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Town of Monroe, CT
Fairfield County
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[Adopted 7-16-1981 (Ch. 44, Art. III of the 1976 Code)]
The purpose of this article is to assure that the construction of permanent structures within the Town of Monroe shall meet the minimum standards of all applicable local, state and federal laws, ordinances and regulations. A permanent structure shall be any structure for which a building permit is required which has a foundation or footings below ground level.
For all construction specified in § 232-16, a survey, certified to be substantially correct by a registered land surveyor licensed to practice in the State of Connecticut, meeting the minimum standards of a Class A-2 Standard of Accuracy (Code of Recommended Practice, Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors) shall be filed in the Planning and Zoning and Building Department offices of the Town. Such survey shall be referred to as a "construction survey" and shall contain the following information:
A. 
Location of footing or foundations in place (as built) with dimensions to each boundary line to the nearest hundredth of a foot.
B. 
Wetland limit lines (where applicable).
C. 
Floodplain boundary lines (where applicable).
D. 
Easements and rights-of-way.
E. 
Existing street storm drains, streams and watercourses.
F. 
Existing buildings, wells and septic systems.
A construction survey shall be required in such cases as follows:
A. 
New dwellings, buildings and structures, except aboveground residential storage sheds.
B. 
Additions to existing structures where the addition exceeds 33% of the square footage of the existing ground floor area.
A construction survey may be waived by agreement of the Zoning Enforcement Officer and the Building Official in the case of an addition to an existing structure where, considering existing natural features, stone walls and defined boundaries, the Zoning Enforcement Officer and Building Official determine that the proposed construction will not be in conflict with applicable laws, ordinances and regulations and where the addition is at least 50% further away from all boundaries than required by the applicable zoning side line and setback requirements.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
A construction survey under this article must be filed prior to the insertion of footings or laying of foundations.
When any person shall fail to file a construction survey required by this article, the Zoning Enforcement Officer or the Building Official shall post upon the construction site a stop-work order requiring the immediate cessation and termination of all construction activities on the site, and, in addition, a written notice of the posting of said stop-work order shall be mailed to the building permittee setting forth the action taken and stating the reason for the stop-work order. Said order shall remain in full force and effect until a proper construction survey is filed in accordance with this article.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Any person in violation of this article, after the posting and mailing of a stop-work order as aforesaid, shall be subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed $250 for each day the violation continues. Nothing herein shall prevent the Town from seeking any and all applicable civil remedies.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).