[Ord. No. 2480, 5-8-2023]
A Zoning Administrator shall be appointed by the Governing Body,
and it shall be the duty of said Zoning Administrator to enforce this
Regulation. Appeal from a decision of the Zoning Administrator may
be to the Board of Adjustment.
[Ord. No. 2480, 5-8-2023]
Prior to the erection or external alteration of any structure,
including structures for agricultural uses, an application for a building
permit shall be prepared on forms provided and shall be submitted
to the Zoning Administrator accompanied by a plot plan in duplicate,
drawn to shape and location of the building to be erected, required
setbacks, points of ingress and egress, driveways, circulation aisles,
parking lots, individual parking spaces, service areas, and other
information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of
this Regulation. A record of the applications, plans, and permits
shall be valid for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days unless
substantial construction has begun, in accordance with the permit.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commence erection or external
alteration of any structure prior to approval of the application for
a building permit by the Zoning Administrator.
[Ord. No. 2480, 5-8-2023]
A.
The owner or general agent of a building or premises where a violation
of any provision of said Regulations 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 the building or premises in
which such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the general
agent, architect, builder, contractor or any other person who commits,
takes part or assists in any such violation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not
more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each and every day that
such violation continues; but if the offense be willful on conviction
thereof, the punishment shall be a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00)
for each and every day that such violation shall continue or by both
such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
B.
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 provision
of these Regulations shall also be subject to a civil penalty of two
hundred fifty ($250.00).
C.
In case any structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered,
repaired, converted, or maintained, or any structure or land is used
in violation of this Regulation, the appropriate authorities of said
area, in addition to other remedies, may institute injunction, mandamus,
or other appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful
erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance,
or use, or to correct or abate such violation or to prevent the occupancy
of said building, structure, or land.
