§ 46-62. Duties and powers.

The building inspector shall have the following duties and powers, including those specified in section 46-1091:

(1)

Issue building permits upon application for the erection or use of a structure, land or water where such erection or use complies with all provisions of this chapter.

(2)

Assist the clerk to maintain records of all permits issued, inspections made, work approved and other official actions.

(3)

Record the first floor and lowest floor (basement or crawlway) elevations of all structures erected, moved, altered or improved in the floodplain districts.

(4)

To have inspected all structures, lands and waters as often as necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter.

(5)

Investigate all complaints made relating to the location of structures and the use of structures, lands and waters; give notice of all violations of this chapter to the owner, resident, agent or occupant of the premises; and report uncorrected violations to the village attorney in a manner specified by him.

(6)

Assist the village attorney in the prosecution of ordinance violations.

(7)

Be permitted access to premises and structures during reasonable hours to make those inspections as deemed necessary by him to ensure compliance with this chapter. If he is refused entry after presentation of his identification, he may procure a special inspection warrant in accordance with Wis. Stats. § 66.0119.

(8)

Prohibit the use or erection of any structure, land or water until he has inspected and approved such use or erection.

(9)

Recommend to the village board and plan commission any additional use regulations as deemed necessary.

(10)

Request assistance and cooperation from the police department and village attorney as deemed necessary.

(11)

Make available to the public, to the fullest extent possible, all reports and documents concerning the village's comprehensive plan and ordinances. In addition, information in the form of reports, bulletins, maps and engineering data shall be readily available and widely distributed. The plan commission may set fees necessary to recover the cost of providing information to the public. Where useful, the zoning administrator, or his agent, may set marks on bridges or buildings or other markers which show the depth of the 100-year recurrence interval flood; or may set marks delineating the boundaries of wetlands.

(12)

The building inspector shall deny the issuance of a building permit for any project approved by the plan commission and the village board if a 12-month period of time has lapsed between the village board approval of the plan and the applicant's filing of a building permit application.