[Amended 3-5-1986 by Ord. No. 709]
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced
by the Building Inspector of the Borough of Lindenwold.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to ascertain
whether the proposed building, alteration or condition complies with
the provisions of this chapter; to issue permits only for such construction,
alteration, additions or uses as are in accordance with the provisions
and requirements of this chapter; to keep a record of all applications
for permits and a record of all permits issued, with a notation of
all special conditions involved; to file and safely keep copies of
all plans submitted; to 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 violations and the action taken by him consequently
thereof; and to inspect and examine any building or structure and
to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist
in violation of any provisions or requirements of this chapter.
The Building Inspector shall have the right to enter any building
or premises during the daytime in the course of his duties.
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 forms supplied by the
Borough of Lindenwold, and the same shall be filled out by the owner
or his duly authorized agent. Said form shall then be filed with the
Building Inspector, 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 above mentioned
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. Said application
shall then be approved and endorsed by the Building Inspector prior
to the issuance of a permit. A permit shall be granted or refused
within 10 days after the written application has been filed with the
Building Inspector.
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.
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 have 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.
The Building Inspector shall require the payment of the sum prescribed in Chapter
150, Fees, Article
I, Fee Schedule, §
150-17, upon an application for a certificate of occupancy. All such fees shall be paid into the Borough treasury.