Cape Coral Land Development Code § 3.2.1 All permits and approvals.
Section 3.2.1. - All permits and approvals.
A. General Requirements for all permit applications.
1. Applications for permits or approvals shall be submitted with forms supplied by the Department and any required supporting documentation, plans, or materials required by this Code or specified in the application form(s).
2. Applications shall include any required fee(s) as established by the City Council.
3. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
4. Before any use of land, building, or structure is established or any established use of land, building, or structure is changed to a different use than that identified in the previously-issued certificate of use under the prior LDC, a certificate of zoning compliance under this code, or a business tax receipt for the property, the person seeking to establish the use must obtain a certificate of zoning compliance. Failure to secure a certificate of zoning compliance before establishing a use of land, building, or structure or before changing the use of the property from the use recognized in a duly-issued certificate of use under the prior LDC or a certificate of zoning compliance under this Code to another use, shall be a violation of this Code, and punishable as such.
B. Withdrawal of applications. An applicant may withdraw an application at any time by submitting a letter of request to DCD or providing testimony of the requested withdrawal in a public hearing.
C. Effective date. All permits shall take effect on the day the permit is issued or an approval granted.
D. Reliance on permits during pendency of appeals. Any action(s) taken by a permittee during the pendency of an administrative or quasi-judicial appeal shall be at the sole risk of the permittee.