This chapter contemplates an administrative and enforcement
officer entitled the "Zoning Administrator" to administer and enforce
the same. Certain considerations, particularly with regard to granting
of permitted conditional uses, planned unit development conditional
uses, changes in zoning districts and Zoning Map, and amending the
text of this Zoning Chapter require review and action by the Common
Council. A Zoning Board of Appeals is provided to assure proper administration
of the chapter and to avoid arbitrariness.
A.
The Common Council shall designate a City official to serve as the
Zoning Administrator and as the administrative enforcement officer
for the provisions of this chapter. The duty of the Zoning Administrator
shall be to interpret and administer this chapter and to issue, after
on-site inspection, all permits required by this chapter. The Zoning
Administrator shall further:
(1)
Maintain records of all permits issued, inspections made, work approved
and other official actions.
(2)
Record the lowest floor elevations of all structures erected, moved,
altered or improved in the floodland districts.
(3)
Establish that all necessary permits that are required for floodland
uses by state and federal law have been secured.
(4)
Inspect all structures, lands and waters as often as necessary to
assure compliance with this chapter.
(5)
Investigate all complaints made relating to the location of structures
and the use of structures, lands and waters, give notice of all violations
of this chapter to the owner, resident, agent or occupant of the premises
and report uncorrected violations to the City Attorney in a manner
specified by him.
(6)
Prohibit the use or erection of any structure, land or water until
he has inspected and approved such use or erection.
B.
Due to the size of the City of Princeton it may not be feasible to
find a suitable person willing to take on the responsibility of being
Zoning Administrator on a part-time basis. It is therefore provided
that the function of the Zoning Administrator can be delegated to
a committee of the Council or a single member of the Council or the
Mayor. An officer other than a Council member or another employee
of the City may also be designated to handle the duties of Zoning
Administrator on part-time basis in addition to the other duties performed
by such person. In the absence of a different appointment being made,
the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer shall serve as the Zoning Administrator.
A.
Common Council. The Common Council, the governing body of the City,
subject to the holding of public hearings by said Council, has ultimate
authority to grant permitted conditional uses, planned-unit-development
conditional uses, make changes and amendments in zoning districts,
the Zoning Map and Supplementary Floodland Zoning Map and to amend
the text of this chapter.
A.
Zoning permit required. No new structure, new use of land, water
or air or change in the use of land, water or air shall hereafter
be permitted and no structure or part thereof shall hereafter be located,
erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, converted or structurally
altered without a zoning permit. The zoning permit may be issued as
part of issuance of a building permit; there shall be a charge for
only one permit under such circumstances.
B.
Application. Applications for a zoning permit shall be made to the
Zoning Administrator and shall include the following where pertinent
and necessary for proper review:
(1)
Names and addresses of the applicant, owner of the site, architect,
professional engineer and contractor.
(2)
Description of the subject site by lot, block and recorded subdivision
or by metes and bounds; address of the subject site; type of structure;
existing and proposed operation or use of the structure or site; number
of employees; and the zoning district within which the subject site
lies.
(3)
Plat of survey prepared by a land surveyor registered in the State
of Wisconsin or other map drawn to scale and showing such of the following
as may be required by the Zoning Administrator: the location, boundaries,
dimensions, uses, and size of the following: subject site; existing
and proposed structures; existing and proposed easements, streets
and other public ways; public utilities; off-street parking, loading
areas and driveways; existing highway access restrictions; high water;
channel, floodway and floodplain boundaries; and existing and proposed
street, side and rear yards.
(4)
Fee receipt from the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer in an amount as prescribed in Chapter 182, Fees, per application to cover the cost of notices and processing.
(5)
Additional information as may be required by the Zoning Administrator
or Common Council.
C.
Action.
(1)
A zoning permit shall be granted or denied in writing by the Zoning
Administrator within 30 days of application and the applicant shall
post such permit in a conspicuous place at the site.
(2)
The permit shall expire within six months unless substantial work
has commenced or within 18 months after the issuance of the permit
if the structure for which a permit is issued is not substantially
completed, in which case of expiration, the application shall reapply
for a zoning permit before commencing work on the structure.
(3)
Any permit issued in conflict with the provisions of this chapter
shall be null and void.
A.
Violations. It shall be unlawful to use or improve any structure
or land, or to use water or air in violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter. In case of any violation, the Common Council, the
Zoning Administrator or any property owner who would be specifically
damaged by such violation may cause appropriate action or proceeding
to be instituted to enjoin a violation of this chapter or cause a
structure to be vacated or removed.
B.
Remedial action. Whenever an order of the Zoning Administrator has
not been complied with within 30 days after written notice has been
mailed to the owner, resident agent or occupant of the premises, the
Common Council, the Zoning Administrator or the City Attorney may
institute appropriate legal action or proceedings.
C.
Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or any order of the Zoning Administrator issued in accordance with this chapter or resists enforcement shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a forfeiture and such additional penalties as provided for in § 1-3 of Chapter 1, Article I, Construction and Penalties, of the Code of the City of Princeton.
