Borough of Mountain Lakes, NJ Article II Construction Permit

§ 88-4 Application required.

A. Before the erection, construction, alteration, or removal of any building or structure, or part of the same, is begun, the owner or builder shall submit to the construction official, or the appropriate subcode official where the construction involves only one trade or subcode, an application, in duplicate, on appropriate blanks to be furnished by the Construction Office, containing a statement of the proposed work and accompanied by two full and complete sets of all plans and specifications of such proposed work, and such detail structural drawings and specifications thereof as the construction or appropriate subcode official may require.

B. Each application shall be accompanied by a survey giving the location of the proposed building, operation, its proposed use and the established cost of the work.

§ 88-5 Application approval; filing of plans.

[Amended by Ord. No. 8-83]

A. The erection, construction, alteration, or removal of the building, structure, or any part thereof shall not be commenced or proceeded with except after approval by the construction official of the applications, plans and detail drawings and the issuance of a written permit. In case adequate plans and statements are presented, the construction official may, at his discretion, issue an approval and permit for the construction of a part of the building before the approval of the application and plans of the complete structure.

B. After plans and specifications for any proposed work shall have been approved, one set of such plans shall be filed and kept by the construction official, and another set of such plans, with the approval of the construction official stamped or written thereon, shall at all times be kept on or about the building or other structure to be erected while it is in the course of construction. If not so kept, the construction official shall stop all work on any such building or structure and revoke the permit granted for the erection thereof.

§ 88-6 Application and plans to be public record.

[Amended by Ord. No. 8-83]

This application shall be signed by the owner or his agent. Such plans and application shall be kept on file by the construction official for reference and are hereby declared to be public records. They shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times for purposes which, in the judgment of the construction official, are legitimate. Such inspection shall not include the right to copy any plan or specification, which shall be prohibited.