[Adopted 12-14-1976 by Ord. No. 76-19 (Ch. 31, Art. V, of the 1977 Code)]
The office of Zoning Officer of Hillsborough
Township is hereby created.
A.
Appointments to the office of Zoning Officer shall
be made by the Township Committee.
B.
The Zoning Officer shall serve at the pleasure of
the Township Committee or such other specified term as may be set
by the Township Committee at the time of appointment.
C.
The Township Committee may from time to time appoint
deputies to the Zoning Officer to serve for a period of time specified
at time of appointment.
The Zoning Officer shall perform all duties
required by the law of Hillsborough Township and State of New Jersey
and, in addition thereto:
A.
It shall be his duty to investigate any violation
of the law coming to his attention whether by complaint or from his
own personal knowledge or observation. Where any building or structure
is erected, constructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained,
or any building, structure or land is used, in violation of any provision
of the laws of Hillsborough Township and State of New Jersey, the
Zoning Officer shall either serve appropriate abatement notice upon
the owner or person violating the laws, either personally or by registered
mail, to remove said violation or, as the circumstances may warrant:
(1)
File a complaint in the Municipal Court of Hillsborough
Township against the owner, his agent or any person or corporation
perpetrating said violation, serving the aforesaid offender with proper
notice, and prosecute this complaint in Municipal Court.
(2)
Upon the express authority of the Township Committee
and with the advice and assistance of the Township Attorney, file
in the Superior Court a complaint to terminate said violation.
B.
The laws of the Township of Hillsborough and State
of New Jersey shall be enforced by the Zoning Officer who shall in
no case, except under written order of the Board of Adjustment or
Township Committee, issue any permit for the erection or structural
alteration of any building nor grant any occupancy permit for any
building where the proposed erection, structural alteration or use
thereof would be in violation of any provisions of the laws of the
Township of Hillsborough.
C.
The Zoning Officer shall investigate any alleged violation
of the prescribed performance standards in each zone and, if there
are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation exists, may either
file a complaint in Municipal Court or serve an abatement notice.
D.
It shall be the further duty of the Zoning Officer
to create and maintain a list of all nonconforming uses because of
use in the Township. Any owner of a nonconforming use shall file with
the Zoning Officer a certificate of nonconformity as requested by
the Zoning Officer, which certificate shall spell out in detail the
extent and nature of the nonconforming use.
