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Chapter 10 (3) Inspections of buildings to be made by the that the use of land complies with all of the zoning administrator. provisions of this ordinance. (a) Location Survey (b) Every application for a zoning permit 1. A location survey as defined herein shall be shall be an application for a .certificate of submitted to the zoning division for all construction compliance. which will be located less than 10' from required (c) An application for a certificate of setback lines. The survey shall be done at the time compliance for a new use or a change in use of land when foundations or basement walls are completed. or a building shall be made directly to the zoning Such survey shall be submitted to the zoning office administrator. prior to the continuation of work on the project. (d) No certificate of compliance for a 2. For construction which is located 10' or more building or addition thereto, constructed after the from the required setback lines, a.location survey is effective date of this ordinance shall be issued until not required. The property owner/s and contractor/s construction has been substantially completed and are responsible for determining location compliance. the premises inspected and certified by the zoning (b) Upon completion of the project the administrator to be in conformity with the owner/s or their agent shall notify the zoning specifications on which the permit was issued. The division and request an inspection. This inspection zoning administrator may establish rules by which a must be made before a Zoning Certificate of temporary certificate of compliance may be issued Compliance may be issued as provided by section for a part of a building. 10.25 (4) of this ordinance. The owner or his or her (e) Any person,firm or corporation having a agent shall have all lot corners visibly staked prior to legal or equitable interest in a property which is requesting an inspection. If the zoning nonconforming as to use or building location may A.,, administrator is unable to accurately verify the request a certificate of compliance. Said applicant location of a building on its lot, he or she may post a shall present documentary proof that said use was a stop work order where appropriate and require that a permitted use at the time it originated or that the survey map be prepared by a registered land surveyor building has been erected prior to the adoption of that will show the location of the building on its lot this ordinance and was made nonconforming by the - before allowing construction to continue. adoption of this ordinance or amendment thereto. (c) Stop work order. After certifying that the use of the building or land is 1. Whenever the zoning administrator finds that any in fact nonconforming the zoning administrator shall construction does not comply with the provisions of issue a certificate of compliance stating the use in this ordinance, the zoning administrator shall post, question or the location of buildings and the zoning in a conspicuous place on the premises, a stop work of the property. order which shall cause all activity to cease until the For a certificate of compliance for new construction is in compliance with the ordinance. construction, additions, alterations or remodeling for 2. The card shall provide the following which a Dane County Zoning Permit has been issued information: date of issuance, town and section since August 20, 1970,there shall be no fee charged. number, reason for posting and the signature of the For all other certificates of compliance,there shall be inspector posting the card. a fee of$5.00 for each certificate. 3. It shall be a violation of the ordinance for the (5) Penalties. _ unauthorized removal of the card from the premises. (a) Any person or persons, firm, company or (4) Certificate of compliance. corporation, owner, occupant or other user, of the (a) No building or addition thereto, premises, who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or constructed after the effective date of this ordinance refuses to comply with or resists the enforcement of -- and no addition to a previously existing building any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be shall be occupied, except accessory buildings used subject to a forfeiture of not less than five dollars, , exclusively for fanning or agricultural purposes and nor more than two hundred dollars and costs except no land vacant, except that used exclusively for that violations of s. 10.157(4) shall be at the rate of farming or agricultural purposes on the effective day not less than $1,000 nor more that $5,000 per of this ordinance, shall be used for any purposes violation. Each day that a violation is permitted to until a certificate of compliance has been issued by exist shall constitute a separate offense. Compliance the county zoning administrator. Every certificate of herewith shall be enforced by injunctional order at compliance shall state the use and occupancy and the suit of the County or occupant of real estate within location of the building or buildings and indicate the district affected by the regulations of this ordinance. It shall not be necessary to prosecute for Page 36 ti