[Ord. No. 06-05-01 §301, 5-9-2006]
A. 
The Board of Aldermen shall designate a City employee to administer and ensure compliance of this Chapter. Unless otherwise provided for in this Chapter, the Planning and Zoning Secretary shall have the following responsibilities:
1. 
Receive applications for land subdivision and platting, variances and appeals; receive applications for amendments to this Chapter and issue permits for street excavations, sanitary sewer permits. The City Building Inspector will authorize building permits and other permits as required by this Chapter.
2. 
Interpret the provisions of this Chapter in connection with the above prescribed duties and other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen in administration of this Chapter.
3. 
Maintain records of official actions of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
[Ord. No. 150, 1-23-2018]
A. 
The City of Fair Grove has the authority to approve a property line adjustment under the following circumstances:
1. 
The configuration of the property was created by a court decree or other resulting from testamentary or intestate provisions; or
2. 
Upon a finding by the City of Fair Grove that the proposed property line adjustment is in compliance with all other provisions of this Article, the zoning ordinance and other ordinances and regulations of the City of Fair Grove and no substandard tract, parcel or lot will be created, and that the property line adjustment does not cause any private sewer lateral serving any property to cross another property; including any other utility; and
[Ord. No. 168, 11-13-2018]
a. 
The property line adjustment is necessary to settle a property line dispute as determined by the City of Fair Grove; or
b. 
The property line adjustment is necessary to correct an encroachment of a structure on a property line as determined by the City of Fair Grove; or
c. 
The property line adjustment is necessary to meet the minimum requirements of this Article, the zoning ordinance or other applicable ordinances or regulations; or
d. 
The property line adjustment is requested by both adjacent property owners to adjust their common property line provided the adjustment causes no encroachment of either driveway or other structure.
[Ord. No. 06-05-01 §302, 5-9-2006]
A. 
Inspections Authorized. The City Building Inspector is authorized to make inspections on all buildings, structures, premises or construction, installation or repair of public improvements within the City limits to determine compliance with the requirements of this Chapter. The City Inspector shall have the authority to enter or conduct such inspection at any reasonable hour upon request of or with permission of the owner, developer, or person engaged in construction, installation or repair of all buildings, structures, premises or public improvements within the City limits, or with an administrative warrant when and/or where applicable.
[Ord. No. 107 §4, 4-28-2015]
B. 
Inspections For Sanitary Sewer. Not withstanding the provisions of Subsection (A), the following shall apply for inspections of sanitary sewer within the City limits:
1. 
Powers and authority. The Sewer Contractor or City Inspector are authorized to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. The Sewer Contractor or City Inspector shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for wastewater treatment.
2. 
Easement permitting entry for inspection. The City Inspector or duly authorized representatives of the City shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewer works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
C. 
Notification Required For Inspections. It shall be the responsibility of the developer, owner or person engaged in the construction, installation or repair of any public improvements or utilities to obtain all necessary permits and inspections. Unless otherwise specified under other provisions of this Chapter, a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours' notice shall be given to the City prior to the commencement of any construction, installation or repair activity requiring inspection.
[Ord. No. 06-05-01 §303, 5-9-2006]
A. 
Persons Liable. Any person, firm, partnership or corporation who fails to comply with or violates any of the regulations in this Chapter may be held responsible for the violation and be subject to the penalties and remedies herein provided.
B. 
Stop Work Order. Whenever any work is being done on any property within the corporate limits of Fair Grove that is in violation of the requirements of this Chapter, the City may order the work to be stopped and may revoke all permits and certificates previously issued by the City and cause all said work to stop. The penalties proscribed herein for violation shall continue for each day until the violation is remedied.
C. 
Penalties.
1. 
No owner or agent of the owner, of any land located within the corporate limits of the City, knowingly or with intent to defraud, may transfer, sell, agree to sell or negotiate to sell land by a reference to or by other use of a plat or any purported subdivision of land before the plat has been approved by the Commission or Board of Aldermen and recorded in the Greene County Registry. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall forfeit and pay to the City a penalty not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each lot transferred or sold or agreed or negotiated to be sold. The description by metes and bounds in the instruments of transfer or other documents used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from this penalty. The City may enjoin or vacate the transfer or sale or agreement by legal action and may recover the penalty in such action.
2. 
Violations of this Chapter or failure to comply with any of its requirements shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or confinement in the County Jail for a period of not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and confinement, and the City may enjoin or vacate the transfer or sale or agreement by legal action, and may recover the penalty in such action.
3. 
Each day that any such violation continues after written notification by the City, delivered by certified mail, that such violation exists shall be considered a separate offense for purposes of the penalties and remedies specified herein.