Hamilton

No member of the Town Council, Planning Commission or Board of Zoning Appeals, shall participate in the deliberations or vote on any ordinance, resolution, motion, or other proceedings involving any matter in which he, a member of his immediate family, his partner or agent, has a financial interest other than as an owner of not more than five percent of the stock of a corporation, or as a citizen of the Town.

No vacant land shall be occupied or used, except for agricultural uses associated with the conduct of a farm, until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Administrator.

No premises shall be used, and no buildings hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be used, occupied, or changed in use, until a certificate of occupancy and compliance shall have been issued by the Zoning Administrator

Certificates of occupancy and compliance shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within 10 days after the erection or structural alteration of such buildings shall have been completed

A certificate of occupancy may be issued for a part of a building or development or section thereof completed in accord with the terms of this Ordinance even though the entire building or development or section thereof has not been completed.

No permit for excavation for any building shall be issued before application has been made for a certificate of occupancy and compliance.

A certificate of occupancy shall be required of all non-conforming uses.

The Administrator may issue a temporary and contingent certificate of occupancy and compliance for a period not to exceed six months where, because of the unusual nature of the uses, a trial period of operation is in his/her opinion the most appropriate way to determine actual compliance

No building or structure shall be erected, constructed, altered, moved, converted, extended, or enlarged, without the owner or owners first having obtained a zoning permit. Such permit shall require conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance. When issued, such permit shall be valid for a period of six months unless a longer period of time is specified thereon

No manufactured home shall be placed for occupancy in a manufactured home subdivision without the owner or owners first having obtained a placement permit therefor from the Administrator.

No zoning permit by the Administrator or other authorized official, lawfully issued prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, or of any amendment hereto, and which permit, by its own terms and provisions, is in full force and effect at said date, shall be invalidated by the passage of this Ordinance

All applications for zoning permits shall be accompanied by a current plat of the property, or if not available, a drawing or plan in duplicate or as required by the Administrator showing, with dimensions, the lot lines, the building or buildings, the location of buildings on the lot

A careful record of the original copy of such applications and plans shall be kept in the offices of the Administrator and a duplicate copy shall be kept at the building at all times during construction.

Copies of a concept plan or plans shall be filed with the Town Council through the Administrator. The Administrator shall review the concept plan for compliance with the regulatory ordinances prior to forwarding the application to the Planning Commission and the Town Council.

Twelve (12) blue line or black line prints shall be submitted to the Administrator. The Administrator shall determine within ten (10) working days if the concept plan meets the minimum submission requirements.

The Zoning Administrator shall, within an additional ten (10) working days, review the concept plan to determine if it is in conformance with the application requirements of this Ordinance, the Land Development and Subdivision Ordinance and the requirements of the Facilities Standards Manual.

All concept plans shall be drawn on numbered sheets 24" × 36" in size and shall contain the following information: ... Zoning requirements, including the district, as well as the required and proposed minimum lot size, floor area in square feet, maximum building coverage expressed as floor area ration (FAR), open space in square feet, open space ratio, building setback (restriction) lines for front, rear and sides, parking and setback lines and number of proposed and required parking spaces.

If the Administrator determines that there is not a need to distribute the concept plan to a state agency for its review, the review by the agencies to whom the plan was referred shall be completed and returned to the Administrator within thirty (30) days after the date on which the concept plan was officially submitted.

If the Administrator determines that the site plan requires the review of a state agency, the review by such state agency shall be completed and returned to the Administrator within forty-five (45) days after the date on which the site plan was officially submitted.

Before recommending approval of a concept plan for a special use permit, the Planning Commission may make reasonable additional requirements, including, but not limited to, requirements as to utilities, drainage, landscaping and maintenance thereof, lighting, signs and advertising devices, buffer-yards, screening, accessways, curb cuts, traffic control, height of buildings and setback of buildings, to protect adjoining residentially zoned lots or residential uses.