[Amended 7-13-2010 by Ord. No. 10-10]
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered
and enforced by the Building Inspector, the Zoning Officer and/or
the Code Enforcement Officer of the Borough of Oaklyn.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector
to:
A.
Ascertain whether the proposed building, alteration
or condition complies with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Issue such permits only for the construction, alteration,
additions or uses which are in accordance with the provisions and
requirements of this chapter.
C.
Keep a record of all applications for permits and
a record of all permits issued, with a notation of all special conditions
involved.
D.
File and safely keep copies of all plans submitted.
E.
Prepare a monthly report for the Mayor and members
of Borough Council summarizing for the period since his last previous
report all building permits and certificates issued by him and all
complaints of violation and the action by him consequently thereon.
F.
Inspect and examine any building or structure and
order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist in
violation of any provisions or requirements of this chapter.
[Amended 12-18-2007 by Ord. No. 21-07; 7-12-2016 by Ord. No. 8-16; 10-11-2016 by Ord. No. 18-16]
The Building Inspector shall have the right to enter any building
or premises during the daytime in the course of his or her duties.
The Zoning Officer and the Code Enforcement Officer shall have the
right to enter any exterior premises (building, outbuildings, and
dwellings excluded) during normal daytime hours in the course of his
or her duties.
[Amended 3-12-2013 by Ord. No. 2-13]
A permit shall be required prior to the erection, conversion
or structural alteration of any building, structure or portion thereof
and prior to the use or change in use of any building or land. Applications
for a permit shall be made in writing on the form supplied by the
Borough of Oaklyn, and the same shall be filled out by the owner,
his duly authorized agent or the person and/or contractor performing
or responsible for the performance of the work at the site. Said form
shall then be filed with the Construction Code Official, together
with a plot plan, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions, radius
and angles of the lot to be built upon, the exact size and the location
of the building or buildings in its or their exact relation to the
lot and street line. Where the average front yard depth of the existing
buildings does not comply with the district regulation, then the existing
buildings in the same block front within 200 feet on either side of
the side lot lines of the premises of the applicant shall be shown.
The application mentioned above shall be in such form as the governing
body shall prescribe and shall contain the name and address of the
owner of the land, the exact nature of the work to be done, the name
of the contractor or builder, the cost of the work and such other
pertinent information as said governing body shall by resolution,
from time to time, designate. The application shall then be approved
and endorsed by the Construction Code Official or his duly designated
representative prior to the issuance of a permit. A permit shall be
granted or refused within 30 days after the written application has
been filed with the Construction Code Official.
A.
No building or structure hereinafter erected, constructed
or structurally altered shall be permitted, by the person, firm or
corporation who erected, constructed or structurally altered the same,
to be used or changed in any use until a certificate of occupancy
shall have been issued by the Building Inspector stating that the
building or the proposed use thereof complies with the provisions
of this chapter and any other ordinances or statutes of the State
of New Jersey. Prior to the issuance of such certificate, the building
must also be inspected and approved by the Plumbing Inspector or the
Heating Inspector.
B.
A certificate of occupancy, if required, shall be
applied for coincident with the application for a building permit
and shall be issued within 10 days after the erection or structural
alteration of such building shall been completed in conformity with
the provisions of this chapter. In case the Building Inspector shall
decline to issue a certificate of occupancy, his reason for doing
so shall be stated on one copy of the application and that copy returned
to the applicant. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file
by the Building Inspector, and copies shall also be furnished to the
owner or builder, the Borough Assessor, Borough Tax Collector and
Borough Clerk.
[Added 2-8-2005 by Ord. No. 23-04]
Prior to the erection, construction or structural
alteration of any building, structure or portion thereof or change
in use of any building, lot or parcel of land, application forms in
duplicate shall be obtained from the Zoning Officer and filled out
by the owner or his authorized agent. Such forms shall be accompanied
by a plot plan, prepared by a land surveyor licensed by the State
of New Jersey, drawn to scale showing the actual dimensions, radius
and location of the building or buildings in its or their exact relation
to the lot and front property lines and such other information as
may be necessary to determine compliance with, or provide for the
enforcement of, this chapter. One application with an accompanying
plot plan shall be returned to the owner, approved or rejected by
the Zoning Officer. Applications for certain uses are subject to site
plan approval as provided for in this chapter.
[Added 2-8-2005 by Ord. No. 23-04]
A.
Upon application for a building permit to be issued
by the Oaklyn Construction Code Official, or upon any proposed change
in the use of unused land, or the proposed change in any existing
use, the owner or occupier of said property shall notify the Oaklyn
Zoning Officer of such application for a building permit, proposed
change in the use of unused land and/or the proposed change in any
existing use of his/her property, whereupon the Zoning Officer shall
perform an initial inspection of the premises to determine if the
proposed building permit, proposed change in the use of unused land,
or the proposed change in any existing use is in compliance with this
chapter, the statutes of New Jersey or any other decision of the Planning
Board.
B.
Upon the completion, erection, location or alteration
of any building or portion thereof for which a building permit shall
have been issued by the Construction Code Official, but prior to the
use or occupancy of such building or alteration of land, the holder
of the building permit or the proposed occupant shall notify the Oaklyn
Zoning Officer of such completion or proposed change in use, whereupon
the Zoning Officer shall perform a final inspection of the premises
and, upon ascertaining that the erection, location or alteration referred
to in the building permit has been done in conformity with said permit
and in compliance with this chapter, the statutes of New Jersey or
any other decision of the Planning Board, shall issue a certificate
in writing, to be designated a "zoning permit," that said work has
been inspected by him and the use approved is in conformity with all
zoning requirements of the Borough of Oaklyn.
C.
No person shall use or occupy any building hereafter
erected or located on any lot, or use or occupy any alteration of
any building hereinafter made, or use or occupy any land, unless and
until a zoning permit shall have been duly issued as required by the
chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a single-family
dwelling occupied immediately prior to commencement of any alteration,
the occupant shall not be required by this subsection to vacate the
premises pending the issuance of a zoning permit.
D.
The zoning permit required by this section is in addition
to and not in lieu of any and all other permits or certificates that
are or may be required by law or by any governmental agency or by
virtue of this chapter or any other ordinance of the Borough of Oaklyn
or otherwise. For each application for a zoning permit hereunder,
there shall be a fee of $45, payable to the Borough of Oaklyn, to
defray the costs of investigating said applications and issuing said
zoning permit.
[Amended 5-10-2005 by Ord. No. 10-05]
[Amended 11-11-1980 by Ord. No. 14-80]
The Building Inspector shall require the payment
of the sum of $25 for each single-family home, $25 for each apartment
unit and $25 for each commercial or industrial building and the sum
of $1 for each copy thereof on the application for the certificate
of occupancy. All such fees shall be paid into the Borough treasury.
A.
It is recognized that it may be in accordance with
the purpose of this chapter to permit temporary activity for a limited
period of time, which activities may be prohibited by other provisions
of this chapter. Such uses are of such a nature and are so located
that at the time of petition they will:
B.
The Mayor and the Borough Council may, by resolution
after receiving written application from a property owner or lessee,
issue a permit for a period of time not to exceed 45 days for a specified
property. Such a permit may be extended for a period of time not to
exceed 90 days for such specified property. One application per calendar
year per specified property may be made under this section for such
a permit and its extension, if applicable.
[Amended 12-29-2003 by Ord. No. 14-03; 7-14-2020 by Ord. No. 6-20]
