No building permit shall be issued for a building
to be used for any use in any district where such use is allowed by
special permit of the Board of Adjustment unless and until such special
permit has been duly issued by said Board.
On the issuance of a building permit, the Construction
Official shall return one copy of all documents filed to the applicant.
If a building permit is denied, the Construction
Official shall promptly cause to be sent to the applicant, addressed
to the address of the applicant set forth in the application for the
said permit, a notice of his action, which shall specify, in writing,
the ground or grounds upon which the same is based. The applicant
may, within five days thereafter, notify the Construction Official
in writing that he appeals from such determination of the Construction
Official to the Board of Adjustment, hereinafter provided for, and
it shall thereupon be the duty of the Construction Official to deliver
the plans, specifications, application for permit, certificate of
use or intended use of such buildings or proposed building and a copy
of his notification to the owner or to his agent that such building
or use is a nonconforming building or use, or both, together with
any other papers or information in his possession to the Board of
Adjustment, and the Board of Adjustment shall, within 30 days thereafter
and upon five days' notice in writing to the said owner or his agent,
review the determination of the Construction Official and either affirm
or reverse the determination of the Construction Official.
Building permits shall be issued separately
for each proposed application. Such building permits shall be issued
only if water and sanitary sewers adequate to serve the proposed building,
as specified in all relevant town codes and ordinances, are available.
If it shall appear, at any time, to the Construction
Official that the application or accompanying plan is in any respect
false or misleading, or that work is being done upon the premises
differing materially from that called for in the application filed
with him under existing laws or ordinances, he may forthwith revoke
the building permit, whereupon it shall be the duty of the person
holding the same to surrender it and all copies thereof to the said
Construction Official. After the building permit has been revoked,
the Construction Official may, in his discretion, before issuing a
new building permit, require the applicant to file an indemnity bond
in favor of the Town of West New York with sufficient surety conditioned
for compliance with this chapter and all laws and ordinances then
in force and in a sum to cover the cost of removing the structure
if it does not so comply.
The Construction Official shall maintain files
of all applications submitted to him and of all certificates of occupancy
issued by him and shall maintain records of all actions taken by him
pursuant to all such applications. He shall keep a record of every
identifiable complaint of a violation of any of the provisions of
this chapter and of the action taken consequent on such complaint.
He shall report to the Board of Commissioners annually, summarizing
for the period since his last previous report all applications approved
by him, all certificates of occupancy issued and all complaints of
violation made to him and the action taken thereon.
Upon the written request of an applicant who
has submitted an application for development, the Town of West New
York shall, within seven days, make and certify a list of names and
addresses of owners to whom the applicant is required to give notice.
A fee of $10 is to be paid for this service.