O-2014-3551 amend Ch 106;comprehensive review and update

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Every application for a building permit shall be accompanied by a certified site plan when required and in compliance with Article II, Division 8 (Site Plans). A record of the original copy of such application and plans shall be kept in the office of the enforcing officer and a duplicate copy of the approved plan shall be at the building at all times during construction. In order to ensure that all new construction and the use of all existing and new structures and the use of land shall comply with the terms of these regulations, a zoning permit shall be required in accordance with the rules in section 106-143 (Application for zoning permit). An application for a zoning permit shall be filed in the office of the enforcing officer on forms provided by the enforcing officer. Upon approval, a zoning permit shall be issued stating the proposed use of a building or premises complies with the provisions of this chapter. A permanent record of all such permits shall be kept on file in the office of the enforcing officer, and copies shall be furnished, on request, to any person having proprietary or tenancy interest in the building affected. No vacant land shall be occupied or used, except for agricultural purposes, and no building hereafter erected, reconstructed, altered, or enlarged, shall be occupied or used nor shall any building have a change in its use or occupancy until a zoning permit shall have been issued by the enforcing officer stating that the building or proposed use of the building or premises complies with the provisions of this chapter. A zoning permit shall be applied for coincident with the application for building permit; it shall be issued within ten days after the erection, addition, or alteration of such building or use has been completed in conformity with the provisions hereof, as determined by a final inspection. The enforcement officer shall not issue a zoning permit for any use or structure not in conformance with this chapter or any other ordinance of the city in accordance with state law. A zoning permit shall not be required but may be applied for and shall be issued for nonconforming uses, lots, or structures. However, in the event of any subsequent application or building permit or of any change in occupancy the enforcing officer may require other evidence that the nonconforming use, lot, or structure legally existed prior to the effective date such property became subject to the terms of these regulations.