[Amended 8-17-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-03]
No building or structure (except signs exempt
from the provisions of this chapter) shall be erected, constructed,
reconstructed, altered, moved or enlarged until a building permit
has been obtained from the Administrator or Town Building Inspector
and a fee has been paid as listed in the Town Fees and Licenses Schedule.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Fees and Licenses Schedule is on file in
the Town Administrator/Clerk's office.
Application for a building permit shall be made
in writing upon a form furnished by the Town of Buchanan and shall
include the following information:
A.
Name and address of the owner of the land and the
owner of the building or structure, if different.
B.
Plot and construction plans drawn to scale, showing
the actual shape and dimensions of the lot to be built upon and the
exact sizes and locations on the lot of buildings or structures already
existing, if any, and the exact sizes and locations on the lot of
buildings or structures proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed,
altered or enlarged.
C.
The existing and/or proposed use of all buildings
or parts thereof on the lot.
D.
The number of families the building is designed to
accommodate, the gross leasable floor space of the building, or the
number of employees the building is designed to accommodate.
E.
The location and number of required off-street parking
and loading spaces.
F.
Such other information with regard to the lot and
existing or proposed buildings or structures as may be necessary to
determine compliance with and provide enforcement of this chapter,
including, but not limited to, a detailed plan of any existing private
domestic sewage treatment and disposal system.
If the Administrator or Town Building Inspector
determine that the proposed structure or building will comply with
the provisions of this chapter, he/she shall officially approve and
sign one set of plans and return it to the owner or applicant and
shall issue a building permit which shall be kept on display at the
site of the proposed building or structure.
Building permits issued on the basis of applications
and plans approved by the Administrator or Town Building Inspector
authorize only the use, arrangement and construction set forth in
such approved applications and plans. Use, arrangement and construction
at variance with that authorized shall be deemed a violation of this
chapter.
A building permit shall have lapsed and be void
unless substantial construction or operations described in the permit
are commenced within one year from the date of its issuance.
A building permit which was issued in error
or under a misstatement of fact by the applicant shall not create
any right in such permit, and the Town shall be entitled to revoke
such permit.
No building permit lawfully issued by the Administrator
or Town Building Inspector prior to the effective date of adoption
or amendment of this chapter shall be invalidated by the adoption
or amendment of this chapter. Such permit shall remain valid and subsisting,
subject only to its own terms.
