[R.O. 2011 §34-110.1; Ord. No. 6139 §1(Exh. A (part)), 1997]
A Zoning Administrator shall be appointed by the City Manager to administer and enforce this Chapter. The position of Zoning Administrator shall be a classified position as provided in the City Charter, Article VII, and as established thereunder by ordinances of the City Council.
[R.O. 2011 §34-110.2; Ord. No. 6139 §1(Exh. A (part)), 1997; Ord. No.
6401 §1(part), 2002]
A.
The
Zoning Administrator, or his/her designee, shall be responsible for
interpreting and administering the provisions of this Chapter and
shall have primary responsibility for the enforcement of this Chapter
by means of the duties specified herein. Without limiting the generality
of the previous sentence, the duties and authority of the Zoning Administrator
shall be as follows:
1.
Serve as the executive secretary to the Plan Commission, including
maintaining the records thereof. Specifically, the Zoning Administrator
shall provide the Commission with review, analysis, reports and recommendations
on:
a.
Petitions for rezonings (Zoning Map amendments);
b.
Proposed text amendments for this Chapter;
c.
Conditional use permit applications; and
d.
Planned developments.
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As applicable, the Zoning Administrator shall obtain and compile
the comments from other City staff with respect to the above subjects.
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2.
Determine whether applications for building permits and sign permits
are in compliance with applicable requirements of this Chapter.
3.
Furnish to the various departments, officers, or employees of the
City vested with the authority to issue permits or licenses such information
as will insure the proper compliance with this Chapter.
4.
Administer the site plan review procedure and maintain records of all site plans that have been approved or disapproved per Article X, "Site Plan Review Requirements".
6.
Provide administrative support to the Board of Adjustment, including
maintaining records thereof. This includes receiving, filing and forwarding
to the Board of Adjustment all information constituting the record
upon which actions appealed from are taken.
7.
Confer with the Director of Community Development in the preparation
of updates to the official Zoning Map.
8.
With the input from the Director of Community Development, prepare
an annual report to the Plan Commission summarizing development activity
from the previous year. In this report, identify any issues or problems
with this Chapter that should be addressed by the Plan Commission
with respect to development standards, interpretation problems and/or
enforcement problems.
9.
Except as otherwise provided for in this Chapter, notify in writing
any person responsible for violating any of the provisions of this
Chapter, indicating the nature of the violation and ordering the necessary
corrective action.
10.
Order the cessation of any erection, construction, reconstruction,
alteration, conversion, maintenance or use in violation of this Chapter
by issuing a stop work order when deemed necessary.
11.
Refer any violation of this Chapter to the City Prosecuting Attorney
for prosecution or other appropriate action when deemed necessary.
12.
Administer the occupancy permit provisions contained in the Article.
13.
At his/her discretion or if required by special use permit, the Zoning
Administrator may require from the applicant for major construction
projects a detailed construction traffic control and parking plan
for the construction to be submitted to the Director of Planning for
approval. The plan shall also be reviewed by the Public Works and
Parks Department. Said plan shall set forth details pertaining to
worker and resident parking during all phases of the proposed construction.
It shall further detail solutions to public property maintenance issues
such as street cleaning and traffic diversion.
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The Zoning Administrator may adopt such administrative policies
as necessary to the carrying out of such duties.
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