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83 Administration and Enforcement 1149.05 1149.03 FILING FEES. Each application to the Planning and Zoning Commission, each application to the Board of Appeals requesting a variance and each petition to Council for an amendment of the zoning regulations or districts shall, unless waived by the Commission, Board or Council to which such application or petition is addressed, be accompanied by a filing fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), payable to the Municipality. However, if the cost of publishing the notice and notifying property owners in connection with any such application or petition exceeds the filing fee listed above, then the person filing such application or petition shall pay the amount of the excess cost to the Municipality before the date of the hearing on such application or petition. The filing fees shall be paid into the General Fund of the Municipality. (Ord. 92-18. Passed 6-1-92.) 1149.04 INTERPRETATION. In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Zoning Code, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare. The lot or yard areas required by this Code for a particular building shall not be diminished and shall not be included as a part of the required lot or yard areas of any other building. The lot or yard areas of buildings existing at the time of the passage of this section (May 20, 1935) shall not be diminished below the requirements herein provided for buildings hereafter erected and such required areas shall not be included as a part of the required areas of any building hereafter erected. This Code shall not repeal, abrogate, annul or in any way impair or interfere with any existing provisions of law or ordmance or any rules or regulations previously adopted or issued or which shall be adopted or issued pursuant to law relating to the use of buildings or premises; nor shall this Code interfere with or abrogate or annul any easements, covenants or other agreements between parties.However, where this Code imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or premises or upon the height of buildings or requires larger yards than are imposed or required by such existing provisions of law or ordinance or by such rules, regulations or by such easements, covenants or agreement, the provisions of this Code shall control. (Ord. 159. Passed 5-20-35.) 1149.05 COMPLETION AND RESTORATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS. Nothing contained in this Zoning Code shail require any change in the plans, construction or designated use of a building for which a building permit has been heretofore issued and the construction of which has been diligently prosecuted wrthin thirty days of the date of such permit, and the ground story framework of which, including the second tier of beams, has been completed within six months of the date of such permit, and which entire building shall be completed according to such plans, as filed, within two years from the date of the passage of this section (May 20, 1935). Nothing in this Code shall prevent the restoration of a building wholly or partly destroyed by fire, explosion, act of God or act of the public enemy, subsequent to the passage of this section (May 20,1935) or prevent a change of such existing use under the limitations provided in Section 1149.06. Nothing in this Code shall prevent the restoration of a wall declared unsafe by the Building Commissioner. (Ord. 159. Passed 5-20-35.) 2006 Replacement