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SECTION 17 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT Section 17.1 Enforcing Officer IT1.1 The.Mayor shall appoint.a. Zoning. Administrator, subject to the approval of the City Council., who shall have.the duty`and:responsibility:of enforcing and administering this Ordinance. Section 17.2 Building Permit 17.2.1 No structure shall hereafter be erected,. or structurally altered until a building permit: shall have been issued indicating that the existing or proposed structure and the. use of land, comply with this. Ordinance and all Building Codes. All applications for building permits pertaining to the erection, or major alteration which will. affect the outside dimensions of a -structure shall be accompanied by three (3) copies. of a site plan to scale showing the actual dimensions of -the lot, lots or.parcel to be built upon, the dimensions of the groundplan and the extensions beyond the outside wall of the .proposed structures to be erected or structurally altered, their location on the site in relation to the outside boundary and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of these regulations. One copy of the site plan is to be approved and is to be -made availalale`.on tl e: site. Section 17:3 Duties of the Zoning. Administrator.. 17.3.1 The Zoning Administrator shall enforce. this:C;rdinance and in additi authority he shall A) Conduct -inspections of buildings:and use: of land to:.;d B}. Maintain permanent and current 'records of this a.menclinents, and .conditional and:iaterim uses variance C) Receive; file and forward. alI applicatiois for:zo;A g' other matters to:tl e Plan iur g Commission and cmtoi com and in. furtherance of said. terms of:this Ordinance; including but not limited to, all maps, and applications; thereto; , conditional or interim uses dr. D.) Institute in the:name of.the City of Gem Lake any appropriate actions or proceeding against a violator as provided :by law; E)Apprave `aII: building permits; suhrrutted:; l?y :the: $wilding Inspector, after determining th t the .permit is in evil pliance with thi s° rdin a'n` ec This approval zziust be. made before the permit is issued, Chairnian of the:,Gem Lake Plan Review Commission. 1.7.3.2 The. City Council -nay, on prior: recommendation of the. Zoning Adrnirustrator, empowcr.the.Ramsey County. Sheriff in specific instances: to perform :any of the acts which the Zoning Administrator is directed or: authorized .to .perform by this Sectivrf: ... Section 17.4 Variances 1.74.1 Purpose and. Intent. The City Council, sitting as.the.Board:of Appeal and Adjustment,.may grant Variances. from. the strict applications of. the provisions .of this.Zoning.Ordinance and irn.pose:conditions :and safeguards in.the Variances so granted. These Variances shall be:considered.in cases where by reason ofnarrowness, shallowness., or shape of -a lot. or where by .reason of exceptional topographic or water conditions or where other extraordinary and .exceptional conditions of such lot exist, the strict application of the. terms of the Zoning Ordinance would. -result. in practical. difficulties upon the owner of such lotin complying with. the .regulations of the zoning district in which said lot is. located.. "Practical difficulties," as used in connection with the grant of a variance;. means thatthe property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted -by the xoning.ordinance; the plight of the landowner :u is due to circumstances.nique.to the property not created by the landowner; and .the variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the 1ocaty.: Econornic considerations alone do not constitute: practical difficulties:. Practical. dif iculties include, but. are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight forsolar energy systems. A variance may not be.granted..to allow any use that is not allowed in the zoning: district in which the property is located.. Updated MY rch 14;.20.11 Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance -Page 98