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Chapter 10 • temporary certificate of compliance may be issued for (a) No zoning permit shall be issued under _ a part of a building. this chapter for any lands lying within any officially (e) Any person, firm or corporation having a mapped area of Dane County unless the proper permit legal or equitable interest in a property which is from the appropriate city or village shall have been nonconforming as to use or building location may first obtained. request a certificate of compliance. .Said applicant (b) Every applicant for the issuance of any shall present documentary proof that said use was a permit required under this chapter shall state in permitted use at the time it originated or that the writing that he or she has made diligent inquiry of the building has been erected prior to the adoption of this applicability of any official map to the applicant's ordinance and was made nonconforming by the lands; that no such official map is applicable, or if adoption of this ordinance or amendment thereto. such map is applicable, the approval of the After certifying that the use of the building or land is appropriate city or village has been obtained; that the in fact nonconforming the zoning administrator shall applicant understands the possible adverse issue a certificate of compliance stating the use in consequences of erecting a structure within an question or the location of buildings and the zoning officially mapped area without the proper approval of of the property. the city or village involved; and, that the applicant �; For a certificate of compliance for new has not relied upon any statements of county ' construction, additions, alterations or remodeling for employees in giving such written assurances. SQ, which a Dane County Zoning Permit has been issued ty g (c) If an applicant seeks a zoning permit for N since August 20, 1970, there shall be no fee charged. lands located within an official mapped area,a zoning �O yni'all-o er certificates of compliance, there shall be permit may be issued only after a permit from the a fee of:,� :i;a or each certificate. appropriate city or village has been issued under _, (5) Penalties. section 62.23(6)(d)of the Wisconsin Statutes. (a) Any person or persons, firm, company or (d) Any zoning permit issued under this corporation, owner, occupant or other user of the chapter shall be void if applicable to lands located premises who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or within an officially mapped area for which the refuses to comply with or resists the enforcement of applicant has not obtained the proper permit from the any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be appropriate city or village. In the event of an error in subject to a forfeiture of not less than five dollars nor any application or any misstatement in any more than two hundred dollars and costs, except that application, the zoning administrator shall issue stop violations of s. 10.157(4) shall be at the rate of not work orders if the administrator discovers any official less than $1,000 nor more that $5,000 per violation. map to be applicable to the lands in question. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall [History: (5)(a) am., Sub. 2 to OA 12, 1989-90, pub. constitute a separate offense. Compliance herewith 11/13/89; (2)(c), (3)(a) and (3)(b) am., Sub. 2 to OA shall be enforced by injunctional order at suit of the 4, 1994-95, eff. 12/23/95; (2)(a) am., OA 16, 1996- county or occupant of real estate within the district 97,pub.01/16/97.] affected by the regulations of this ordinance. It shall not be necessary to prosecute for forfeiture before 10.255 ZONING COMMITTEE. (1) Duties resorting to injunctional proceedings. (a) The zoning committee shall be created and (b) Any person who has the ability to pay any constituted by the county board and have the duties as forfeiture entered against him or her under this prescribed by subsection(b)hereof. ordinance but refuses to do so may be confined in the (b) It shall be the duty of the zoning county jail until such forfeiture is paid, but in no committee to supervise the administration of the event to exceed thirty (30) days. In determining zoning ordinance, to hold hearings on proposed whether an individual has the ability to pay a amendments to this ordinance and to make forfeiture, all items of income and all assets may be recommendations thereon to the county board, to considered regardless of whether or not such income approve plats for recording in accordance with the or assets are subject to garnishment, lien or provisions of section 236(10)(b) of the Statutes; and attachment by creditors. to perform such other duties in connection with (6) Officially mapped areas. zoning as may be delegated to it by the county board. Page 40 Revised 4-30-97