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THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AN APPLICATION IN WRITING AND OBTAINING A FORMAL PERMIT.
<br />2. AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN SUCH FORM AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL MAY
<br />PRESCRIBE. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE MADE BY THE OWNER OR LESSEE, OR AGENT OR EITHER, OR THE ARCHITECT,
<br />ENGINEER, OR BUILDER EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED WORK.
<br />3. IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO EXAMINE APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS WITHIN A
<br />REASONABLE TIME AFTER FILING. IF, AFTER EXAMINATION, HE FINDS NO OBJECTION TO THE SAME AND IT APPEARS
<br />THAT THE PROPOSED WORK WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS AND ORDINANCES APPLICABLE THERETO, HE SHALL
<br />APPROVE SUCH APPLICATION AND ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE PROPOSED WORK AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE. IF HIS
<br />EXAMINATION REVEALS OTHERWISE, HE WILL REJECT SUCH APPLICATION, NOTING HIS FINDINGS IN A REPORT TO BE
<br />ATTACHED TO THE APPLICATION AND DELIVERING A COPY TO THE APPLICANT.
<br />4. THE BUILDING OFFICIAL MAY REVOKE A PERMIT OR APPROVAL ISSUED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
<br />CHAPTER IN CASE T14ERE HAS BEEN ANY FALSE STATEMENT OR MISREPRESENTATION AS TO A MATERIAL FACT IN THE
<br />APPLICATION OR PLANS ON WHICH THE PERMIT OR APPROVAL WAS BASED.
<br />5. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PROHIBIT THE FILING OF AMENDMENTS TO AN APPLICATION OR TO A
<br />PLAN OR OTHER RECORD ACCOMPANYING SAME, AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THE WORK FOR WHICH THE
<br />PERMIT WAS SOUGHT. SUCH AMENDMENTS, AFTER APPROVAL, SHALL BE FILED WITH AND BE DEEMED A PART OF THE
<br />ORIGINAL APPLICATION.
<br />SECTION 33.72. CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY: IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO USE OR PERMIT THE USE OF ANY
<br />BUILDING CP, PREMISES, OR PART THEREOF, HEREAFTER CREATED, ERECTED, CHANGED, CONVERTED, ALTERED, OR
<br />ENLARGED, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, IN ITS USE OR STRUCTURE, UNTIL A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY SHALL HAVE BEEN
<br />ISSUED THEREFOR BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. SUCH CERTIFICATE SHALL SHOW THAT SUCH BUILDING OR PREMISES,
<br />OR PART THEREOF, AND.THE PROPOSED USE THEREOF ARE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
<br />• ARTICLE XVIII. INTERPRETATION, PURPOSE AND CONFLICT.
<br />SECTION 33-73. IN INTERPRETING AND APPLYING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, THEY SHALL BE HELD TO BE
<br />THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, CONVENIENCE, COMFORT, MORALS, PROSPERITY
<br />AND GENERAL WELFARE. IT IS NOT INTENDED BY THIS CHAPTER TO INTERFERE WITH OR ABROGATE OR ANNUL ANY
<br />ORDINANCE, RULES, REGULATIONS OR PERMITS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED OR ISSUED, AND NOT IN CONFLICT WITH ANY OF
<br />THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, OR WHICH SHALL BE ADOPTED OR ISSUED PURSUANT TO LAW RELATING TO THE USE
<br />OF BUILDINGS OR PREMISES, AND LIKEWISE, NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THIS CHAPTER, NOR IS IT INTENDED BY THIS
<br />CHAPTER TO INTERFERE WITH OR ABROGATE OR ANNUL ANY EASEMENTS, COVENANTS OR OTHER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
<br />Ln PARTIES, EXCEPT THAT IF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSES A GREATER RESTRICTION THIS CHAPTER SHALL CONTROL.
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<br />W ARTICLE XIX. AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES.
<br />SECTION 33-74. REQUIREMENTS FOR CHANGE: WHENEVER THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE,
<br />OR GOOD ZONING PRACTICE JUSTIFIES SUCH ACTION, AND AFTER CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION,
<br />THE CITY COUNCIL MAY, BY ORDINANCE, CHANGE THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS ORDINANCE AND MAY CHANGE
<br />THE ZONING DISTRICTS AS ESTABLISHED ON THE DISTRICT MAP.
<br />SECTION 33-75. PETITION FOR OR INITIATION OF CHANGE: A PROPOSED CHANGE OF DISTRICT OR TEXT MAY BE
<br />INITIATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITS OWN MOTION, OR ON RECOMMENDATION BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION,
<br />OR BY PETITION OF AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS WITHIN THE AREA PROPOSED TO
<br />BE CHANGED OR AFFECTED BY A CHANGE IN THE DISTRICT MAP OR TEXT. ALL PETITIONS SHALL BE IN WRITING AND
<br />SHALL SPECIFY; THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE CHANGE DESIRED, REASONS FOR SEEKING THE CHANGE, AND THE
<br />NAMES AND ADDRESSES, AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE, OF PROPERTY OWNERS AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE, AND SHALL SPECIFY
<br />CLEARLY BY METES AND BOUNDS OR BY COURSES AND DISTANCES, OR BY PLAT AND SURVEY ATTACHED THERETO THE
<br />BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED AREA IN WHICH CHANGE IS REQUESTED. THE PETITION AND ALL DATA PERTAINING
<br />THERETO SHALL BE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT LEAST THIRTY (J0) DAYS IN
<br />ADVANCE OF A HEARING,
<br />SECTION 33-76. ACTION ON PETITION: THE COUNCIL SHALL REFER SUCH PETITION TO THE CITY PLANNING
<br />0MMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION AND REPORT.
<br />UPON RECEIPT OF THE REPORT FROM THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL, BEFORE ADOPTING ANY
<br />SUCH PROPOSED CHANGE, SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON GIVING AT LEAST FIFTEEP! (15) DAYS NOTICE
<br />THEREOF IN A NEWSPAPER HAVING GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE CITY. SUCH AMENDMENT SHALL NOT BECOME
<br />EFFECTIVE EXCEPT BY THE FAVORABLE VOTE OF THREE-FOURTHS OF THE COUNCIL.
<br />THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 15-821 AND 15-822,
<br />CODE OF VIRGINIA.
<br />SECTION 33-78. IF ANY SECTION, SUBSECTION, SENTENCE, CLAUSE OR PHRASE OF THE TEXT, OR IF ANY DISTRICT,
<br />ZONE, DIVISION, TRACT OR SECTION OF THE MAP OF THIS ORDINANCE IS FOR ANY REASON DECLARED INVALID BY A
<br />COURT OF JURISDICTION, SUCH DECISION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THIS
<br />ORDINANCE. •
<br />ARTICLE XXII. CONFLICTING PROVISIONS REPEALED.
<br />SECTION 33-79. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES: ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
<br />HEREWITH ARE HEREBY REPEALED.
<br />ARTICLE XXIII. EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />SECTION 33-80. THIS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING THE BUILDING ZONE MAP OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, DESIGNATED 'DISTRICT
<br />MAP", DATED FEBRUARY 17, 1958, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON FEBRUARY 17, 1958.
<br />ARTICLE
<br />XX.
<br />VIOLATION AND PENALTY.
<br />SECTION
<br />33-77. ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY
<br />OF
<br />THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, SHALL, UPON CONVICTION,
<br />BE FINED
<br />NOT LESS THAN TEN ($10.00) DOLLARS
<br />NOR
<br />MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS (y200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE;
<br />AND EACH
<br />DAY SUCH VIOLATION CONTINUES SHALL
<br />CONSTITUTE
<br />A SEPARATE OFFENSE. THE COURT MAY, AFTER DUE
<br />NOTICE,
<br />ORDER CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS
<br />OF
<br />THIS ORDINANCE.
<br />ARTICLE
<br />XXI.
<br />VALIDITY.
<br />SECTION 33-78. IF ANY SECTION, SUBSECTION, SENTENCE, CLAUSE OR PHRASE OF THE TEXT, OR IF ANY DISTRICT,
<br />ZONE, DIVISION, TRACT OR SECTION OF THE MAP OF THIS ORDINANCE IS FOR ANY REASON DECLARED INVALID BY A
<br />COURT OF JURISDICTION, SUCH DECISION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THIS
<br />ORDINANCE. •
<br />ARTICLE XXII. CONFLICTING PROVISIONS REPEALED.
<br />SECTION 33-79. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES: ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
<br />HEREWITH ARE HEREBY REPEALED.
<br />ARTICLE XXIII. EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />SECTION 33-80. THIS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING THE BUILDING ZONE MAP OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, DESIGNATED 'DISTRICT
<br />MAP", DATED FEBRUARY 17, 1958, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON FEBRUARY 17, 1958.
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