The City Building Official shall administer and enforce this Zoning Ordinance. Appeals from the decision of the City Building Official may be made to the Board of Zoning Appeals.

1.    Subsequent to the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance, no change in the use or occupancy of land nor any change in the use or occupancy of an existing building shall be made, nor shall any new building be occupied, until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the City Building Inspector. The certificate of occupancy shall state that the land and/or building complies with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance.

2.    No excavation, erection, or alteration of any building shall be permitted before an application has been made and approved for a building permit, and no building or premises shall be occupied until a certificate of occupancy is issued.

3.    A record of all certificates of occupancy shall be kept on file in the office of the City Building Inspector and copies shall be furnished for two (2) dollars on request by any person having an interest in the land or building affected.

Each application for a building permit shall be accompanied by a plan in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the size, shape, and location of the building to be erected, and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of this Zoning Ordinance. A record of applications and plans shall be kept in the office of the City Building Inspector.

1.    The owner or agent of a building or premises in or upon which a violation of any provision of this Ordinance has been committed or shall exist; or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises in or upon which a violation has been committed or shall exist; or the agent, architect, building contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in any violation, or who maintains any building or premises in or upon which a violation has been committed or shall exist, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months for each offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

2.    In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this Zoning Ordinance, 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.