This chapter is enacted pursuant to the Municipal
Home Law §§ 10 and 20; Town Law § 64; Executive
Law §§ 379 and 381, and any regulations promulgated
thereunder.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish
the Town of Stillwater Department of Building, Planning and Development,
and to provide for the administration and enforcement of the New York
State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the State Energy
Conservation Construction Code within the Town of Stillwater by said
Department.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Shall be supervised by the Director and serve as the Code Enforcement Officer of the Building Code and Uniform Code and be appointed pursuant to §
81-5E(3) of this chapter.
BUILDING PERMIT
A permit issued pursuant to §
81-6 of this chapter. The term "building permit" shall also include a building permit which is renewed, amended or extended pursuant to any provision of this chapter.
CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL
Includes the designated Code Enforcement Officer of the Town
of Stillwater and all designated Assistant Code Enforcement Officers
within the Department of Building, Planning and Development.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Building, Planning and Development of the
Town of Stillwater, as authorized by this chapter.
DIRECTOR
The head official of the Department of Building, Planning
and Development responsible for the administration of the Department,
the Uniform Codes and this chapter as described herein.
FIRE CODE
Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Official Compilation
of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (NYCRR),
Title 19, Part 1225.
OPERATING PERMIT
A permit issued pursuant to §
81-12 of this chapter. The term "operating permit" shall also include an operating permit which is renewed, amended or extended pursuant to any provision of this chapter.
PERMIT HOLDER
The person to whom a building permit has been issued.
PERSON
Includes an individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, limited partnership, business trust, estate, trust, association,
or any other legal or commercial entity of any kind or description.
STILLWATER LAWS
The local laws and ordinances of the Town of Stillwater, including but not limited to Chapter
210, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Stillwater.
TOWN
The Town of Stillwater, in the County of Saratoga, in the
State of New York.
TOWN BOARD
The duly constituted Town Board of the Town of Stillwater.
UNIFORM CODES
The New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code,
the New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code and all parts
thereunder, as currently in effect and as hereafter amended from time
to time.
ZONING LAW
The Town of Stillwater Zoning Law as adopted and hereafter
amended from time to time.
The Chief of any Fire Department providing fire-fighting
services for a property within the Town of Stillwater and serving
this jurisdiction shall promptly notify the Director, Fire Marshal
or Code Enforcement Personnel of any fire or explosion involving and
structural damage, fuel-burning appliance, chimney or gas vent.
Unsafe structures and equipment in this Town of Stillwater shall be identified and addressed in accordance with the procedures established in Chapter
69, Buildings, Unsafe, of the Code of the Town of Stillwater, as now in effect or as hereafter amended from time to time.
A fee schedule shall be established by resolution
of the Town Board of this Town of Stillwater. Such fee schedule may
thereafter be amended from time to time by like resolution. The fees
set forth in, or determined in accordance with, such fee schedule
or amended fee schedule shall be charged and collected for the submission
of applications, the issuance of building permits, amended building
permits, renewed building permits, certificates of occupancy, certificates
of compliance, temporary certificates, operating permits, firesafety
and property maintenance inspections, and other actions of the Code
Enforcement Officer described in or contemplated by this chapter.
The Town Board of this Town of Stillwater may,
by resolution, authorize the Supervisor of the Town to enter into
an agreement, in the name of the Town, with other governments to carry
out the terms of this chapter, provided that such agreement does not
violate any provision of the Uniform Code, the Energy Code, Part 1203
of Title 19 of the NYCRR, or any other applicable law.