§ 6-4. Permits—Application generally.

(a)

Required. No person shall erect or construct or proceed with the erection or construction of any building or structure, nor add to, enlarge, move, improve, alter, convert, extend or demolish any building or structure, or any group of buildings and/or structures under one or joint ownership whether on one or more lots or tracts of land; or cause the same to be done where the cost of the work is $100.00 or more in value; and on any remodeling or alteration job of any value; without first obtaining a permit therefor from the building department, except no permit shall be required to paint a single family residence and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no village permit fees shall be charged in connection with permits for residential solar photovoltaic systems. The provisions of this subsection which eliminate the village permit fees for residential solar photovoltaic systems, and only those provisions, shall sunset, expire and stand repealed on December 31, 2022 (after which date fees shall be charged in accordance with the remainder of this chapter for permits for residential solar photovoltaic systems), unless such provisions are reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the village council.

(b)

Sketches of parking, driveway and drainage plans. Prior to the issuance of any building, paving, grading and leveling or other permits, a suitable sketch must be presented to the building and zoning department indicating the parking layout, proposed drainage on the premises and indicating all driveways extending beyond the property line into the public right-of-way. The drainage plan for premises shall meet with the approval of the department of public works. The driveway plan must meet with the approval of the director of the building and zoning department and the director of the public works department on all roads, and in approving or rejecting the plan the directors shall determine that their decision is in the interest of public safety and welfare, taking into consideration the volume of traffic to be generated, its pattern and conflict with the adjacent road traffic; the number of driveways proposed and their proximity to others in the area; location and proximity of median cuts; visual clearances or obstruction at the driveways; angle and location of the driveway and its intersection with the road; elevation of the driveway in reference to the road, and any other such factors that may affect the safety and welfare of the public. In addition, all driveways extending into state roads shall meet with the approval of the state road department.

(c)

Parking restrictions. Applications for building or use permits shall indicate the area to be used for parking and permits shall be issued stating that such area shall be so reserved and developed. Recordable restrictions so reserving such area shall be required. Such area reserved for parking area will be marked on the zoning maps and no permits for additional use of such area shall be issued. Area reserved for parking in connection with any use shall be under the same ownership as that of the use itself.

(Code 1971, § 5-3; Ord. No. 486-85, § 4, 9-3-85; Ord. No. 740-17 , § 2, 11-7-17)