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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 14, Construction Codes, Uniform.
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.