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SECTION 17 - ADMINISTRATION .AND . ENFORCEMENT <br />Section 17.1. Enforcing Officer <br />17.1.1 The Mayon shall appoint. a Zoning Administrator, subject to the approval of the:City Council; who shall have the <br />duty and responsibility of enforcing and administering this Ordinance.. <br />Section 17.2 Building:Permit <br />17.2.1 No :structure shall hereafter be erected, or structurally altered until a building permit shall have been issued <br />indicating that the existing. or proposed structure and the use of land, comply with this Ordinance :and all Building <br />Codes' All applications for building:permits pertaining; to the erection, or major alterations which will affect the outside <br />dimensions of a structureshall. be accompanied by Circe (3) copies of .a. site plan to scale showing the actual dimensions <br />of the lot, lots or parcel.to bebuilt upon, the dimensions of the ground plan.and the extensionsbeyond.the outside wail <br />of the proposed structures to be erected or structurally altered,, their location on the site in relation to the outside <br />boundary and such other information as maybe necessary to -provide for the enforcement of these regulations. One <br />copy of the site plan is to be.approved and is to be made available, on the site.. <br />Section 17.3 Duties of the Zoning Administrator <br />17.3.1 The Zoning Administrator :shall enforce .this. Ordinance and in addition. thereto and in .furtherance. of said <br />authority lie shall: <br />A Conduct ins edtivzzs;.of liuiidin §and use of 1 udrto deter mine ,crnn liariewith:;theterrus .v Oz ante; <br />.: <br />.�...,.,.: <br />B} Mtain peaanent and etiea�t records i?f tus Or dinanceincluding: but not iiix�it to; all. maps, <br />.; :, F;.;:, ; z.: <br />amendrtients, arld eondidonal anii Ynterim. us s varia�i�ces, appeals;,grid applications, thereto; v <br />.r Y0, <br />C} Receive; rile "n[f i'[rwai`ai'a Iicatiat�`oio `ariaendmertts variances, conditional zs�ntexim uses or <br />,::.:; FP::: -- <br />othex.n"rs t �e Plannin' Coininissio "a i C `'`'Co"`'= <br />w g; s. ty <br />- r :z <br />3. i stitute in ti e lame. of the �".aff:�em Lake any- a ry riate actions or roceedin a au '~t a violator as <br />provided by lave <br />E) Approve all building permits; submitted by the Building Inspector, after determining that the permit is. in <br />compliance with:this. Ordinance. This approval must be made before the:perrnit.is issued. <br />F Act as Chairman of the Gem Lake.Plan.Review. Comrziission. <br />1.7.3.2. The.. City Council may, on prior xecoinrnendation: of the Zoning Adrrinistratns, empower the Ramsey County <br />Sheriff:in specific. instances to perforxn.any of the acts wl-iich the Zoning. Adiministrato�r is directed or authorized to <br />perform by this Section: <br />Section 17.4 Variances <br />17.41 Purpose and .Intent: <br />The City Council, sitting as the.Board of Appeal and Adjustment, may -grant Variances from the strict applications of <br />the:provisions of finis Zoning Ordinance and.impose conditions and safeguards in the Variances: so granted -These <br />Variances shall be considered in cases where by reason of naxrowness,.shallowness, or shape. of a lot or where by reason <br />of exceptional topographic or water conditions or where other extraordinary and exceptional conditions of such lot <br />eaist,.the: strict application .of the terms of the Zoning.. Ordinance would result.in practical. difficulties upon the owner <br />of .such lot in complying with. the regulations of the zoning .district. in which said lot is located. "Practical difficulties;." <br />as used in connection :with the. grant of a variance, means, that the property: owner proposes to use the property in a <br />reasonable manner not pernvtted by the zoning ordinance; the plight of the landowner is due to. circumstances .unique <br />to the property not created by the landowner; and .the variance,.if granted, will not alter the essential character of the <br />locality. Economic considerations alone do.not.constitute practical difficulties. Practical .di. ficultiesinclude, but.are. not <br />Updated -June 5, 2017 Gena Lake. Consolidated Land Use Ordinance • Page 81 <br />