ENFORCEMENT
1500. Duty
of Building Inspector and Other Officials
1501. Zoning
Clearance Permit
1502. Penalties
for Violation
1503. Construction
and Use to be as Provided in Applications, Plans & Permits
SECTION 1500. DUTY OF INSPECTION SERVICES, NEIGHBORHOOD
INSPECTIONS AND OTHER OFFICIALS
It shall be the duty of Inspection Services in the Economic Development Department and
Neighborhood Inspections in the Working in Neighborhoods Department, or their successor agencies as designated by the Mayor,
to enforce this Code. If Inspection Services or Neighborhood Inspections shall find that any of the provisions of this Code
are being violated, they shall notify in writing the persons responsible for such violations, indicating the nature of the
violation and ordering the action necessary to correct it, and shall take such action to ensure compliance with or to prevent
violation of its provisions as is authorized by law. All departments, officials, and employees of the City of Tulsa vested with
the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall comply with the provisions of this Code, and shall issue no permit or
licenses for any use, purpose, excavation, construction, structure, building, or sign in conflict with the provisions of this
Code.
SECTION 1501. ZONING CLEARANCE PERMIT
A. Zoning Clearance Permit Required
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to erect, move, add to or structurally alter any building or
structure, or to use or change the use of any building or land or to permit the
aforementioned actions, until a Zoning Clearance Permit has been issued by the
Building Inspector/Code Official.
B. Application for Zoning Clearance Permit
Application for a Zoning Clearance Permit
shall be accompanied by a legal description of the lot and plans in duplicate,
drawn to scale in black line or blueprint, showing the actual shape and
dimension of the lot; the location and dimensions of all easements; the
location, size and height of any existing buildings or structures to be erected
or altered; the existing and intended use of each building or structure and
portion of the lot; the number of dwellings and buildings it intended to
accommodate, if any; and such other information with regard to the lot and
neighboring lots as may be necessary to determine and provide for the
enforcement of this Code.
C. Response to
Application for Zoning Clearance Permit
After an application for a Zoning Clearance
Permit is filed in compliance with the provisions herein, the Building
Inspector/Code Official shall issue a Zoning Clearance Permit, and return one
copy of submitted plans or shall notify the applicant, in writing, of his
refusal to issue a permit setting forth the reasons therefore.
D. Fees for Zoning
Clearance Permits
No Zoning Clearance Permit shall be issued until
a fee shall have been paid in accordance with the schedule of fees adopted by
resolution of the City of
SECTION 1502. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
Any person, firm or corporation violating
any provisions of this Code or failing to comply with any of its requirements,
including violations of conditions and safeguards established in connection
with grants of variance of special exceptions, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment
not exceeding 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a
violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the
City of
SECTION 1503. CONSTRUCTION AND USE TO BE
AS PROVIDED IN APPLICATIONS, PLANS AND PERMITS
Zoning permits, Variance, or Special
Exception uses issued on the basis of approved plans and applications authorize
only the uses, arrangement and construction set forth in such approved plans
and applications, and no other use, arrangement, or construction. Use,
arrangement, or construction at variance with that authorized shall be deemed a
violation of this Ordinance, and punishable as provided by Section 1502.