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[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.