been issued
by the code enforcement officer. No building permit shall be issued
for any building under the building and building regulations code
of the city where said construction, addition, or alteration or use
thereof would be in violation of any of the provisions of this law.
15.1.2
For zoning purposes, there shall be submitted with all applications
for building permits two copies of a layout or plot plan drawn to
scale showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the
exact size and location on the lot of the building and accessory buildings
to be erected, and such other information as may be necessary to determine
and provide for the enforcement of this law.
15.1.3
One copy of such layout or plot plan shall be returned when
approved by the code enforcement officer, together with such permit
to the applicant, upon the payment of a fee as set by the common council
of the city.
No land shall be occupied or used and no building or other structure
erected, altered, extended, enlarged or, if a non-conforming use,
restored shall be occupied, used, or changed in use until a certificate
of compliance shall have been issued by the code enforcement officer
stating that the building, other structure or proposed use thereof
complies with the provisions of the zoning law of the city. 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.
All certificates of compliance for new or structurally altered
buildings or structures shall be applied for coincident with the application
for a building permit therefor. Such certificate of compliance shall
be issued within 30 days after the erection or alteration shall have
been approved as complying with the provisions of this law.
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 law.
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.
