[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen
of the Town of Cromwell 8-3-1976; amended in its entirety TC 2-8-2017. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
CHARTER REVISION
Effective with the general election held in November 2013, the
Town changed to a Town Council/Town Manager form of government. According
to Charter § 11.04, any references in Town ordinances to
the "First Selectman" or to the "Board of Selectmen" shall now be
deemed to refer to the "Town Manager" or the "Town Council," as appropriate.
The Town of Cromwell hereby adopts as its Building Code the
Connecticut State Building Code as it now exists and as it may hereafter
be amended by the State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards
Committee.
A.
Building
permit valuations. The applicant for a permit shall provide an estimated
permit value at the time of application. Permit valuations shall include
total value of work, including materials and labor, for which the
permit is being issued. If, in the opinion of the Building Official,
the valuation is underestimated on the application, the permit shall
be denied unless the applicant can show detailed estimates that meet
the approval of the Building Official. Final building permit valuation
shall be set by the Building Official.
B.
Plan
review. The Building Official shall determine whether a plan review
fee is required and the appropriate fee according to the following
schedule. All required plan review fees shall be paid to the Town
of Cromwell prior to the acceptance of a permit application and/or
construction documents. The Building Official shall determine if any
project should be sent to an outside agency for plan review, and such
agency shall be approved by the Building Official. All costs for outside
review shall be paid by the applicant.
(1)
Schedule of fees for plan review:
(a)
Residential construction: detached one- and two-family dwellings
and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses} not more than three
stories above grade plane with a separate means of egress and their
accessory structures, including all mechanicals, additions, alterations:
$50 per dwelling.
(b)
Plan review for all construction other than residential construction:
$200.
(2)
Resubmitted plans and/or construction documents: $50 per residential
dwelling; $200 for all other construction. The Building Official shall
determine whether resubmitted plans and/or construction documents
are subject to this fee or fraction thereof. The fee is to be paid
prior to the resubmission.
C.
Permit
fees: A permit shall not be valid until the following fees have been
paid.
D.
Final
certificates: The following certificates shall not be issued until
all fees as set forth herein have been paid to the Town of Cromwell.
The Building Official shall determine whether the following certificate
fees are applicable.
E.
Related
fees. The payment of the fees set forth herein for the construction,
alteration, removal or demolition work done in connection with or
concurrently with the work authorized by a building permit shall not
relieve the applicant or holder of the permit from the payment of
other fees that are prescribed by law. Fees, including but not limited
to those related to all permits and reinspections, shall be paid prior
to the issuance of any certificate of approval or certificate of occupancy.
The Building Official shall determine whether any related fee is applicable.
A.
Application to the office of the Building Official for the permits set forth in.§ 99-3 hereof shall be on a form prescribed by the office of the Building Official and in accordance with procedures established by that office.
B.
All
permits issued are subject to any conditions imposed in the application
and may be subject to revocation for violations thereof.
C.
Premises on which taxes are delinquent. No application for a building permit or a certificate of occupancy shall be approved for premises on which taxes are delinquent, except in accordance with Chapter 213 of the Cromwell Town Code. For purposes of this section, delinquent taxes are defined in Chapter 213, § 213-2.
A.
Application
for a refund of any fee paid hereunder shall be made, in writing,
to the office of the Building Official, specifying the reason for
the refund. After review of such application, the office of the Building
Official shall make a recommendation, in writing, to the Town Manager
for action thereon.
B.
Refunds
will be considered on an individual basis by the Town Manager with
respect to permits if the application for refund is made within six
months of the date of original issuance. No refund application shall
be considered after six months from the original permit issuance date.
D.
In
the case of a revocation of a permit or abandonment or discontinuance
of a building project, the value of the work actually completed shall
be computed by the office of the Building Official, and any excess
fee shall be returned to the permit holder, subject to the following
conditions:
E.
The
Town Manager shall approve, modify or deny the refund request.
A.
All
violations of the provisions of this chapter and/or the Connecticut
State Building Code, as incorporated herein, shall be punishable by
a fine of not more than $500 for each offense. Each day that a violation
continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
B.
Any
person who shall continue any work in or about a building or structure
after having been served by the Building Official's office with
a stop order, except such work as he is directed to perform by the
Building Official's office to remove a violation or unsafe condition,
shall be subject to an additional fine of not less than $25 nor more
than $500 for each offense. Every day that a violation continues shall
be deemed a separate offense.