CHAPTER 08 Title 10 Enforcement & Administation
CHAPTER 8
ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
SECTION:
10-8-1: Office of Zoning Administrator Established
10-8-2: Application and Plans Required
10-8-3: Building Permits Required
10-8-4: Power and Duties of the Enforcing Officers
10-8-5: Permits to Comply with Ordinance
10-8-6: Certificate of Occupancy
10-8-7: Construction and Use to be Stated in Applications, Plans, Permits
and Certificates of Occupancy
10-8-8: Notice to Correct
10-8-9: Failure to Maintain Landscaping, Continuing Obligation
10-8-1:
OFFICE OF ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ESTABLISHED: There is hereby
established in Ammon, Idaho, the office of Zoning Administrator, which shall be under the
jurisdiction of the City Council of Ammon, Idaho. The administrators in the office of Zoning
Administration may, with the approval of the council, be combined with another appointive office or
offices of the City. The City Council shall, from time to time, by resolution, establish the duties of
the various appointed administrators in the office of Zoning Administration and designate the duties
and functions to be performed by each such appointee. For the purposes of this ordinance, when
the term Zoning Administrator is used, it shall refer to that person who has been appointed by the
City Council to perform such administration duties and functions to which the particular section of
the ordinance is referring.
10-8-2:
APPLICATION AND PLANS REQUIRED: Any person, firm or corporation desiring to
construct a building in Ammon, Idaho or to do any construction or installation of any nature upon
any property within the City, excluding therefrom structures or installations appurtenant to private
residences such as patios, driveways, parking pads, and similar installations, shall apply to the
Building Department which shall forward to the Zoning Administrator the necessary documentation
for zoning approval. All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by a plot plan
showing the size and location of the existing building and buildings to be erected or structures or
improvements to be constructed. The plot plan shall also show the zone in which a lot or parcel of
land is located. All plot plans shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator electronically prior to
the approval of any request for a building permit.
10-8-3:
BUILDING PERMITS REQUIRED: It shall be unlawful to erect, construct, move or
structurally alter any building or structure, or any part thereof, or to do any construction or
installation of any nature upon any property within the City excluding structures and installations
appurtenant to private residences such as patios, driveways, parking pads, and similar installations,
until after a written permit therefore has been issued by the Building Department acting for and on
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behalf of the City.
10-8-4:
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ENFORCING OFFICERS: It shall be the duty of
the Building Department, or designated official, to inspect or cause to be inspected all buildings in
the course of construction or repair. Inspections shall be written and deficiencies given to the
contractor/builder. Deficiencies shall be corrected prior to the next inspection. The Zoning
Administrator shall enforce all provisions of this ordinance and shall refer violations to the City
Code Enforcement Officer. As needed violations shall be directed to the City Attorney, entering
actions in the court, when necessary; and his failure to do so shall not legalize any violation of such
provisions, nor shall the failure of the City Attorney to enter actions in the courts legalize any
violation of such provisions.
10-8-5:
PERMITS TO COMPLY WITH ORDINANCE: From the time of the effective date of
this ordinance, the Zoning Administrator shall not grant a permit for the construction of any building
or structure, or for the moving of the building or structure onto a lot, or for the change in any use of
land, building or structure, if such construction, alteration, moving or change in use would be in
violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, nor shall any other officer of the City grant any
permit or license for the use of any building or land if such would be in violation of this ordinance.
10-8-6:
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY: It shall be unlawful to use or permit the use of any
building or premises or part thereof hereafter created, erected, altered, changed or converted
wholly or partly in its use or structure until a certificate of occupancy to the effect that the building or
premises or the part thereof so created, erected, altered, changed or converted and the proposed
use thereof conform to the provisions of this ordinance shall have been approved by the Building
Official. Penalties for violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine and per day fee as
adopted by resolution of the City Council.
10-8-7:
CONSTRUCTION AND USE TO BE STATED IN APPLICATIONS, PLANS,
PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY: Building permits or certificates of occupancy
issued on the basis of plans and applications approved by the Building Official authorizes only the
use, arrangement and construction set forth in such approved plans and applications and no other
use, arrangement or construction. Use, arrangement or construction at variance with that
authorized shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance and punishable as provided herein.
10-8-8:
NOTICE TO CORRECT: Whenever the Zoning Administrator shall observe any
apparent violation or infraction of this ordinance, he shall direct that a notice be sent to the property
owner on whose land the apparent violation occurs, setting forth the nature of the alleged violation,
together with a statement of what must be done to correct said alleged violation, and a statement
of time in which said alleged violation must be corrected.
10-8-9:
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LANDSCAPING; CONTINUING OBLIGATION:
Maintenance of required landscaping is a continuing obligation. In case of failure to maintain
landscaping as required by the provisions of this ordinance, or as specifically made applicable
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thereto by action of the Planning and Zoning Commission or City Council, in connection with the
issuance of a permit, such failure or neglect shall be deemed to be a violation of this ordinance and
shall be subject to the penalties prescribed for misdemeanors in section 1-4-1 of this code.
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