The Zoning Officer is responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of the zoning department and all zoning ordinances, discover and ascertain the existence of any violations, investigate and inspect any alleged violation within his knowledge or coming to his attention, to prevent further or continued violations which are known by him to exist, and by every lawful means cause the violators to cease and desist from committing such further violations. The Zoning Officer is then responsible for prosecuting violations in the manner provided by law.
In addition to the duty of enforcement, the Zoning Officer is responsible for the administrative duties of the department, which include reviewing zoning permit applications and working alongside the land use board for variance approval when required. The Zoning Officer also works alongside the Construction Official in the approval of zoning permit applications that move forward with requiring building permits.