[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Wolcott
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-5-1966 by Ord.
No. 3]
There shall be a building code for the Town of Wolcott comprised
of the State of Connecticut Basic Building Code with the following
amendments:
A.
Sections 107.0, 107.1, 107.2, 107.3, 107.4, 107.5, 107.6, 107.7,
and 107.8 shall read: The Building Code of the Town of Wolcott will
be enforced by the Building Inspector, so-called, who shall be chosen
by the Board of Selectmen for a term not greater than the appointive
authority.
B.
Section 118.0, Fees, will now read: Sec. 118.1. FEES. Fees pertaining
to all building permits and permits for alterations and demolition
will be set from time to time by the legislative authority of the
Town of Wolcott after giving due notice of intent to set fees or to
change existent fees.
C.
Section 128.21, pertaining to the Board of Appeals, will now read:
MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD. The Board of Appeals shall consist of six members,
electors of the Town of Wolcott, appointed by the legislative authority
of the Town of Wolcott with terms consistent with the Charter of the
Town of Wolcott.
D.
Section 128.22, shall read: QUALIFICATIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS. The
qualifications of members of the Board of Appeals shall be left entirely
to the discretion of the Wolcott legislative authority.
[Added 9-5-1975 by Ord.
No. 34]
A.
The Building
Inspector shall review all building permit applications for new construction
or substantial improvements to determine whether proposed building
sites will be reasonably safe from flooding. If a proposed building
site is in a location that has a flood hazard, any proposed new construction
or substantial improvement (including prefabricated and mobile homes)
must:
B.
The Building
Inspector shall require new or replacement water supply systems and/or
sanitary sewage systems to be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration
of floodwaters into the systems and discharges from the systems into
floodwaters, and require on-site waste disposal systems to be located
so as to avoid impairment of them or contamination from them during
flooding.
This article will become effective October 1, 1966, and will
supersede all existing regulations with which it may conflict and
more specifically page 43, sec. 12, subsection 1 through 6, of the
Wolcott Planning and Zoning Regulations, labeled "Administration and
Enforcement," which entire section is meant to be superseded and is
hereby superseded by the contents of this article.
[Adopted 4-6-1993 by Ord.
No. 72]
It is the purpose of this article to promote public safety and
convenience through the provision of a rational building unit numbering
system whereby addresses may be identified with ease and speed so
as to facilitate the quick response of emergency services such as,
but not limited to, fire fighting, police and emergency care, and
to replace and standardize the existing numbering system.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An apartment, condominium building or condominium unit, single-family
dwelling, multifamily dwelling, motel, commercial or industrial establishment,
government building and/or any other building or structure which may
be occupied at any time by a person or persons.
A.
The Wolcott Building Inspector (hereinafter referred to as "Building
Inspector"), at his discretion and without notice, shall assign to
each building unit a building identification number by which such
building unit shall be known and identified. The Building Inspector
shall be authorized to change such building unit identification numbers
when such change shall be necessary by reason of readjustment of any
kind, inaccuracy, mistake or for any other reason. It shall be the
duty of the Building Inspector, whenever a new street or highway is
laid out, to assign identification numbers to the land abutting such
street or highway.
B.
All new structures located on any street or highway within the Town
of Wolcott shall have affixed thereto numbers as assigned by said
Building Inspector prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
It shall be the duty of the owner of any building unit to identify
such unit by affixing numerals as herein provided. It shall be unlawful
for any person, whether as owner or occupant of the building unit,
to place, maintain or allow to remain thereon any number other than
the one required by this article.
The Building Inspector shall notify the owner of each building
unit to which a number is assigned, or the number of which is changed,
of the numbers so assigned or to which it was changed, by first class
mail postage prepaid. By not later than 60 days after the mailing
of such notice, the owner shall cause the assigned number to be displayed
according to the specifications contained herein.
All building unit identification numbers affixed after the effective
date of this article shall be in Arabic numeral form, block style,
and of a color which contrasts with that of the background to which
the numerals are affixed. All building unit identification numbers
shall be not less than three inches nor more than 12 inches in height.
They shall be clearly visible from both directions of the road on
which said building unit fronts or from which said building unit is
accessed.
A.
Where a building unit fronting on a street or private road is set
back less than 100 feet from the center line of said road or where
the main door of the building unit is visible from the street on which
it fronts, the unit number shall be mounted to the right, left or
above the main door of the building unit. All building unit identification
numbers affixed after the effective date of this article shall be
mounted not less than four feet nor more than eight feet above the
threshold.
B.
Where a building unit fronting on a street or private road is set
back more than 100 feet from the center line of said road or where
the main door of the building unit is not visible from the street
on which it fronts, the building unit identification number shall
be mounted on a mailbox, wooden sign, or other suitable device within
10 feet of the driveway entrance which provides the closest vehicular
access to the building unit to which the identification numbers have
been assigned.
C.
For structures containing two or more building units (such as, but
not limited to, apartment, condominium and commercial complexes) and/or
which have entrances from interior passageways, identification numbers
for each building unit shall be affixed to the entrance door of each
building unit. In addition, a sign which is visible from both directions
of the road on which said building fronts or from which said building
is accessed shall be placed in front of said multi-building-unit complex
and shall state the range of building unit numbers contained therein.
A.
Primary responsibility for the enforcement of the provisions of this
article shall be with the Wolcott Building Inspector.
B.
In those cases in which the Building Inspector is unable to obtain
compliance with the provisions of this article after exhausting all
reasonable and proper means of doing so, responsibility for enforcement
of the provisions of this article in such cases may be transferred
to the Wolcott Police Department upon the filing of a complaint by
the Building Inspector.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates any provision
of this article shall be issued a written warning and shall have 21
days in which to comply with this article. If, after 21 days, an inspection
reveals that the violation still exists, said person, firm or corporation
shall be subject to a fine of $20 for each violation and for each
day thereafter for failure to comply with this article.
