A. 
Requirements for zoning permits. A zoning permit shall be required prior to the erection or structural alteration of any building, structure or portion thereof and prior to the use or change in use of a building or land, and prior to the change or extension of a nonconforming use.
B. 
Application for permits. Application for permits, including temporary permits, shall be made in writing to the Zoning Officer on such forms as may be furnished by the City. No permit shall be considered complete or permanently effective until the Zoning Officer has certified that the work meets all the requirements of applicable codes and ordinances.
C. 
Plot plans for building permits. All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by five copies of a true and accurate plot plan, and all applications for a zoning permit shall be accompanied by one such plot plan. All such plot plans shall be drawn to scale, showing the location and size of each building to be erected upon each lot, the actual dimension of each lot to be built upon and such other information as may be necessary to enable the Construction Official and Zoning Officer to determine whether the proposed structure and use of land will conform to the Uniform Construction Code[1] and the provisions of this chapter. The Zoning Officer shall keep a record of all applications for zoning permits and a record of all permits issued with a notation of all special conditions involved. He shall also file and safely keep copies of all plans submitted and the same shall become a part of the records of his office for the use of the governing body and other officials of the City.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 210, Construction Codes, Uniform.
D. 
Issuance of permits. Zoning and building permits shall be granted or refused within 30 days after the written application has been filed with the Zoning Officer. Upon completion of the erection or alteration of any building or portion thereof authorized by any permit, and prior to occupancy or use, the holder of such permit shall notify the Zoning Officer of such completion. No permit shall be considered complete or permanently effective until the Zoning Officer has certified that the work has been inspected and approved as being in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and other applicable ordinances.
E. 
Expiration of permits. No permit for the erection, razing, change, alteration or removal of buildings shall be valid or effective after one year from the date of issuance thereof and shall thereafter be void, unless the work authorized by such permit shall have been substantially commenced within one year from the date of issuance and proceeded with due diligence. One six-month renewal of a valid permit that is about to expire shall be permitted without additional cost to the applicant. If, however, the applicant has been delayed in proceeding with the work for which the permit was granted by reason of any reasonable cause not due to his own negligence, the permit may be renewed without additional cost to the applicant.
A. 
Applications. Excavation for a foundation or erection, construction or structural alteration of any building or structural alteration of any building or structure, or part thereof, or temporary buildings or structures, for construction purposes, shall not be undertaken until a building permit therefor shall have been issued by the Construction Official and a zoning permit therefor issued by the Zoning Officer.
B. 
Certificate of occupancy required. No vacant land shall be occupied or used, and no building or structure hereafter erected, structurally altered or changed in use, except for agricultural uses, shall be used or changed in use, until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued, which certificate of occupancy must have upon it the signatures of the Construction Official and Zoning Officer.
C. 
New and existing buildings. A certificate of occupancy either for the whole or part of a new building or for the alteration of an existing building shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within 10 days after the erection or alteration of such building or part shall have been completed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
D. 
Vacant land; change of use. A certificate of occupancy for the use or occupancy of vacant land or for a change in the use of land or for a change in the use of an existing building shall be applied for and be issued within 10 days after the application has been made and before any such land or building shall be occupied or used, provided that such are in conformity with the provision of this chapter.
No zoning permit required by this chapter shall be issued by the Zoning Officer until he shall have made such examination of the application and plot plan and such inspection of the property as are necessary to enable him to determine whether the proposed structure or use of land will conform to the provisions of this chapter. No certificate of occupancy required by this article shall be issued until the Construction Official and Zoning Officer have made such inspection as is necessary to determine whether the erection or alteration of the building or structure has been completed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter or that the proposed use of occupancy of land will conform to the provisions of this chapter. It shall be the duty of the Construction Official and Zoning Officer, upon request of the owner, to make an inspection at any stage of the erection or alteration of a building or structure for the purpose of determining whether such erection or alteration is being made in conformity with the Uniform Construction Code[1] and the provisions of this chapter, but the failure of the Construction Official or the Zoning Officer to make any such inspection shall not in any manner entitle such owner to a certificate of occupancy if such erection or alteration when completed does not conform to the Uniform Construction Code or the provisions of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 210, Construction Codes, Uniform.
A. 
Fee for copies of certificates of occupancy. Fees for copies of certificates of occupancy shall be determined by the schedule set forth in Chapter 260, Fee Schedule, of the Code of the City of Beverly, and shall be remitted to the City Treasurer by the issuing officer in accordance with the manner of reporting and payment as is generally provided.
B. 
Filing fees and escrow funds. At the time of submitting an application for site plan approval, subdivision approval, bulk variance, use variance or conditional use permit, the applicant shall comply with the following provisions:
(1) 
The applicant shall execute a form of agreement with the City of Beverly agreeing to pay all application fees, professional charges and any other cost of fee related to the processing and review of his or her application, including, but not limited to, the cost of site inspections and appeals by the applicant, if necessary.
(2) 
Payment of fees and escrow.
(a) 
The applicant shall pay application fees and the applicant shall deposit in cash a certain sum with the Secretary of the Joint Land Use Board to be placed in escrow by the City to cover the cost of professionals employed by the Joint Land Use Board to make reviews and inspections of the applications and plans submitted as well as site inspection, if necessary, in accordance with the schedule set forth in Chapter 260, Fee Schedule.
[Amended 7-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
(b) 
In the event that an application is denied, certified incomplete or withdrawn by the applicant and the application is subsequently resubmitted or a second application is submitted by the same applicant for the same use and on the same site as the original application within 60 days of the denial, incomplete certification or withdrawal, then a new escrow amount must be submitted with such application in accordance with the above schedules, with the exception of the application fee escrow. Should an application be refiled after the application has been denied without prejudice, no new application fee need be submitted. Upon receipt of a formal, written request, the Joint Land Use Board reviewing the application may recommend to the governing body that the unencumbered balance of the original escrow be refunded to the applicant or credited toward the escrow amount required for any subsequent application or resubmitted application.
[Amended 7-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
(c) 
Sums not utilized in the review and inspection process or other costs of administration shall be returned to the applicant. If additional sums should be deemed necessary, the applicant shall be notified of the required additional amount and shall add such sum to the escrow within 14 days of the date of said notice.
C. 
Within 30 days of the Joint Land Use Board's adoption of a resolution memorializing its approval or denial of an application for development or the conclusion of an appeal, the City professionals shall submit final vouchers for services performed in connection with the application or appeal to the Chief Financial Officer of the City. Within seven business days of receipt of final vouchers from the City, the applicant may file with the City Administrator a written protest with the respect to any such voucher; in the absence of a timely protest, the City shall proceed to pay said vouchers in accordance with the procedure set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87. If the applicant shall file a timely protest, the governing body or its designee shall conduct a hearing at which time the applicant's protest may be heard; at the conclusion of said hearing, the governing body or its designee may order that the voucher be paid in the full amount, a lesser amount or not at all.
[Amended 7-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
D. 
Within 45 days of the Joint Land Use Board Engineer's completion of inspection of improvements installed at the behest of the applicant, the Board Engineer shall submit a voucher for services which shall be processed in accordance with the preceding Subsection C.
[Amended 7-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
E. 
Fees of professionals employed by the Joint Land Use Board shall be those determined annually by the Board.
[Amended 7-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]