[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Mamaroneck 2-26-2003 by L.L. No. 6-2003.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Coastal Zone Management Commission — See Ch. 8.
Conservation areas — See Ch. 77.
Environmental quality review — See Ch. 92.
Erosion and sediment control — See Ch. 95.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 110.
Local impact review — See Ch. 130.
Site plan review — See Ch. 177.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 190.
Waterfowl — See Ch. 233.
Waterfront revitalization — See Ch. 234.
Zoning — See Ch. 240.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed
former Ch. 114, Freshwater Wetlands, adopted 6-30-1986 by L.L. No.
7-1986 (Ch. 88 of the 1975 Code).
A.
Purpose.
(1)
This chapter shall be known as the "Wetlands and Watercourses
Protection Law of the Town of Mamaroneck." The Town Board of the Town
of Mamaroneck finds and declares it to be public policy of the Town
to preserve, protect and conserve its tidal and freshwater wetlands,
and watercourses; to prevent despoliation and destruction; to regulate
their use and development; and to secure the natural benefits of wetlands
and watercourses that are consistent with the general welfare and
beneficial economic and social development of the Town.
(2)
It is therefore the policy of the Town of Mamaroneck
to ensure maximum protection for wetlands and watercourses by discouraging
degradation within them and within their buffers that may adversely
affect these natural resources. It is the policy of the Town to encourage
restoration of already degraded or destroyed wetlands, watercourses
and buffers, and to ensure "no net loss" of wetlands and watercourse
areas.
B.
Enabling authority. This chapter is enacted pursuant
to the Municipal Home Rule Law and any and all applicable laws, rules
and regulations of the State of New York. This chapter establishes
a wetlands regulatory system separate from, and in addition to, any
applicable requirements under state or federal law. Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to conflict with any such laws, rules and regulations.
C.
Findings of fact.
(1)
The Town of Mamaroneck lands and waters are entirely
tributary to Long Island Sound, a federally recognized estuary of
national significance. As such, the protection of wetlands and watercourse
areas within the Town, particularly for their water quality and habitat
functions, is essential to the long-term health and viability of the
Sound.
(2)
A significant amount of the original complement of
freshwater and tidal wetlands and their associated buffers within
the Town have been lost or impaired by draining, filling, excavating,
building, polluting and other acts inconsistent with the natural uses
of such areas. Buffers to existing watercourses have been built upon
with a resultant loss of water quality. Four miles of the Sheldrake
River, 19 acres of the East Creek estuary, and the twenty-six-acre
Sheldrake Lake have been placed on the State Priority Waterbodies
List due to stressed or impaired water quality. Remaining wetlands,
watercourses and their buffers are in jeopardy of being lost, despoiled
or impaired, directly or cumulatively, by such acts contrary to the
public safety and welfare.
(3)
The Town Board of the Town of Mamaroneck has determined
that tidal and freshwater wetlands and watercourses are indispensable
and fragile natural resources with significant development constraints
due to flooding, erosion and soil limitations. Wetlands and watercourses
serve a myriad of important ecological functions which serve to benefit
the residents of the Town. These functions include, but are not limited
to, the following:
(a)
Protecting water resources by providing sources
of surface water, recharging groundwater and aquifers, serving as
chemical and biological oxidation basins and/or functioning as settling
basins for naturally occurring sedimentation;
(b)
Controlling flooding and stormwater runoff by
storing and releasing floodwaters and stormwater runoff;
(c)
Providing nesting, migratory and wintering habitats
for diverse wildlife species, including many on the New York State
and federal threatened and endangered species lists;
(d)
Providing areas of unusually high plant productivity
which support wildlife diversity and abundance;
(e)
Supporting plant communities specifically adapted
for survival in low-oxygen environments and/or brackish or salt water;
(f)
Stabilizing shorelines by protecting against
erosion caused by stream currents and the forces of wave actions;
(g)
Serving as nutrient traps for nitrogen and phosphorus
and as filters for surface water pollutants;
(h)
Providing breeding and spawning grounds, nursery
habitat and food for various species of aquatic life;
(i)
Providing recreation areas for swimming, fishing,
boating, hiking, bird watching, photography and other passive recreational
uses; and
(j)
Providing open space and visual relief from
residential and commercial development.
D.
Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Town of
Mamaroneck that activities in and around wetlands and watercourses
or their buffers conform with all applicable building codes and other
regulations. Such activities shall not threaten public safety or welfare,
or the natural environment, or cause any nuisances.
Except where specifically defined herein, all
words used in this chapter shall carry their customary meanings:
A person or entity who files an application for a permit
under this chapter or a person to whom a wetlands permit has been
given.
The Planning Board or its designee.
The duly appointed Coastal Zone Management Commission of
the Town of Mamaroneck and the Village of Larchmont.
To fill, grade, place, disturb, or dump any material.
The emission of any water, substance, or material into a
wetland or wetland buffer whether or not such substance causes pollution.
To dig out and remove any material.
Soil that is saturated, flooded or ponded long enough during
the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part,
and as further defined by the technical publication, Federal Manual
for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands (1989), which
manual shall be available for inspection in the Town Conservation
and Building Departments.
Macrophytic plant life growing in water, on soils, or substrate
that is at least periodically anaerobic as a result of excessive water
content, and as further defined by the technical publication, Federal
Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands (1989),
which manual shall be available for inspection in the Town Conservation
and Building Departments.
Substances including, but not limited to, soil, silt, gravel,
rock, sand, clay, peat, mud, debris and refuse; any organic or inorganic
compound, chemical agent or matter; sewage sludge or effluent, including
stormwater runoff; or industrial or municipal solid waste.
The Planning Board of the Town of Mamaroneck.
Any harmful thermal effect or the contamination or rendering
unclean or impure of any wetland or waters by reason of erosion or
by any waste or other materials discharged or deposited therein.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
location on the ground or attachment to something having location
on the ground, including but not limited to signs, tennis courts and
swimming pools.
Any natural or artificial, permanent or intermittent, coastal
or inland, public or private water body or water segment, such as
ponds, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, brooks or waterways, which
is contained within, flows through, or borders on the Town of Mamaroneck
but shall not include structures as defined by law.
The sum total of wetness characteristics in areas that are
inundated or have saturated soils for a sufficient duration to support
hydrophytic vegetation.
Any area which meets one or more of the following criteria:
Lands and waters of the state that meet the
definition provided in § 25-0103.1 of the New York State
Tidal Wetlands Act (Article 25 of the Environmental Conservation Law).
The approximate boundaries of such lands and waters are indicated
on the official tidal wetlands inventory promulgated by the Commissioner
pursuant to § 25-0201 of the Act or such an inventory that
has been amended or adjusted pursuant to § 25-0201.6 of
said Act.
All other areas, 2,500 square feet or larger,
that comprise hydric soils or are inundated or saturated by surface
or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support,
and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of hydrophytic
vegetation, as defined by the technical publication, Federal Manual
for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands (1989), which
manual shall be available for inspection in the Town Conservation
and Building Departments.
All areas designated as wetlands or watercourses
on the Wetlands and Watercourses Map.
The Town of Mamaroneck Freshwater Wetlands Map, dated December
1986, or the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Tidal Wetlands Map or such map as has been amended or adjusted and
on which are indicated the approximate boundaries of the known wetlands,
watercourses and wetland/watercourse buffers as defined pursuant to
this chapter. The map shall be available for inspection in the Town
Conservation and Building Departments.
The area surrounding a wetland or watercourse extending 100
feet horizontally away from the outermost boundary of a wetland or
watercourse and/or point of mean high water of a wetland or watercourse.
The permit required under this chapter to conduct regulated
activities, which permit is in addition to and separate from any other
permits required under local, state or federal law.
A.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all
regulated activities conducted within wetlands, watercourses, and
their buffers, except for activities for which Town final approval
was obtained or that were physically completed or commenced prior
to the effective date of this chapter ("grandfathered projects").
B.
Grandfathered projects may be continued without a
permit subject to the following:
(1)
That the activity not be expanded or altered in any
way that increases its nonconformity;
(2)
That if destroyed, damaged or removed by any cause,
grandfathered projects may be replaced, restored or reestablished
without a permit, provided that the replaced, restored or reestablished
use is no closer to any wetland or watercourse or buffer, will result
in no greater land coverage, and will result in no increased activity
than before damage or destruction.
The following activities may be conducted within
any wetland, watercourse or wetland/watercourse buffer without a wetlands
permit to the extent that they are not prohibited by any other ordinance:
A.
Repair of existing structures, including interior
renovations, walkways, walls, and docks, where the work does not involve
use of any machinery directly within the wetland or watercourse;
B.
Normal grounds maintenance, including selective trimming
and pruning of vegetation, and removal of dead or diseased vegetation,
except through the application or use of herbicides, within the wetland/watercourse
buffer only;
C.
Operation and maintenance of existing dams, retaining
walls, terraces, culverts or other water-control structures, and piers
or docks as legally existed on the effective date of this chapter
and subject to conditions that apply to nonconforming uses;
D.
The depositing or removal of the natural products
of the wetland by recreational or commercial fishing, and shellfishing,
where otherwise legally permitted; and
E.
Public health activities of the Westchester County
Department of Health or the New York State Department of Health for
emergencies only.
Except as provided in § 114-4 hereof, it shall be unlawful to conduct, directly or indirectly, any of the following activities within any wetland/watercourse or within the wetland/watercourse buffer unless a permit has been obtained pursuant to § 114-6 hereof:
A.
Placement or construction of any structure, including
dams, docks, water-control devices, groins, bulkheads, berms, floating
docks, pilings, bridges, storage tanks, and other stabilization structures;
B.
Any form of draining, dredging, excavation or removal
of material either directly or indirectly;
C.
Any form of dumping, filling, discharging, or depositing
of material either directly or indirectly;
D.
With the exception of pet containment systems and
irrigation systems, the installation of any service lines, cable conduits
or utilities which are either greater than three feet wide or four
feet deep or 20 feet long;
E.
Introduction of any form of pollution, by such means
including, but not limited to, the installation of a septic system,
running of a sewer or stormwater outfall or discharge of sewage treatment
effluent, or other solid or liquid waste into or so as to drain into
a wetland or watercourse;
F.
Activities altering or modifying natural drainage
patterns, natural features or contours of wetlands or watercourses;
G.
Installation of any drainage or water supply pipes
or wells;
H.
Installation of an impervious surface larger than
100 square feet;
I.
Operation of construction vehicles and equipment and
all-terrain vehicles;
J.
Installation of dry wells, retention basins, filters,
open swales or ponds; and
A.
Municipal action. The Town of Mamaroneck shall be
exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Wetland and watercourse buffer. A person may conduct
regulated activities within a wetlands buffer without having to obtain
a wetlands permit if the person demonstrates to the satisfaction of
the Building Inspector or the Director of Building Code Enforcement
and Land Use Administration that the proposed regulated activity cannot
be done in an area outside the wetlands buffer. This exemption shall
apply only where the area of land within the wetlands buffer that
will be disturbed by the regulated activity is no greater than 10%
of the area of the portion of the wetlands buffer located on the property
of the person wishing to conduct such regulated activity.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by L.L. No. 1-2016]
A.
Permit applications.
(1)
Any person proposing to conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity as defined in § 114-5 shall file an application for a permit in duplicate with the Building Department and pay the filing fee set forth in § A250-1. All permit applications must include the following information:
[Amended 8-17-2011 by L.L. No. 8-2011]
(a)
The name, address and telephone number of the
property owner and applicant, if different;
(b)
The street address and Tax Map designation of
the property;
(c)
A statement of authority from the owner for
any agent making application for a permit;
(d)
A statement of the proposed work and purpose
thereof;
(e)
A completed environmental assessment form as required by Chapter 92 of the Town of Mamaroneck's Environmental Quality Review Law, and the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act; and
(f)
A statement that the property owner and applicant
will indemnify and hold the Town or its representatives harmless against
any damage or injury in connection with the activities for which a
permit is being sought.
(2)
Additional information may be requested by the approving
authority, including any of the following:
(a)
Complete plans for the proposed site improvements,
which shall be certified by an engineer, architect, land surveyor
or landscape architect licensed in the State of New York, drawn to
a scale no less detailed than one inch equals 20 feet, and showing
the following:
[1]
The location of all wetlands/watercourse and wetland/watercourse buffer areas, which shall be determined no earlier that 12 months prior to the date of filing the application. The finite boundaries of a wetlands/watercourse shall be determined by field investigation and as defined under § 114-2;
[2]
A description of the vegetative cover of the
regulated area, including dominant species;
[3]
A description of the on-site soil types;
[4]
The location of the construction area or area
proposed to be disturbed, and its relation to property lines, roads,
buildings and watercourses within 250 feet of the proposed activity;
[5]
The exact locations, specifications and amount
of all proposed draining, fill, grading, dredging and vegetation removal
or displacement, and the procedures to be used to do the work;
[6]
The location of any well(s) and depth(s) thereof,
and any disposal system within 100 feet of the area(s) to be disturbed;
[7]
The existing and proposed contours at two-foot
intervals in the proposed disturbed area and to a distance of 50 feet
beyond; and elevations of the site and adjacent lands within 200 feet
of the proposed activity.
[8]
Details of any temporary or permanent drainage
system proposed both for the conduct of work, and after completion
thereof, including locations at any point discharges, artificial inlets,
or other human-made conveyances which would discharge into the wetland
or wetland buffer, and measures proposed to control erosion, both
during and after work;
[9]
Where creation of a lake or pond is proposed,
details of the construction of any dams, embankments, outlets or other
water-control devices, and analysis of the wetland hydrologic system,
including seasonal water fluctuation, inflow/outflow calculations
and subsurface soil, geology and groundwater conditions;
[10]
Where creation of a detention basin is proposed,
with or without excavation, details of the construction of any dams,
berms, embankments, outlets or other water-control devices, and an
analysis of the wetland hydrologic system, including seasonal water
fluctuation, inflow/outflow calculations and subsurface soil, geology
and groundwater conditions;
[11]
Details of erosion and sediment control practices, including a diagram showing what and where erosion and sediment control practices will be implemented and a schedule for their installation and maintenance and any other information as specified in Chapter 95, Erosion and Sediment Control;
[12]
Functional analysis of the wetlands to be affected
showing existing wetlands formation and impacts to those functions
from the proposed activity;
[13]
A completed long-form environmental assessment
form when required by the State Environmental Quality Review Act;
and
[14]
All information relating to a permit application,
including, but not limited to, the application itself; additional
required materials or information; notices; record of hearings; and
written comments.
(b)
Copies of all applicable county, state or federal
permits or permit applications that are required for such work.
(3)
In the event that an application requires the Town
of Mamaroneck to incur additional expenses for technical assistance
in the review of the application, the applicant shall pay the expenses
incurred by the Town. The applicant shall be notified of the expenses
and shall deposit said necessary funds with the Town.
B.
Procedures for permits.
(1)
No regulated activity shall be conducted without an
issuance of a written permit from the approving authority. Application
for a permit shall be made in duplicate to the approving authority
on forms furnished by the Building Department.
(2)
An application shall not be deemed complete unless the approving authority has fully complied with the procedures of the Mamaroneck Environmental Quality Review Act (Chapter 92) and the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) (Article 8 of the State Environmental Conservation Law).
(3)
All information relating to a permit application,
including but not limited to the application itself, additional required
materials or information, notices, records of hearings, written comments
and findings, shall be maintained on file in the office of the Town
Building Department.
(4)
The approving authority, its agents or employees,
may enter upon any lands or waters for the purpose of undertaking
any investigations, inspections, examination, survey or other activity
for the purpose of this chapter.
(a)
The Building Department shall provide the applicant
with a notice of public hearing which shall be in a form prescribed
by the approving authority and shall specify that the application,
including all documents and maps therewith, is available for public
inspection at the Town Building Department and that anyone interested
in speaking either in favor or against the application for a permit
may write to the approving authority or speak at the public hearing
or have representatives do so on their behalf.
(b)
The Building Department shall also notify the
applicant of the names and addresses of all property owners of record
within 100 feet of the boundary of the property on which the proposed
regulated activity will be located, as shown in the Town Tax Assessor's
office, of the filing of the wetland permit application. The applicant
shall be responsible for mailing a copy of the notice of public hearing
to all of the property owners so identified by the Building Department
no less than 10 days prior to the date scheduled for the public hearing
on the application.
(c)
The Building Department shall be responsible
for notifying federal, state, and local agencies having jurisdiction
over or an interest in the subject matter of the application, and
to provide such agencies with an opportunity to comment.
(5)
Should
an agency of the Town having jurisdiction over that application deem
it necessary to hire consultants for technical review and/or on-site
inspection, the applicant shall be required to pay the actual cost
to the Town for such services.
[Added 4-24-2019 by L.L. No. 4-2019]
C.
Public hearings. The Planning Board shall hold a public hearing on the application at such time it deems appropriate. Notice of the public hearing shall be published in the official newspaper of the Town at the same time that notice is published for other public hearings appearing on the same agenda. The applicant must comply with the notification procedures contained in Chapter 144. When deemed appropriate by the Planning Board, any public hearing on the application shall be integrated with any public hearing required or otherwise held pursuant to any other law, including, but not limited to, the Town's Environmental Quality Review Law (Chapter 92) and the State Environmental Quality Review Act (Article 8).[2]
[Amended 4-21-2021 by L.L. No. 7-2021]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Environmental Conservation Law § 8-0101
et seq.
D.
Standards for permit decisions; factors to be considered.
In making its determination to grant, deny or grant with conditions
a permit under this chapter, the approving authority shall consider
the following:
(1)
Any reports from other commissions (Coastal Zone Management
Commission), Town, county, state and/or federal agencies;
(3)
The availability of preferable alternative locations
on the subject parcel;
(4)
The availability of further technical improvements
or safeguards that could feasibly be added to the plan or action;
(5)
The possibility of further avoiding reduction of the
wetland's or watercourse's natural capacity to support desirable biological
life, prevent flooding, control sedimentation and/or prevent erosion,
facilitate drainage, and provide recreation and open space; and
(6)
The extent to which the public or private benefit
derived from such use may or may not outweigh or justify the possible
degradation of the wetland or watercourse, the interference with the
exercise of other property rights, and the impairment or endangerment
of public health, safety or welfare.
E.
Required findings. No permit shall be issued by the approving authority pursuant to this chapter unless the approving authority shall find that the proposed regulated activity is consistent with the purpose of this chapter, as set forth under § 114-1.
F.
Permit conditions.
(1)
Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter may be
issued with conditions as deemed necessary by the approving authority.
(2)
Every permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall
be in written form and shall contain the following conditions:
(a)
Work conducted under a permit shall be open
to inspection at any time, including weekends and holidays, by the
approving authority, or its designated representative(s).
(b)
The permit shall expire on a specified date
that is one year from its issuance.
(c)
The permit holder shall notify the Building
Department of the date on which the work is to begin, at least five
days in advance of such date.
(d)
The approving authority's permit shall be maintained
and prominently displayed at the project site during the undertaking
of the activities authorized by the permit.
(3)
The approving authority shall set forth in writing
findings and reasons for all conditions attached to any permit.
G.
Bond. The approving authority may require that, prior
to commencement of work under any permit issued pursuant to this chapter,
the applicant shall post a bond in an amount and with surety and conditions
sufficient to secure compliance with the conditions and limitations
set forth in the permit. The bond shall remain in effect until the
approving authority certifies that the conditions of the permit have
been satisfied.
H.
Other laws and regulations. No permit granted pursuant
to this chapter shall remove an applicant's obligation to comply in
all respects with the applicable provisions of any other federal,
state or local law.
I.
Mitigation plan requirements.
(1)
The approving authority may require the preparation
and implementation of a mitigation plan by the applicant when the
applicant has demonstrated that either losses or significant impacts
to the wetland or wetland buffer are necessary and unavoidable. In
determining whether and to what degree such requirement will be imposed,
the approving authority will consider the following:
(a)
Whether there is no feasible on-site alternative
to the proposed activity, including reduction in density, change in
use, revision of road and lot layout and related site planning considerations
that could accomplish the applicant's objectives; and
(b)
Whether there is a feasible alternative to the
proposed activity on another site available to the applicant that
is not a wetland or wetland buffer area.
(2)
Adequate mitigation for intrusion into wetlands shall
ensure no overall net loss of wetlands in terms of ecological characteristics
and function, geographic location and setting and size. To ensure
no net loss, mitigation measures must provide for replacement wetland
at a ratio of at least 2.0 to 1.0.
(3)
The approving authority may require additional information
if the plan does not provide sufficient detail to evaluate the effectiveness
of the plan.
(4)
On-site mitigation shall be the preferred approach.
Off-site mitigation shall be permitted only in cases where on-site
alternatives are not possible; in these instances, emphasis should
be placed on mitigation within the same general watershed as the original
wetland.
(5)
The approving authority may recommend a fee payable
to an established Town Wetlands Improvement Fund in lieu of direct
action on behalf of the applicant or violator to initiate restoration
projects, where it determines that the public interest is better served
through such a fee.
(6)
The approving authority shall monitor or shall cause
to have monitored projects in accordance with the specifications set
forth in the permit to determine whether the elements of the mitigation
plan have been met. The approving authority may retain qualified professionals
to discharge its obligations hereunder at the expense of the applicant.
The requirements for monitoring shall be specified in the permit and/or
mitigation plan and may include, but not be limited to:
(a)
The time period for all monitoring activities,
which shall be a minimum of three years or more, as the approving
authority deems necessary;
(b)
Field measurements to verify the size and location
of the impacted wetland area and the restored/replacement wetland
area;
(c)
The date of completion of the work or restoration/replacement;
and
(d)
Field verification of the structural details,
best management practices, mitigation measures, and vegetative, hydrologic
and soils criteria specified in the permit and/or mitigation plan.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by L.L. No. 1-2016]
The Building Inspector or the Director of Building
Code Enforcement and Land Use Administration or either's designated
representative shall be the enforcement officer for this chapter.
No work or activity subject to review under this chapter shall be
commenced or undertaken until a wetlands permit has been approved
by the Planning Board. The Town of Mamaroneck is specifically empowered
to seek injunctive relief restraining any violation or threatened
violation of any provisions of this chapter and/or compel the restoration
of the affected wetland, watercourse or wetland/watercourse buffer
to its condition prior to the violation of the provisions of this
chapter.
A.
Civil sanctions. Any person who violates any of the
provisions of this chapter, including any requirement with regard
to a wetlands permit, shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more
than $3,000 for every such violation. Each consecutive day of violation
will be considered a separate offense. Such civil penalty may be released
or compromised by the approving authority.
B.
Injunctive relief. The approving authority shall have
power, following a hearing, to direct the violator to restore the
affected wetland to its condition prior to the violation.
C.
Criminal sanctions. Any person, firm or corporation
who knowingly, or willfully, violates any of the provisions of this
chapter or permits issued thereunder, upon conviction thereof of the
first offense, shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine
of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000 and for a second offense
and each subsequent offense, shall be guilty of a violation punishable
by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000 or a term of
imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both. In addition to these
punishments, any offender may be ordered by the court to restore the
affected wetland to its condition prior to the offense. Each consecutive
day of violation will be considered a separate offense.
D.
Stop-work order. The Building Department may suspend
or revoke a permit in the form of a stop-work order if it finds that
the applicant or permittee has not complied with any or all of the
terms of such permit, has exceeded the authority granted in the permit,
or has failed to undertake the project in the manner set forth in
the approved application.
(1)
If a stop-work order is issued it shall be set forth
in writing, a copy of which shall be filed with the Town Building
Department, and shall contain the findings and reasons for issuing
the stop-work order pursuant to this section.
(2)
The stop-work order shall have the effect of suspending
all authorizations and permits granted by the Town or any agency thereof.
(3)
The stop-work order shall remain in effect until the
approving authority is satisfied that the permittee has complied with
all terms of the subject permit or until a final determination is
made by the approving authority.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by L.L. No. 1-2016]
A.
Within 30 days after completion of all work authorized
under a permit issued in accordance with this chapter, the applicant
shall notify the Building Inspector or the Director of Building Code
Enforcement and Land Use Administration of such completion. For all
work undertaken pursuant to permits approved by the Planning Board,
the applicant shall, if required, submit as-built drawings as to the
variation from the permit. Within 30 days of such notification and
submission, the Building Department shall inspect the work for compliance
with all conditions of the permit.
B.
When all work authorized under a permit is deemed
acceptable, the Building Inspector or the Director of Building Code
Enforcement and Land Use Administration shall issue a certificate
of completion.
C.
When work authorized under a permit is deemed not
acceptable, the Building Inspector or the Director of Building Code
Enforcement and Land Use Administration or either's designated representative
shall so notify the applicant. The notification of noncompliance shall
include a list of all conditions in violation of the terms of the
permit and shall specify a time limit for the correction of all items
so listed.