In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter,
they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for promoting the
health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the Village of Monticello.
Whenever the requirements of this chapter are at variance with the
requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations or ordinances,
the most restrictive or that imposing the higher standards shall govern.
Zoning permits shall hereafter be secured from the Zoning Officer
prior to construction, erection or alteration of any building or part
of building or of any stationary sign or billboard larger than 40
square feet, and prior to any change in the use of land from that
of one classification to another. All requests for zoning permits
shall be made in writing by the owner or his authorized agent and
shall include a statement of the use or intended use of the building
or buildings or land and shall be accompanied by a plan, drawn to
scale, showing the proposed building or use in its exact relation
to property lines and to street or road lines, and by a written statement
from a qualified engineer, or by other satisfactory evidence, to the
effect that the line of the bounding street or road has been accurately
located and staked on the ground. An application for a zoning permit
shall be acted upon within 10 days after receipt thereof.
No building hereafter constructed, erected or altered under a zoning permit shall be occupied or used in whole or in part for any use whatsoever, and no change of use of any building or part of building or of any land shall hereafter be made, until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the Zoning Officer, indicating that the building or use complies with the provisions of this chapter and Chapter
105, Building Code Administration and Enforcement, of the Code of the Village of Monticello and with the terms of the zoning permit issued. A certificate of occupancy shall be granted or denied within 10 days after receipt of written application therefor.
The Zoning Officer shall issue all permits for special uses after approval on the special use permit application has been granted by the Planning Board as provided by §
280-12 of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Subject to New York State Village Law, the Board of Trustees
may, from time to time, on its own motion or on petition, amend, supplement
or change the regulations and the districts herein provided. In case,
however, of a protest against such change, signed by the owners of
20% or more of the area of the land included in a proposed change
of district, or by the owners of 20% or more of the land immediately
adjacent extending 100 feet therefrom, or by the owners of 20% or
more of the land directly opposite thereto extending 100 feet from
the street frontage of such opposite land, such amendment shall not
become effective except by the favorable vote of the Board of Trustees.
Further, all such proposed changes in regulations or in districts
shall be referred by the Board of Trustees to the Village Planning
Board for report thereon not less than 30 days prior to final adoption
thereof by the Board of Trustees.