§ 78-24. Duties and responsibilities of the zoning department.

The zoning department shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

(1)

The zoning department shall promote, protect, and improve the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the city by providing an equitable, expeditious, effective, and inexpensive method of enforcing the zoning, sign, and related technical codes in force of the city.

(2)

Provide staff support to the city council and planning and zoning board on matters pertaining to the city's Code and Comprehensive Plan.

(3)

Receive, process, and determine completeness of all applications for comprehensive plan amendments, development approval, zone changes, variances, use permits, vested rights or appeals, local business tax receipt or other permits that may be required by this chapter.

(4)

Make determinations, interpretations, and decisions regarding applicable zones, allowable uses, special exceptions, zone boundaries, or any other provision of this chapter.

(5)

Recommend, recommend with conditions, or deny development orders as specified in this chapter, or refer them to the planning and zoning board as may be considered necessary.

(6)

Make substantial compliance determinations.

(7)

Schedule proceedings before the planning and zoning board.

(8)

Duties associated with the routine administration of this chapter unless otherwise specified herein or governed by general law.

(9)

The zoning department shall determine if a violation requires a variance or if the violation shall be removed.

(Ord. of 9-25-06; Ord. No. 2008-06, § 3, 9-16-08)