Whether or not a special exception or a variance has been granted therefor, no improvement shall be made or placed upon any land and no change in the location or ground area covered by any improvement shall be made until a zoning permit shall have been issued specifically therefor. No use shall be made in an industrial district and no customary home occupation shall be permitted until a zoning permit shall have been issued specifically therefor. As used in this section, the term "improvement" includes a swimming pool, and a zoning permit shall be required therefor, but does not include other accessory improvements, which are neither buildings nor signs, and a zoning permit shall not be required therefor.
An application for a zoning permit may be made by:
A. 
Owner. The owner, or all the joint owners, of the premises to which such application relates;
B. 
Purchaser. The purchaser, or all the purchasers, under a written contract to purchase the premises, provided that the written consent to the grant of such zoning permit of the owner, or all the joint owners, of the premises accompanies the application; or
C. 
Lessee. The owner, or all the joint owners, of a leasehold interest in the premises under a written lease, provided that the written consent to the grant of such zoning permit of the owner, or all the joint owners, of the premises accompanies the application.
[Amended 11-1-2016]
A complete application shall consist of the application form and filing fee prescribed under § 275-4 of the Code of Killingworth and all documents and statements required to accompany the form. Each application form and accompanying documents and statements shall be delivered, in duplicate, to the Zoning Enforcement Officer. The date of receipt by him/her of a complete application shall be deemed to be the date of submission of such application.
A. 
Each application form shall contain or be accompanied by, in writing:
(1) 
A site plan showing the tax map, lot number or numbers of the land to which such application relates; and
(2) 
A complete and comprehensive statement describing the improvement or change and the use made or to be made thereof.
B. 
Whenever the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall deem it reasonably necessary or appropriate to a proper disposition of any application, he/she may require the applicant to submit any one or more of the items of information described in § 500-151D(1) through (12) or other information, in such form as he/she may prescribe, including an A-2 survey by a licensed, registered land surveyor of the State of Connecticut, showing the location of the building or building foundation with reference to all front, side and rear setbacks, including a certificate of title issued by an attorney admitted to practice law in Connecticut for the land to which such application relates.
[Amended 2-21-2012]
The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall grant the application and issue a zoning permit if he/she finds that the proposed improvement or change, and the land upon which it is to be situated, complies with all the pertinent requirements of these regulations, including any special exception or variance granted therefor. He/she shall deny the application if he/she:
A. 
Is unable, for lack of information, to determine whether or not the proposed improvement or change, and the land upon which it is to be situated, complies with all such pertinent requirements;
B. 
Finds that the proposed improvement or change, or the land upon which it is to be situated, does not comply with all such pertinent requirements;
C. 
Finds that the land upon which a proposed building is to be situated is within a subdivision, as that term is defined in § 8-18 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as the same may hereafter from time to time be amended, which has not previously been duly approved by the Commission; or
D. 
Finds that the proposed use or improvement is or involves a regulated activity, as that term is defined in the Killingworth Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations, for which permission has not been granted by the Killingworth Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission as required in said regulations.
[Amended 11-1-2016]
The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall grant or deny application for a zoning permit. In the event of denial, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall issue, within five days after his/her decision, written notice of denial to the applicant either personally or by certified mail.
A. 
Each zoning permit granted shall be embodied in writing that shall:
(1) 
Specify the name of the record owner or owners of the premises with respect to which it is granted;
(2) 
Specify the tax map, lot number or numbers of said premises; and
(3) 
Describe in detail the particular improvement or change authorized.
B. 
Said writing shall be signed by the Zoning Enforcement Officer.
A zoning permit shall expire one year following its issuance if construction shall not have been commenced within said period.
[Amended 11-1-2016]
A fee is required as specified under § 275-4 of the Code of Killingworth for the processing of applications and inspection of the proposed site and improvements.