Every application, petition or request, whether formal or informal,
submitted for a variance, amendment, change of zoning, any license, certificate
or permit, special use or exception, approval of plot plans or subdivision
maps, with respect to the use, improvement change or alteration of any land,
building or structure erected or to be erected thereon and every application
for a building permit or certificate of occupancy (other than such permit
or certificate for a single-family residence) shall, in addition to the general
requisites for such application, petition or request and at the time of filing
such application, petition or request, be accompanied by a sworn statement
which shall contain the following information, where required:
A. If the affiant is an individual, he or she shall set
forth his or her name, residence address and his or her residence telephone
number.
B. If the affiant is a partnership, joint venture or other
business entity, except a corporation, it shall set forth:
(1) The name, address and telephone of the business entity
or partnership.
(2) The date such business entity or partnership was established
or created.
(3) The place where such business entity or partnership was
created or established and the official Registrar's or Clerk's office where
the documents and papers creating or establishing such business entity or
partnership were filed.
(4) The names, residence addresses and residence telephone
numbers of all parties in interest in such business entity or partnership,
showing the nature and extent of the interest.
C. If the affiant is a corporation, it shall set forth the
following:
(1) The name, principal business address and telephone number
of the corporation.
(2) The place, date and method of incorporation and the official
place where the documents and papers of incorporation have been filed and
the name and address of each incorporator.
(3) The name, residence address and telephone number of every
officer, director and shareholder as of the date of filing or submission of
the application, request or petition.
(4) The name and business or residence address and telephone
number of all persons to whom corporate stock has been pledged, mortgaged
or encumbered and with whom any agreement has been made to pledge, mortgage
or encumber said stock.
D. The name, residence or business address and telephone
number of all owners of record of the subject property or any part thereof;
the date and manner title was acquired; and the date and place where the deed
or document of conveyance was recorded or filed.
E. The name, residence or business address and telephone
number of each person having any mortgage, encumbrance or other interest (recorded
or unrecorded) in the subject property, together with the nature and extent
thereof.
F. Whether any owner, of record or otherwise, is an officer, director, stockholder, agent or employee of any person referred to in Subsection
A,
B,
C or
E of this section.
G. Whether any person referred to in Subsection
A,
B,
C,
D or
E of this section was known by any other name within five (5) years preceding the date of the application, request or petition, and, if so, such other names.
H. Whether any person named in Subsection
A,
B,
C,
D or
E of this section is an official, elected or appointed, or employee of the Village of Thomaston or related, by marriage or otherwise, to an official or employee of the Village of Thomaston and, if so, the nature of such relationship.
I. The name and address of each person, business entity,
partnership and corporation in the chain of title of the subject premises
for the five (5) years next preceding the date of the application, request
or petition.
J. If the applicant is not one of the record owners of the
subject property, the interest of the applicant in the subject property and
the relationship to the record owners. If the applicant is a contract vendee,
a duplicate original or photocopy of the full and complete contract of purchase,
including all riders, modifications and amendments thereto, shall be submitted
with the application.
K. Where the record owner, contract vendee or any person
holding, owning or having any mortgage, encumbrance or other interest in the
subject property, or any part thereof, is a corporation, the following additional
information shall be submitted with the application:
(1) The name and principal business address and telephone
of the corporation.
(2) The method, date and place of incorporation, together
with the name and address of each incorporator and the place where the documents
of incorporation have been filed.
(3) The name, residence or business address and telephone
number of each officer, director and shareholder of the corporation.
(4) Whether any shares of the stock of the corporation or
of any stockholder have been pledged, mortgaged or encumbered and, if so,
the name and address of each person having, holding, owning or claiming such
interest.
L. Whether the present owners, or any of them, have entered
into any contract for the sale of all or any part of the subject property
and, if in the affirmative, there shall be submitted a duplicate original
or photocopy of the full and complete contract of sale, including all riders,
modifications and amendments thereto.
M. Such additional information as may be requested by the
board, agency or commission having jurisdiction over such application, request
or petition, pertaining to ownership, operation or control of the subject
property.
The provisions of §
80-1C(2),
(3) and
(4) and
K(2),
(3) and
(4) shall not apply where the corporation named in said sections is a corporation the shares of stock of which are publicly traded on a recognized stock exchange.
Where the applicant is a corporation, the statements herein provided
for shall be sworn to by the president or a vice president and by the secretary
or an assistant secretary of such corporation.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
PERSON
Includes a natural person, partnership (limited or general), joint
venture, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, contract vendee, corporation
or any other legal entity.
No application as referred to in §
80-1 shall be deemed complete or fully submitted unless and until said application fully complies with the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable disclosure requirements.
Wherever any board, agency or commission before which any application
is presently pending and undetermined shall request the information as provided
in this chapter, such information shall be submitted prior to final determination
or decision on such application.
In the event that there is any change in any matter set forth on any
affidavit submitted hereunder prior to the time a determination is made concerning
the subject application, request or petition, the affiant shall file a supplemental
affidavit within forty-eight (48) hours after such change has occurred, giving
the full details thereof and in compliance with the requirements of this chapter,
and shall thereafter be subject to all the requirements set forth in this
chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall be in addition to any other disclosure
requirements made applicable to any application by any other law.