[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Barnstable (Art. IV
of Ch. III of the General Ordinances as updated through 7-7-2003).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-5-1977, approved 1-12-1978; 11-1-1980, approved 2-27-1981]
The Town Manager shall appoint a Building Commissioner, who shall hold
office for a term of three years or until his successor is chosen and qualified,
said three-year term commencing on July 1 in the year of such appointment.
Any vacancy in the office shall be filled by the Town Manager on a temporary
basis until the next July 1.
The Building Commissioner shall make such inspections, issue such permits
and enforce such regulations and ordinances as may be required by the Town
or under the State Building Code, and he may for such purposes, at all reasonable
times, enter upon such premises to carry out such lawful procedures.
No building may be moved unless a permit has been obtained from the
Building Commissioner. No building may be moved into the Town unless its construction
is made to conform to the State Building Code.
All building permits are subject to the approval of the Board of Health
prior to issuance.
A.
Building restrictions as set forth in this section shall
be designated as the "building restricted area" and shall apply to all that
portion of the Town bounded as follows:
(1)
All lands or that portion of land lying to
the south of and within 150 feet of Main Street in the Village of Hyannis
from the Yarmouth Town line to Potter Street; and lying to the north of and
within 150 feet of Main Street in the Village of Hyannis from Yarmouth Road
to Barnstable Road.
(2)
All lands or that portion of land shown on
a map entitled "Map of Extension of Building Code (Fire) in Business District,
(Precinct 3) Hyannis, January 20, 1976" which map is designated as Map "B."
(3)
All lands or that portion of land shown on
a map entitled "Map of Extension of Building Code (Fire) in Business and Urban
Business Districts (Precinct 3) Hyannis, January 20, 1967."
B.
No wood frame or wooden structures, or additions or alterations
to the same, may be built within the building restricted area, except as hereinafter
provided:
(1)
Any dwelling as defined in the State Building
Code built within the building restricted area, must have a fire-resistive
roof;
(2)
An addition or alteration may be made to an
existing wooden building if it does not increase its present ground area by
more than 1/3, or by more than 600 square feet, whichever is less. No more
than one such addition or alteration shall be permitted in any period of 60
consecutive months.
[Amended 1-4-1996 by Order No. 96-083]
There shall be established and collected by the Building Commissioner upon the issuance of each permit a fee to be paid into the Town treasury determined in accordance with the revenue fee policy established by the Town Council. The schedule for these fees can be found in Chapter 1, Article I, of the Code of the Town of Barnstable.
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed $200 for each offense.