Dane County Code of Ordinances (2)

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10 - 36 lot, he or she may post a stop work order and nonconforming as to use or building location may require that a survey map be prepared by a request a certificate of compliance. Said applicant registered land surveyor that will show the shall present documentary proof that said use was location of the building on its lot before allowing a permitted use at the time it originated or that the construction to continue. building has been erected prior to the adoption of (c) Stop work order. 1. Whenever the zoning this ordinance and was made nonconforming by administrator finds that any construction does the adoption of this ordinance or amendment not comply with the provisions of this ordinance, thereto. After certifying that the use of the building the zoning administrator shall post, in a or land is in fact nonconforming the zoning conspicuous place on the premises, a stop work administrator shall issue a certificate of compliance order which shall cause all activity to cease until stating the use in question or the location of the construction is in compliance with the buildings and the zoning of the property. ordinance. For a certificate of compliance for new 2. The card shall provide the following construction, additions, alterations or remodeling information: date of issuance, town and section for which a Dane County Zoning Permit has been number, reason for posting and the signature of issued since August 20, 1970, there shall be no fee the inspector posting the card. charged. For all other certificates of compliance, 3. It shall be a violation of the ordinance for there shall be a fee of$5.00 for each certificate. the unauthorized removal of the card from the (5) Penalties. (a) Any person or persons, firm, premises. company or corporation, owner, occupant or other (4) Certificate of compliance. (a) No building user of the premises, who violates, disobeys, omits, or addition thereto, constructed after the effective neglects or refuses to comply with or resists the -- date of this ordinance and no addition to a enforcement of any of the provisions of this previously existing building shall be occupied, ordinance shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less except accessory buildings used exclusively for than five dollars, nor more than two hundred farming or agricultural purposes and no land dollars and costs except that violations of s. vacant, except that used exclusively for farming 10.157(4), shall be at the rate of not less than or agricultural purposes on the effective day of $1,000 nor more that $5,000 per violation. Each this ordinance, shall be used for any purposes day that a violation is permitted to exist shall until a certificate of compliance has been issued constitute a separate offense. Compliance by the county zoning administrator. Every herewith shall be enforced by injunctional order at certificate of compliance shall state the use and suit of the County or occupant of real estate within occupancy and the location of the building or the district affected by the regulations of this buildings and indicate that the use of land ordinance. It shall not be necessary to prosecute complies with all of the provisions of this for forfeiture before resorting to injunctional ordinance. proceedings. (b) Every application for a zoning permit shall (b) Any person who has the ability to pay any be an application for a certificate of compliance. forfeiture entered against him under this ordinance (c) An application for a certificate of but refuses to do so may be confined in the county compliance for a new use or a change in use of jail until such forfeiture is paid, but in no event to _ land or a building shall be made directly to the exceed thirty (30) days. In determining whether an zoning administrator. individual has the ability to pay a forfeiture, all (d) No certificate of compliance for a building items of income and all assets may be considered or addition thereto, constructed after the effective regardless of whether or not such income or assets date of this ordinance shall be issued until are subject to garnishment, lien or attachment by construction has been substantially completed creditors. and the premises inspected and certified by the (6) Officially mapped areas. (a) No zoning zoning administrator to be in conformity with the permit shall be issued under this chapter for any specifications on which the permit was issued. lands lying within any officially mapped area of The zoning administrator may establish rules by Dane County unless the proper permit from the which a temporary certificate of compliance may appropriate city or village shall have been first be issued for a part of a building: obtained. (e) Any person, firm or corporation having a (b) Every applicant for the issuance of any legal or equitable interest in a property which is permit required under this chapter shall state in rev. 043094