[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Wethersfield as Secs. 2-3-1 through 2-3-11 of the Code
of 1972. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 2-3-1997]
A.
No permit to begin work for new construction, alteration,
removal, demolition or other building operation shall be issued until
the fees prescribed in this chapter shall have been paid to the Department
of Public Works, nor shall an amendment to a permit necessitating
an additional fee because of an increase in the estimated cost of
the work involved be approved until the additional fee shall have
been paid.
B.
The issuance of building permits, certificates of
occupancy or other related building applications filed therewith shall
be withheld when there is a tax delinquency with respect to the subject
property (pursuant to C.G.S. § 7-148, as amended by Public
Act 95-320.) Only in cases where extreme hardship or potential safety
risks exist may the Town Manager, or his designee, authorize the approval
of said building application, following agreement upon an acceptable
payment plan. The requisite procedural guidelines for implementing
this statutory change shall be executed in accordance with that established
and defined in § 167-165.
The payment of the fee for the construction,
alteration, removal or demolition and for all work done in connection
with or concurrently with the work contemplated by the building permit
shall not relieve the applicant for or holder of the permit from the
payment of other fees that may be prescribed by law or ordinance for
water taps, sewer connections, electrical permits, erection of signs
and display structures, marquees or other appurtenant structures or
fees for inspections, certificates of use and occupancy or other privileges
or requirements both within and without the jurisdiction of the Department
of Building Inspection.
[Amended 6-7-1993]
A.
Fees for permits for construction, alteration, removal,
demolition, moving, erection of signs and any other work done in connection
with or concurrently with the work contemplated by the building permit
shall be $30 for the first $1,000 or less of estimated value of work
for which the permit is issued and $16 for each additional $1,000
of estimated value of work or any fraction thereof.
[Amended 6-6-2005]
In the case of a revocation of a permit or abandonment
or discontinuance of a building project, the volume of the work actually
completed shall be computed, and any excess fee for the incompleted
work shall be returned to the permit holder, except that all penalties
that may have been imposed on the permit holder under the requirements
of the Building Code shall first be collected. The Town may withhold
from any refund any cost and administrative expense incurred in connection
with the application.
Pursuant to Section 7-147 of the General Statutes,
1958 Revision, as amended, encroachment lines are hereby established
along all brooks, streams, waterways, watercourses and floodplains
in the Town of Wethersfield, beyond which lines in the direction of
such brooks, streams, waterways, watercourses and floodplains no encroachment,
building, structure, obstruction or any other encroachment shall be
placed by any private person or any firm or corporation unless permission
is granted, in writing, after public hearing, by the Wethersfield
Town Council.
Said encroachment lines are established along
those points of all brooks, streams, waterways, watercourses and floodplains
within which any encroachment would reduce the discharge capacity
of any such brook, stream, waterway, watercourse and floodplain below
that required by the criteria set forth by the designated one-hundred-year
flood limit, as established by the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM)
Numbered H and I-01 through 04 and 01F through 04F in the Town of
Wethersfield, to be dated May 2, 1977, and the Flood Insurance Study
Report dated November 1976, as the same may be amended from time to
time, a copy of which maps and report are on file with the Town Clerk
of the Town of Wethersfield.
The provisions of § 63-7 to the contrary notwithstanding, encroachment lines are established along that portion of Folly Brook south and east of the Hartford By-Pass, the Wethersfield Cove and the Wethersfield Cove Channel as shown on a map entitled "Town of Wethersfield Department of Public Works Engineering Division Wethersfield Cove Encroachment Line Alternate A Drawn: Lemire Checked: Ricci March, 1971 Scale 1" - 200'," which map is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
The encroachment lines established by §§ 63-6 through 63-8 shall hereafter be shown on all plans and proposals wherein the land involved includes, is adjacent to or is traversed by any brooks, streams, waterways, watercourses and floodplains in the Town of Wethersfield whether such plan is submitted to the Town Council or to any board, commission, department, division or office of the Town of Wethersfield for the purpose of obtaining any municipal approval or permit.
A.
(1)
Any structure substantially destroyed by fire, flood
or natural causes may be rebuilt on a foundation of the same size
and shape as that of the original structure if such rebuilding commences
within one year of its destruction.
(2)
In the backwater portion of any floodplain where the
rate of flow of water will be less than 1/4 foot per second, any parcel
of land with a residence building may be further improved by landscaping
or by the construction of outbuildings or fences.
