A change of use within the Township of Westampton
will void the previously issued certificate of occupancy and require
the issuance of a new certificate of occupancy. The Building Inspector
or Zoning Officer may require submission of new site plan review,
even though no construction is planned with the conversion of the
use, if he finds that increased traffic will result, that off-street
parking facilities should be expanded or that buffering and/or screening
may be necessary.
No building shall be occupied or used until
such time as a certificate of occupancy is issued by the Building
Inspector after determination that the building, structure or use
is in conformance with the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 11-10-1998 by Ord. No. 24-1998]
Any variance hereinafter granted by the Zoning
Board of Adjustment or Land Development Board pertaining to the erection
or alteration of any structure or structures or permitting a specified
use of any premises shall expire unless such construction or alteration
shall have been actually commenced on each and every structure permitted
by said variance or unless such permitted use has actually been commenced
within one year from the date of publication of the notice of the
judgment or determination of the Board.
The Zoning Officer is charged with the primary
duty of enforcement of this chapter. Any citizen of the municipality
may bring a proceeding in Municipal Court alleging a violation of
this chapter, including nonpayment of fees, escrows, inspection fees
or other costs. This chapter may also be enforced by the administrative
officer of the municipality by instituting a proceeding in the Municipal
Court of the municipality alleging a violation of this chapter.
A.
Any owner or agent and any person or corporation who
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or fail to comply
therewith or with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect,
structurally alter, enlarge, rebuild or move any building or buildings
or any structure or who shall put into use any lot or land in violation
of any detailed statement or plan submitted hereunder or who shall
refuse reasonable opportunity to inspect any premises shall be, upon
conviction, liable to a fine of not more than $500 or to imprisonment
for not more than 90 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Each and every day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate
and distinct violation.
B.
The owner of any building or structure, lot or land
or part thereof where anything in violation of this chapter shall
be placed or shall exist and any architect, builder, contractor, agent,
person or corporation employed in connection therewith who assists
in the commission of any such violation shall each be guilty of a
separate violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall each be liable
to the fine or imprisonment, or both, specified above.
C.
Should construction, building, excavation, clearing
or use of a structure or property take place that is not in accordance
with the approvals granted by the reviewing authority and required
by any developmental ordinance or without fulfillment or compliance
with the conditions imposed by such approvals, such deviation shall
be considered a violation of said ordinance. If, within 30 days of
notification and demand by the municipality, the applicant has failed
to pay the fees and escrows required by this chapter or the applicant
has failed to pay the inspection fees assessed pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-53h, a violation of said chapter shall be deemed to have occurred.
All development in the Township shall comply
with all applicable standards and procedures of this chapter, as well
as all applicable standards and procedures of the Township Land Subdivision
and Site Plan Ordinances and the administrative procedures and fees
of the Land Use Procedures Ordinance.[1]
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon
final passage and publication as provided by law and the filing of
a copy of said chapter with the Burlington County Planning Board.
