[Amended 6-26-1989 by Ord. No. 414; 9-25-1989 by Ord.
No. 418]
No building or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to or structurally altered and no lot shall be cleared, graded or otherwise prepared for an open land use without first obtaining a zoning permit therefor from the Zoning Officer. Additionally, in the Historic District, no building or structure shall be demolished and no exterior alteration shall be made to the front or side of a structure or building without first obtaining a zoning permit therefor from the Zoning Officer, unless it is a minor alteration or emergency repair exempted from review by the Historic Preservation Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article
X of this chapter. No zoning permit shall be issued except in conformance with provisions of this Part
3, where authorized, upon written order of the Board of Adjustment, Planning Board or governing body. The zoning permit shall
be in addition to a conditional use permit, a construction permit,
a certificate of occupancy or any other required permit.
A. Application. All requests for zoning permits shall be made in writing
to the Zoning Officer on forms supplied by the Zoning Officer and
shall be signed by the owner or his authorized agent. The application
shall include a description of the use or intended use or uses of
the building and/or land and shall be accompanied by two copies of
a site plan, drawn to scale, showing any existing or proposed buildings
or open land uses and their exact relation to all lot and street lines.
The application shall include such other information as reasonably
may be required by the Zoning Officer to determine conformance with
and to provide enforcement of this Part 3. The applicant shall further
sign a declaration indicating that to the best of the applicant's
knowledge the provisions of Part 3, Zoning, have been met.
B. A zoning permit shall be granted or refused by the Zoning Officer
within 10 days after a complete application and fee are submitted
except when either conditional use review or site plan review is required.
If further review is required, additional copies of a site plan shall
be submitted to meet the application requirements for these reviews.
C. Duration of permits. If, after a zoning permit or conditional use
permit has been authorized by the Zoning Officer or Planning Board,
the applicant has not obtained the permit within a period of six months
from the date of such authorization or as provided by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq., then such authorization shall be null and void, and no permit
shall be issued thereunder unless the applicant shall have, prior
to the expiration of the aforesaid six-month period, made written
application for an extension. Such extension shall be granted by the
appropriate approval authority, for a period not to exceed six months,
upon good cause having been shown by the applicant.
D. As authorized in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65h, no zoning permit may issue
without proof that all property taxes, sewer charges and water charges
for the applicable property have been paid and are current to the
date of issuance for said certificate. The applicant shall be obligated
to provide such proof as the Zoning Officer shall reasonably determine
is necessary to establish proof of the required tax, water and sewer
payments.
It shall be unlawful to use or occupy or to permit the use or
occupancy of any building or premises, or both, or part thereof, hereinafter
created, erected, changed, converted or wholly or partly altered or
enlarged in its use or structure or to continue the use of a building,
structure or premises as a legal nonconforming use until a certificate
of occupancy shall have been issued therefor by the Zoning Officer,
stating that the proposed use of the building or land conforms to
the requirements of this chapter and other borough ordinances.
A. Procedures.
(1) Following the completion of construction, reconstruction or alteration
of any building or structure or prior to any change in the use of
any building, structure or land the applicant shall transmit, by registered
mail, to the Zoning Officer a letter stating that such construction
has been completed or that a new or changed use is being proposed.
All applications for certificates of occupancy shall be accompanied
by the required fee.
(2) Within seven days of the receipt of this letter, the Zoning Officer
shall make all necessary inspections of the completed structure and/or
proposed use to determine conformance with the terms of this Part
3 and issue either a certificate of occupancy or a letter of denial,
stating the reasons therefor.
(3) The Zoning Officer shall, upon proper application accompanied by
necessary proof or documentation, issue certificates of occupancy
for uses existing at the effective date of this Part 3 in order to
officially validate:
(b)
Legal nonconforming uses.
(c)
The legal status of uses previously approved by Board of Adjustment
action.
B. A certificate of occupancy shall be issued only if the Zoning Officer
finds that the requirements of this Part 3 or applicable supplementary
actions or requirements of the Board of Adjustment, Planning Board or governing body have been complied with.
Any certificate of occupancy shall be continued in force only so long
as the use or building for which it was issued continues to conform
to the requirements of this Part 3. A record of all certificates shall
be kept on file in the office of the Zoning Officer, and copies of
all certificates issued shall be forwarded to the Borough Tax Assessor.