Franklin Zoning Ordinance

331 ENFORCEMENTS Enforcement Authority 22 Chapter Franklin Zoning Ordinance Effective December 30, 2019 22.5 Penalties Any person violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined under the general penalty clauses of Title 12 of the Municipal Code. Each day each violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Penalties shall be pursuant to State law. 22.6 Remedies In case a building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this Ordinance, then the City attorney, or other appropriate authority, or adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be damaged by the violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to effectuate the requirements of this Ordinance. Where it appears that the owner or person in charge of an improvement on a property containing a historic resource threatens to start, or has started, work in violation of this Ordinance, then the City attorney shall apply to an appropriate court for an injunction against a violation of this Ordinance. If an order of the court enjoining or restraining the violation does not receive immediate compliance, then the City attorney shall apply to an appropriate court to punish the violation pursuant to law. 22.1 Enforcement Authority For the purposes of administering and enforcing the provisions of this Ordinance, the Department of Building and Neighborhood Services shall be authorized to: A. Make inspections of structures or premises necessary to carry out its enforcement duties; and B. Designate State inspection officials as authorized representatives to provide review services for institutional and educational occupancies, pursuant to Title 12 of the Municipal Code. 22.2 Building Permits It shall be unlawful to commence the constructionoralterationof a principal building, an accessory building, or other structure that requires a building permit pursuant to Title 12 of the Municipal Code, until the Department of Building and Neighborhood Services has issued a building permit. 22.3 Sign Permits It shall be unlawful to commence the construction or alteration of a sign that requires a sign permit, until the Department of Building and Neighborhood Services has issued a sign permit. 22.4 Certificates of Occupancy No lot, building, or structure hereafter erected or altered in its use or otherwise shall be used until a certificate of occupancy has been granted pursuant to Title 12 of the Municipal Code.