[Ord. No. 4238 §2(601.0), 10-3-1988]
A.
Appointment. A Zoning Administrator shall be appointed by
the City Manager with the approval of the City Council to administer
and enforce this Chapter. Said Zoning Administrator may fill any other
position within the City Government of Richmond Heights so long as
it does not interfere or conflict with his/her duties as Zoning Administrator
for the City.
B.
Duties. The Zoning Administrator, or his/her duly designated
and acting deputy, shall enforce this Chapter, and in addition thereto
and in furtherance of this authority shall:
2.
Furnish to the various departments, officers or employees of the
City vested with authority to issue permits or licenses such information
as will insure the proper administration of this Chapter.
3.
Conduct inspections of all buildings, structures and uses of land
to determine compliance with the provisions of this Chapter.
4.
Receive, check for compliance with the various submission requirements
contained herein and forward to the appropriate body only complete
applications for:
5.
Receive, file and forward to the Board of Adjustment all papers constituting the record upon which actions appealed from are taken. (See Article XII)
6.
Perform the duties of Executive Secretary to the Planning and Zoning
Commission and the Board of Adjustment.
7.
Maintain permanent and current records of this Chapter including
all maps, site plan submissions, appeals, amendments, variances, conditional
uses and use permits.
8.
Report annually in writing to the Planning and Zoning Commission
and City Council on the administration of this Chapter with special
attention to enforcement problems and deficiencies in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 4238 §2(606.0), 10-3-1988; Ord. No. 4479 §1, 11-16-1992]
A.
Each
application for a conditional use permit, rezoning without site plan
review, rezoning with site plan review, or site plan review shall
be accompanied by a filing fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00)
payable to the City of Richmond Heights, Missouri.
B.
Each
notice of an appeal from a decision of the Building Commissioner or
Zoning Administrator to the Board of Adjustment shall be accompanied
by a fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for commercial applicants
and one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for residential applicants
payable to the City of Richmond Heights, Missouri.
C.
Until
all applicable fees, charges and expenses have been paid in full,
no action shall be taken on any application or appeal provided for
by this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 4238 §2(607.0), 10-3-1988]
Approved permits authorize only the use, arrangement and/or construction set forth in such approved plans and/or applications, and no other use, arrangement or construction. Use, arrangement or construction at variance with that authorized shall be deemed a violation of this Chapter punishable as provided by Section 405.620.
[Ord. No. 4238 §2(605.0), 10-3-1988; Ord. No. 4624 §2, 6-3-1996]
A.
Violations. Uses of land and dwellings, buildings or structures,
including tents and mobile homes, erected, altered, razed or converted
contrary to any provision of this Chapter are hereby declared to be
a violation. Any person, firm or corporation making an alteration
to real property within the City limits of Richmond Heights, Missouri,
including but not limited to driveways, fences, additions to homes
and businesses, and any building activity regulated by City ordinance
or Code, who fails to obtain the proper permits prior to commencing
construction shall be in violation of this Chapter.
B.
Penalties.
1.
Fines. The owner or general agent of a building
or premises where a violation of any provision of this Chapter has
been committed or shall exist, or the lessee or tenant of an entire
building or entire premises where such violation has been committed
or shall exist, or the owner, general agent, lessee or tenant of any
part of a building or premises in which such violation has been committed
or shall exist, or the general agent, architect, builder, contractor
or other person who commits, takes part or assists in any such violation
or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation
shall exist shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less
than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) for each and every day that such violation continues, or
by imprisonment for ten (10) days for each and every day such violation
shall continue, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion
of the court. For subsequent offenses involving the same violation
at the same building or premises, the punishment shall be a fine of
not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) for each and every day such violation shall continue,
or by imprisonment for ten (10) days for each and every day such violation
shall continue, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion
of the court.
2.
Civil penalties. Any such person who having been
served with an order to remove any such violation shall fail to comply
with said order within ten (10) days after such service or shall continue
to violate any provisions of this Chapter in the respect named in
such order shall also be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.00).
3.
Other penalties. In addition to the penalties hereinabove
authorized and established, the City Attorney may take such other
actions at law or in equity as may be required to halt, terminate,
remove, or otherwise eliminate any violations of this Chapter.
