[Added 5-27-1980 by Section 1 of
Ord. No. 1980-11]
The office of Zoning Officer of the Borough
of Stanhope is hereby created. The Officer shall be appointed by the
Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council and shall hold office
until January 1 next following the appointment. Any vacancy in the
office shall be filled only for the unexpired portion of the term.
A.
Zoning permits shall hereafter be secured from the
Zoning Officer prior to construction, erection or alteration of any
structure or part of a structure or land. All requests for zoning
permits shall be made in writing by the owner or his authorized agent
and shall include a statement of the use or intended use and shall
be accompanied by a plan of the plot showing thereon the exact size,
shape and location of all proposed structures and such other information
as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of this chapter.
The zoning permits shall be granted or denied within 10 business days
from the date that a written application is filed with the Zoning
Officer. In the event that the zoning permit application raises technical
questions of an engineering nature, the Zoning Officer shall have
the option of requiring the payment of an escrow by the applicant
of an amount not to exceed $500 for purposes of having the Borough
Engineer review and comment on the zoning application prior to the
Zoning Officer acting thereon. If an escrow is required, the Zoning
Officer’s time to act on the zoning permit application shall
commence upon the payment of the applicable escrow by the applicant.
[Amended 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-5]
B.
Site plan review required; exception. Site plan review
and approval shall be required as a condition for the issuance of
a zoning permit for any development, except that individual lot applications
for detached one- or two-dwelling-unit buildings shall be exempt from
site plan approval.
C.
A building permit issued in accordance with the Building
Code of the Borough pursuant to the provisions thereof shall be issued
only after or coincident with the issuance of a zoning permit certifying
that the application is in compliance with all provisions of the Zoning
Chapter or approved variance therefrom.
D.
A building permit shall be secured from the Construction
Official prior to the construction, erection or alteration of any
building or structure or part thereof and prior to the putting into
use of any land or part thereof.
A.
The Zoning Officer shall be the chief enforcing agent of the provisions of this chapter pursuant to § 100-15 hereof.
B.
Records. It shall be the duty of the Zoning Officer
to keep a record of all applications for zoning permits issued, together
with a notation of all special conditions involved. He shall file
and safely keep copies of all plans submitted, and the same shall
form a part of the records of his office and shall be available for
the use of the Borough Council and of other officials of the Borough.
C.
The Zoning Officer shall prepare a monthly report
for the Borough Council summarizing for the period since his last
previous report all zoning permits issued by him and all complaints
of violations and the action taken by him consequent thereon. A copy
of each such report shall be filed with the Borough Tax Assessor at
the same time it is filed with the Borough Council.
