A.
Requirements for zoning permits. A zoning permit shall
be required prior to the erection or structural alteration of any
building, structure or portion thereof and prior to the use or change
in use of a building or land, and prior to the change or extension
of a nonconforming use. Farm buildings situated 50 feet or more from
any street or property line shall be exempt from the permit requirements
of this section. Agricultural uses, farm houses and usual farm building
shall be permitted in all zoning districts without restrictions, and
farm buildings shall be exempt from regulations regarding height,
maximum size of buildings and number of farm buildings location allowed
on each lot.
[Amended 4-23-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-15]
B.
Application for permits. Application for permits,
including temporary permits, shall be made in writing to the Zoning
Officer on such forms as may be furnished by the Township. No permit
shall be considered complete or permanently effective until the Zoning
Officer has certified that the work meets all the requirements of
applicable codes and ordinances.
C.
Plot plans for building permits. All applications
for building permits shall be accompanied by five copies of a true
and accurate plot plan, and all applications for a zoning permit shall
be accompanied by one such plot plan. All such plot plans shall be
drawn to scale, showing the location and size of each building to
be erected upon each lot, the actual dimension of each lot to be built
upon and such other information as may be necessary to enable the
Building Inspector and Zoning Officer to determine whether the proposed
structure and use of land will conform to the Building Code[1] and the provisions of this chapter. The Zoning Officer
shall keep a record of all applications for zoning permits and a record
of all permits issued with a notation of all special conditions involved.
He shall also file and safely keep copies of all plans submitted and
the same shall become a part of the records of his office for the
use of the Township Committee and other officials of the Township.
D.
Issuance of permits. Zoning and building permits shall
be granted or refused within 10 days after the written application
has been filed with the Zoning Officer. Upon completion of the erection
or alteration of any building or portion thereof authorized by any
permit, and prior to occupancy or use, the holder of such permit shall
notify the Zoning Officer of such completion. No permit shall be considered
complete or permanently effective until the Zoning Officer has certified
that the work has been inspected and approved as being in conformity
with the provisions of this chapter and other applicable ordinances.
[Amended 4-25-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-5]
E.
Expiration of permits. No permit for the erection,
razing, change, alteration or removal of buildings shall be valid
or effective after one year from the date of issuance thereof and
shall thereafter be void, unless the work authorized by such permit
shall have been substantially commenced within one year from the date
of issuance and proceeded with due diligence. If, however, the applicant
has been delayed in proceeding with the work for which the permit
was granted by reason of any reasonable cause not due to his own negligence,
the permit may be renewed without additional cost to the applicant.
A.
Applications. Excavation for a foundation or the erection,
construction or structural alteration of any building or structure,
or part thereof, or temporary buildings or structures, for construction
purposes, shall not be undertaken until a building permit therefor
shall have been issued by the Building Inspector and a zoning permit
therefor issued by the Zoning Officer.
B.
Certificate of occupancy required. No vacant land
shall be occupied or used, and no building or structure hereafter
erected, structurally altered or changed in use, except for agricultural
uses, shall be used or changed in use, until a certificate of occupancy
shall have been issued, which certificate of occupancy must have upon
it the signatures of the Building Inspector and Zoning Officer.
C.
New and existing buildings. A certificate of occupancy
either for the whole or part of a new building or for the alteration
of an existing building shall be applied for coincident with the application
for a building permit and shall be issued within 10 days after the
erection or alteration of such building or part shall have been completed
in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
D.
Vacant land; change of use. A certificate of occupancy
for the use or occupancy of vacant land or for a change in the use
of land or for a change in the use of an existing building shall be
applied for and be issued within 10 days after the application has
been made and before any such land or building shall be occupied or
used, provided that such are in conformity with the provisions of
this chapter.
No zoning permit required by this chapter shall
be issued by the Zoning Officer until he shall have made such examination
of the application and plot plan and such inspection of the property
as are necessary to enable him to determine whether the proposed structure
or use of land will conform to the provisions of this chapter. No
certificate of occupancy required by this article shall be issued
until the Building Inspector and Zoning Officer have made such inspection
as is necessary to determine whether the erection or alteration of
the building or structure has been completed in conformity with the
provisions of this chapter, or that the proposed use or occupancy
of land will conform to the provisions of this chapter. It shall be
the duty of the Building Inspector and Zoning Officer, upon request
of the owner, to make an inspection at any stage of the erection or
alteration of a building or structure for the purpose of determining
whether such erection or alteration is being made in conformity with
the Building Code and the provisions of this chapter, but the failure
of the Building Inspector or the Zoning Officer to make any such inspection
shall not in any manner entitle such owner to a certificate of occupancy
if such erection or alteration when completed does not conform to
the Building Code or the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 10-20-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-6; 9-15-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-10]
Fees and escrows for variances, conditional use permits, interpretations, appeals, approvals or other actions and decisions of the appropriate municipal board shall be as set forth in § 27-24 hereof.
