Ordinances-1979-83

SECTION 19. Administration and Enforcement. This ordinance shall be enforced by the mayor or other appointee of the City Council. No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued by him except where the provisions of this ordinance have been complied with. SECTION 20. Permits and certificates of occupancy. No land shall be used or occupied, and no building hereafter erected, altered or extended, shall be used or changed in use, until a certificate of occupancy and a building permit shall have been issued by the mayor or other appointee of the city council in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and the building code. SECTION 21. Nonconforming buildings and uses. The lawful use of any building or land existing at the time of the enactment of this ordinance may be continued although such use does not conform with the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 22. Abandonment. Whenever a nonconforming use has been discontinued for a period of one year, such use shall not thereafter be re-established, and any future use shall be in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 23. Amendments to this ordinance. The boundaries of districts as now established and the regulations thereof may be amended, supplemented or changed, or repealed by the city council from time to time, either upon its own motion, or upon a petition as herein provided for, or upon recommendation of zoning and planning commission. Provided: 1. No such amendment, supplement or change shall be adopted until after a notice thereof is duly published as provided by the laws of this State. 2. When a proposed amendment, supplement or change does not originate with the zoning and planning commission, the same shall be submitted to said commission thirty (30) days in advance of the date on which action is to be taken for its recommendation thereon. 3. This requirement shall not act as a stay upon the proposed action by the council where said commission fails to submit its recommendation to the council within thirty days after receiving written notice requesting the same. SECTION 24. Penalty. Anyone violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment not exceeding thirty days or a fine not exceeding $100.00. In addition to the above or in lieu thereof, the city council may by resolution authorize the filing in District Court of a petition for writ of injunction to stop any further violation. SECTION 25. Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.