The certificates and permits herein are hereby established for the equitable enforcement and administration of the provision of this chapter.
The Zoning Officer is hereby empowered to issue a zoning permit for any plans regarding the construction or alteration of any building or part of any building, or the change in the use of any land or building or part thereof, where he shall determine that such plans are not in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Upon written direction of the Planning Board, the Zoning Officer is hereby empowered to issue a temporary use permit. A temporary use permit shall only be effective for a period not to exceed six months; such permit may be extended by the Zoning Board not more than once for a period not to exceed six months.
(Reserved)
A. 
Procedures for a zoning permit. All applications for zoning permits shall be made to the Zoning Officer in such detail as described in Article III, Development Application Review and Approval Procedures. Where the proposed use does not require site plan review by the Planning Board, the Zoning Officer shall carefully consider the application and supporting documents for compliance with this chapter and either issue or deny the zoning permit applied for. When the application is for a use for which site plan review is required, the Zoning Officer shall, prior to the issuance of any permit, refer one copy of such plans, drawings and statements to the Planning Board and one copy to the Municipal Engineer for their review and recommendations.
B. 
Procedures for temporary use permits and conditional use permits. All applications for temporary use permits and conditional use permits shall be made to the Zoning Officer. The Zoning Officer, after determining that an application is in the proper form, shall transmit one copy of the application and all supporting documents to the Secretary of the Planning Board for referral to the Board for action thereon in accord with § 198-9, Application procedure.
C. 
Procedures for a certificate of occupancy. Following the completion of the construction, reconstruction or alteration of any building, or for any change in the use of the structure the applicant shall transmit by registered mail to the Zoning Officer a letter stating that such construction has been completed or that a new use has been proposed. Within seven days of the receipt of this letter, the Zoning Officer shall make all necessary inspections of the completed structure and proposed use to determine the conformance with this chapter. A certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Construction Official only if the Zoning Officer finds that the construction and proposed use comply with all the requirements and provisions of this chapter or the approval granted to the applicant.
If any section or part of this chapter is deemed to be invalid or illegal in any court of competent jurisdiction, then said part is severable from this chapter as a whole and the remaining sections or parts of this chapter shall remain in full force and effect.
All ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent with this chapter are hereby repealed to the extent of said inconsistency.