[R.O. 2011 § 400.1330; R.O. 2009
§ 156.500; CC 1981 § 30-266; Ord. No. 77-31, 7-5-1977; Ord. No. 93-132, 6-11-1993; Ord. No. 98-209, 5-15-1998; Ord. No. 07-162, 6-11-2007; Ord.
No. 24-009, 2-6-2024]
The Director of Community Development
shall be responsible for administering, maintaining, interpreting,
revising and updating this Chapter and the official Zoning District
Map.
[R.O. 2011 § 400.1340; R.O. 2009
§ 156.501; CC 1981 § 30-267; Ord. No. 77-31, 7-5-1977; Ord. No. 98-209, 5-15-1998; Ord. No. 10-244 § 1, 11-18-2010]
A.
It shall be the duty of the Department
of Community Development to enforce the provisions of this Chapter
and to refuse to issue any permit for any building or for the use
of any premises which would violate any of the provisions of this
Chapter.
B.
It shall also be the duty of all officers
and employees of the City to assist the Department of Community Development
by reporting any seeming violation in new construction, reconstruction
or land uses.
[R.O. 2011 § 400.1350; R.O. 2009
§ 156.502; CC 1981 § 30-268; Ord. No. 77-31, 7-5-1977; Ord. No. 98-209, 5-15-1998; Ord. No. 01-156, 7-19-2001; Ord. No. 10-244 § 1, 11-18-2010]
A.
Vacant land shall not be occupied or used,
except for agricultural uses, until a certificate of use and occupancy
shall have been issued by the Department of Community Development.
B.
Premises and buildings hereafter erected
or structurally altered shall not be used, occupied or changed in
use until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the
Department of Community Development, stating that the building or
the proposed use of a building or the premises comply with the building
laws and the provisions of these regulations.
C.
Certificates of use and occupancy shall:
1.
Not be issued until a fire inspection
has been conducted and approved by the City of St. Charles Fire Department.
2.
Be issued within ten (10) days after
the completion of the erection or structural alteration of a building.
3.
Not be issued until a finalized site
plan has been approved, only where site plan review is required by
this Chapter; copies of such finalized plan shall be kept on file
in the Department of Community Development.
4.
Be kept on file in the office of
the Department of Community Development.
D.
Temporary Certificate.
1.
Pending the issuance of a regular
certificate of occupancy, a temporary certificate of occupancy may
be issued by the Department of Community Development for a period
not exceeding six (6) months during the completion of alterations
or during partial occupancy of a building pending its completion.
2.
Such temporary certificate shall
not be construed in any way as altering the respective rights, duties
or obligations of the owners or of the City relating to the use or
occupancy of the premises or any other matter covered by this Chapter.
3.
Such temporary certificate shall
not be issued except under such restrictions and provisions as will
adequately ensure the safety of the occupants.
E.
When weather conditions prevent installation
of any required greenbelt, parking lot landscaping or yard landscaping,
the Department of Community Development or designee may issue a certificate
of occupancy before installation of the said landscaping, but not
before a surety or cash escrow is posted for the benefit of the City.
Failure to install any required landscaping within six (6) months
of issuance of the certificate of occupancy shall constitute a default
and the City shall be entitled to proceed against the surety or cash
escrow.
[R.O. 2011 § 400.1360; R.O. 2009
§ 156.503; CC 1981 § 30-269; Ord. No. 77-31, 7-5-1977; Ord. No. 98-209, 5-15-1998; Ord. No. 09-227, 12-10-2009; Ord. No. 10-244 § 1, 11-18-2010]
A.
A building shall not be erected, constructed,
altered, moved, converted, extended or enlarged without the owner
first having obtained a building permit. Such permit shall require
conformity with the provisions of this Chapter. When issued, such
permit shall be valid for the period of time specified thereon. The
Department of Community Development shall be responsible for issuing
the building permits.
B.
Where a building permit for a structure has been issued in accordance with law prior to the effective date of this Chapter (i.e., July 5, 1977) and provided that construction is begun within six (6) months of the date of the building permit and diligently prosecuted to completion, such structure may be completed in accordance with the approved plans on the basis of which the building permit has been issued and further, may, upon completion, be occupied under a certificate of occupancy by the use for which originally designated, subject thereafter to the provisions of Sections 400.750 et seq., Non-Conforming Uses.
C.
Where site plan review is required according to this Chapter, building permits shall not be issued unless the site plan has been reviewed in accordance with Section 400.960 and/or other appropriate Sections of this Chapter.
D.
All applications for building permits for use, other than those described in Subsection (C) of this Section, shall be accompanied by a drawing or plot plan, as required by the Department of Community Development, showing with dimensions, the lot lines, the location of existing easements on the lot, the proposed buildings, the location of the existing buildings on the lot and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of these regulations, including, if necessary, a boundary survey and a staking of the lot by a registered land surveyor and complete construction plans. The drawings shall contain suitable notations indicating the proposed use of all land and buildings. A careful record of the original copy of such applications and plats shall be kept in the office of the Department of Community Development at all times and a duplicate copy shall be kept at the building site at all times during construction.
[Ord. No. 13-178 § 1, 9-24-2013]
E.
"GPRS" Bonus.
All Tiers. Complete building permit
applications shall receive an initial review within five (5) business
days of receipt.
