[Amended 5-2-1989 STM by Art. 6]
A.
Every person intending to erect any building or to
raise, move or make additions or alterations in any building or its
foundations, already erected, or hereafter to be built, except repairs
not changing the foundations, external partition or party walls, roofs,
chimneys, or stairways, shall before commencing the same or the foundation
thereof file an application for a permit with the Building Commissioner,
on forms furnished by him which shall state the location, dimensions,
estimated cost, nature and extent of the proposed work or changes,
and purpose for which the building is to be used. The applicant shall
also submit two sets of intelligible plans and specifications of the
work or buildings for examination and approval. The Commissioner shall
also require a plan of the lot on which any proposed building is to
be erected to be filed with the application.
B.
If all the requirements of the general laws and the by-laws of the Town have been complied with, the Commissioner shall thereupon issue such permit to the applicant and shall furnish a card which shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises. Within seven days after the completion of the foundation, the applicant shall file with the Commissioner, under penalty of violation as prescribed in § 30-4 of this By-Law, a plot plan showing the location of the foundation on the lot prepared by a registered professional engineer or a registered land surveyor who shall certify on the plan that the location of the foundation complies with the Zoning By-Law.[1]
[Amended 5-2-1989 STM by Art. 6]
A.
No person having obtained such a permit shall proceed
with any work without first notifying the Commissioner as to the time
such work is to begin.
B.
Whenever the use to be made of such building, or the
plumbing, ventilation or sanitary arrangements therein, shall require
the obtaining of a permit from another official or board, the Building
Commissioner, before issuing a building permit, shall require the
applicant to obtain such other permits.
[Amended 5-2-1989 STM by Art. 6]
Permits shall be issued within 15 days of the
receipt of the application providing the requirements of this code
are fully complied with. Permits shall become void 90 days after date
of issue provided the work proposed shall not have been actually commenced
and carried on in good faith within that time, or an extension of
not more than 90 days shall have been granted in writing by the Commissioner.
[Amended 5-2-1989 STM by Art. 6]
Nothing in the foregoing provisions shall prevent
the Building Commissioner from issuing a special permit for part of
the work while the application is being examined, but no work shall
be done except in accordance with the permit.
[Amended 5-2-1989 STM by Art. 6]
A.
No person shall excavate on any land for the purpose
of a foundation for a building or structure unless he first obtains
a permit from the Building Commissioner. In issuing such a permit,
the Building Commissioner may impose such reasonable limitations upon
the manner, the extent, and the time under which and within which
the excavating and backfilling may be done.[1] The Building Commissioner may revoke any such permit if its terms have been or are being violated. If the Building Commissioner refuses to issue a permit, or imposes too stringent terms, the applicant may appeal as provided in § 30-36, Appeals.
[Amended 5-2-1989 STM by Art. 6]
The Building Commissioner shall not issue a
permit for the construction of any building or buildings on any way,
public, private, or proposed, if said building or buildings cannot
be connected to a water main of sufficient size in the street or way
which adjoins the lot on which any building or buildings is to be
erected.
[Amended 5-6-1980 ATM by Art. 20; 5-4-1981
ATM by Art. 10; 5-1-1989 ATM by Art. 54; 5-2-1989 STM by Art. 6; 5-6-1991
ATM by Art. 20]
A.
Fees shall be charged by the Building Commissioner
to any person, firm or corporation applying for permits for the construction
of new buildings, the alteration of existing buildings or the making
of additions thereto, said fees to be paid by the applicant when such
permits are issued.
B.
The amount of such fees shall be $15 per $1,000 of
the total cost of the work to be done under such permits, as estimated
by the Building Commissioner, with the minimum fee for each permit
issued of $30. This fee will include the cost of the wiring permit
and plumbing permit.
[Amended 5-1-2017 ATM
by Art. 12]
C.
Any person, firm or corporation that begins construction
or alteration without the proper permits shall be required to pay
a triple permit fee at the time the permit is issued.
[Amended 5-6-2019 ATM by Art. 17]
D.
All fees received by the Building Commissioner shall
be turned over to the Town Treasurer as receipts and be accounted
for by him.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 1-4-228,
which immediately followed this section and contained the text of
Sec. 108.5.1 of the State Building Code, has been removed from this
chapter. Section 108.5.1 of the State Building Code was accepted by
the Town under Art. 55 of the Town Meeting held 5-1-1989. This vote
did not amend the code or constitute a bylaw.
[Added 5-6-1991 ATM by Art. 22]
A.
Additions, alterations and new construction. Where
a building permit is required, amount of such fees shall be $15 per
$1,000 of the total cost of the work to be done under such permits,
as estimated by the Building Commissioner. This fee will include the
cost of the wiring permit and the plumbing permit. Other permits will
be based on the following fees:
