A.
Enforcement officer.
(1)
This chapter shall be administered and enforced by
the Building Inspector and such other person or officer as the Town
Board shall designate. The enforcing officer or his staff may enter
any premises or building at a reasonable time to determine whether
or not same is in violation of this chapter. He shall order discontinuance
of uses of lands, buildings, or structures or construction of buildings,
structures or additions, alterations or other structural changes which
are in violation of this chapter or any other law. Nothing herein
contained shall limit or restrict any other procedure provided for
the enforcement of this chapter or other applicable law.
(2)
It shall be the duty of this officer to keep a record
of all approvals or rejections he may make pursuant to this chapter.
B.
Building permits.
(1)
No building, structure or part of a building shall
be erected, added to or altered until a building permit therefor has
been issued by the Building Inspector.
(2)
All applications for building permits shall be completed
in duplicate and shall contain the following information, as appropriate:
(a)
Property survey.
(b)
Plot plan showing proposed location of building
in its exact location on the building lot.
(c)
Building plans stamped with the legible engineer's
or architect's wet seal as required by state law and or this chapter.
(d)
Highway Department driveway culvert approval.
(e)
Health Department approval.
(f)
Site plan review.
(3)
Any permit hereafter issued for the construction of
a building shall be invalid if construction thereof is not commenced
within six months of the date of the permit or if said construction
is commenced but has been abandoned or discontinued for a period of
six months or more.
C.
Fees. Every application for review and consideration
of development, or uses, or any permit, or variance or appeal, as
specified in this chapter and the Building Code, shall be accompanied
by a fee payable to the Lockport Building Official in such amount
as shall be established, from time to time, by the Town Board. Any
application submitted that does not have the appropriate fee accompanying
it shall not be accepted or filed for further consideration. The fees
generally include filing, administration, advertising, examination,
hearing notices and the legal requirements of Town law in the processing
of development review and building applications. Withdrawal and resubmission,
or substantial modification, shall require a new fee.
[Amended 5-5-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
D.
Certificate of occupancy. No land shall be occupied
or used and no building hereafter erected, altered or extended shall
be used or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy shall have
been issued by the Building Inspector, stating that the buildings
or proposed use thereof complies with the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 4-22-2015 by L.L. No. 5-2015]
A.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty
of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment
for a period not to exceed 15 days, or both.
B.
Each week that a violation continues shall constitute a separate
additional violation.
C.
In addition, this chapter shall be enforceable through the institution
of any and all actions and proceedings necessary by the Town, including
seeking a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, permanent
injunction, and any other applicable enforcement proceeding, upon
any order of the courts of the State of New York.
