No structure or sign in any district shall be erected, restored,
reconstructed or structurally altered without a building permit duly
issued upon application to the Code Enforcement Officer. No building
permit shall be issued unless the proposed construction or use is
in full conformity with all the provisions of this chapter. Any building
permit issued in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall
be null and void and of no effect without the necessity for any proceedings
or revocations or nullification thereof, and any work undertaken,
or use established pursuant to any such permit shall be unlawful.
A. Every application for a building permit shall contain the following
information and be accompanied by the required fee and by plot plan,
drawn to scale, showing the following and signed by the person responsible
for said drawing. If no acceptable plot plan is provided, a survey
shall be required, prepared by a licensed engineer or land surveyor.
(1) The actual shape, dimensions, radii, angles and area of the lot on
which the building is proposed to be erected or of the lot on which
it is situated if an existing building.
(2) Section, block and lot numbers as they appear on the official assessment
records, if any.
(3) The exact size and location on the lot of the proposed building or
buildings or alteration of an existing building and of the existing
buildings on the same lot.
(4) The dimensions of all yards in relation to the subject building and
the distances between such building and any other existing buildings
on the same lot.
(5) The existing and intended use of all buildings, existing or proposed;
the use of land and the number of dwelling units the building is designed
to accommodate.
(6) Such other information with regard to the building, the lot, or neighboring
lots as may be necessary to determine that the proposed construction
will conform to the provisions of this chapter.
B. No building permit shall be issued for the construction or alteration
of any building upon a lot without direct access to a street or highway
as stipulated in § 7-736 of the Village Law.
C. No building permit shall be issued for any building where the site
plan of such building is subject to approval by the Planning Board
except in conformity with the plans approved by the said Board.
D. No building permit shall be issued for a building to be used for
any special permit use in any district where such use is allowed only
by approval of the Planning Board unless and until such approval has
been duly granted by the Planning Board.
E. No building permit shall be issued for any building that is subject
to a variance granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals except in accordance
with all conditions which may have been prescribed by the Zoning Board
of Appeals.
F. The building permit application and all supporting documentation
shall be made induplicate. Upon the issuance of a building permit,
the Code Enforcement Officer shall return one copy of all filed documents
to the applicant.
G. The Code Enforcement Officer shall, within 30 days after the filing
of a complete and properly prepared application, either issue or deny
a building permit. If a building permit is denied, the Code Enforcement
Officer shall state in writing to the applicant the reason for such
denial.
H. Every building permit shall expire if the work authorized has not
commenced within 12 months after the date of issuance or has not been
completed within 18 months from such date for construction costing
less than $50,000 or has not been completed within 30 months from
such date for construction costing in excess of such amount. If no
zoning amendments or other Village regulations affecting subject property
have been enacted in the interim, the Code Enforcement Officer may
authorize in writing the extension of either above period for an additional
six months, following which no further work is to be undertaken without
a new building permit.
I. Zoning amendment. If this zoning chapter is amended after issuance
of a building permit in such a way as to make a proposed use nonconforming
as to use or bulk and no substantial work has been undertaken on the
structure or foundations, the building permit shall be invalid. However,
if all footings have been installed before the effective date of such
zoning amendment, and if construction is continuing at the time, the
proposed use may be completed as authorized in the building permit,
subject to expiration of such permit.
J. The schedule of fees as adopted by resolution of the Village Board
shall set the building permit fees be payable to the Village which
shall apply to every building permit application.
(1) Additional fees may be assessed for unusually time-consuming or complicated
plans based upon the hourly rate of the Village Code Enforcement Officer,
Village Engineer or other professionals.
K. No building permits shall be issued for any property that is in violation
of the Village Code, except for work that would eliminate said violation.
If a permit is issued for such purpose, such work must commence immediately
and be completed within 30 days after issuance thereof. If, in the
opinion of the Code Enforcement Officer, the enormity of the project
makes it impossible to complete said work within such time, the applicant
may apply for additional thirty-day permits, which extra time, in
the opinion of the Code Enforcement Officer, would be sufficient to
complete said project.