Effective September 28, 2011, the Town of Bar Harbor applies and enforces the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code ("M.U.B.E.C."), as required by 10 M.R.S.A. § 9724. The Code Enforcement Officer of the Town of Bar Harbor shall serve as the building official as defined in 25 M.R.S.A. § 2371 and shall be responsible for issuing building permits and certificates of occupancy. The Code Enforcement Officer shall be responsible for inspecting all permitted construction for compliance with all components of the M.U.B.E.C., as such components may be revised from time to time by the Technical Building Codes and Standards Board. Administration and enforcement of the M.U.B.E.C., including permits, fees, violations, penalties and appeals, shall be in accordance with Chapter
125, Land Use.
The provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable,
and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter shall
for any reason be held invalid or unconstitutional or if the application
of this chapter to any person or circumstances is held invalid or
unconstitutional, such decisions shall not affect the validity of
the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this chapter.
Nothing in this chapter, or in the Maine Uniform Building and
Energy Code hereby adopted, shall be construed to affect any suit
or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability
incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under
any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in this chapter; nor
shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost,
impaired or affected by this chapter.