SECTION 21.0 ENFORCEMENT/VIOLATIONS/PENALTIES
21.01 Enforcement
This Ordinance shall be administered and enforced by a Zoning Administrator selected by the City Council. The City Council may institute appropriate action for any violations of this Ordinance at the direction of the City Council and through the City Attorney as deemed necessary.
Hereafter no person shall erect, alter, wreck, or move any building or part thereof without first securing a Building Permit. Application for a Building Permit shall be made to the City Clerk on blank forms to be furnished by the City.. Each application for a permit to construct or alter a building shall be accompanied by a plan drawn to scale showing the dimensions of the lot to be built upon and the size and location of the building and accessory buildings to be erected. Applications for any kind of Building Permit shall contain such other information as may be deemed necessary for the proper enforcement of this Ordinance. The fees for Building Permits shall be as established by the City Council. The Authorized Building Official for the City of Royalton shall issue the Building Permit for permitted uses, only after determining that the building plans, together with the application, comply with the terms of this and any other City Ordinance.
Building permits shall be valid for one (1) year and all construction shall proceed to completion within two (2) years of permit approval. Once work is started, any discontinuance of work for more than one hundred eighty (180) days shall invalidate the permit and the applicant shall petition the Building Official for a new permit.
21.02 Violations and Penalties
Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not to exceed ninety (90) days for each offense. Each day that the violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.