[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Directors
of the Town of Manchester as Secs. 4-1, 4-3 to 4-6 of the 1996 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
CHARTER REFERENCES
Authority to establish fire limits — See
§ 1-3(11).
Authority to regulate buildings — See
§ 1-3(31).
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Authority of Town to make rules relating to
the maintenance of safe and sanitary housing — See
C.G.S. § 7-148(c)(7)(A)(i).
Authority of Town to regulate the mode of using
buildings — See C.G.S. § 7-148(c)(7)(A)(ii).
Authority of Town to regulate and prohibit the
moving of buildings and to regulate removal and demolition of unsafe
buildings — See C.G.S. § 7-148(c)(7)(A)(iii).
State building code applicable to all municipalities — See
C.G.S. § 29-253.
The fire limits of the Town include all closely
built mercantile and adjoining manufacturing districts and surrounding
blocks on all sides which constitute an exposure to such area or within
which new construction of a mercantile or manufacturing character
is developing and are hereby established as follows: All of the industrial
and business zones of the Town, except those industrial structures
approved by the appropriate Fire Marshal and the Chief Building Official
that possess extraordinary fire protective capability by virtue of
augmented water supply, two sources maintained sprinkler system, twenty-four-hour
security on premises, and such other reasonable requirements as the
Fire Marshal and Chief Building Official may require.[1]
No permit shall be issued for the erection of
a building, other than a farm or accessory building which is not in
violation of the zoning regulations or building code, on a street
or highway which has not been accepted by the Town, except on a lot
of record in the office of the Town Clerk as of March 1, 1946, or
on a street which was open for vehicular travel on March 1, 1946.
Any building erected pursuant to a permit issued in violation of this
section shall be deemed an unlawful structure, and it shall be vacated
or removed upon order of the Chief Building Official.
A.
For the purpose of establishing rules and regulations
for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment,
use, occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures,
including permits, licenses and penalties, the Town hereby adopts
as the municipal building code the Connecticut State Building Code.
B.
The enforcement of any penalties as provided by state
law shall be in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 7-152c
of the General Statutes.
[Amended 6-1-1999; 6-2-2009]
All fees chargeable in accordance with the State
Building Code or other state laws shall be established by the Board
of Directors of the Town and collected by the Chief Building Official
in accordance with recognized industry standards, as modified by such
code. The return or refund, whether complete or partial, of any of
such fees shall be authorized by the Director of Public Works upon
recommendation of the Chief Building Official.
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Activity
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Fee
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Value of building permit:
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From $0 up to and including $1,000
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$20 (inclusive of the state-required education
fees)
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In excess of $1,000, per $1,000 or portion thereof
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$15 (inclusive of the state-required education
fees)
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Starting work without a permit
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Two times normal permit fee
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Certificate of use or occupancy (partial, temporary
or permanent)
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Residential
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$10
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Commercial
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$15
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Certificate of approval (partial or permanent)
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Residential
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$10
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Commercial
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$15
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Reinspection fee, per reinspection
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$20
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Special inspection processing
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$25
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Threshold peer review
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$25
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Special inspection processing and threshold
peer review
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$25
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Fixturing permit
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$125
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[Amended 12-6-2016]
The building permit fees set forth in § 129-4 herein, may be waived in the following situations:
A.
The Director
of Public Works may, in his or her sole discretion, waive the permit
fees required by reason of activity performed by or on behalf of the
Town whether by contract or otherwise.
B.
The Chief
Building Official may waive all Town fees related to building permits
for construction work performed on defective concrete foundations.
The waiver is restricted to the work associated with the direct replacement
of the existing foundation or any part thereof. However, the Chief
Building Official, in his or her discretion, may also waive the fees
for electrical, plumbing or other related work required to restore
the structure to its previously permitted condition. Upon waiving
any fees, the Chief Building Official shall notify the property owner
in writing which fees have been waived and the total amount of the
fees which were waived. This provision shall be effective commencing
December 1, 2016.
[Added 1-3-2012; amended 3-6-2012]
A.
The Chief
Building Official shall exempt all qualified Class I renewable energy
source projects from the payment of building permit fees, providing
said building permits have been applied for on or before December
31, 2014.
[Amended 10-8-2013]
B.
CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE
(1)
(2)
CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE PROJECTS
For purposes
of this section, qualified Class I renewable energy source projects
are determined from the following definitions:
Energy derived from solar power, wind power, a fuel cell, methane
gas from landfills, ocean thermal power, wave or tidal power, low-emission
advanced renewable energy conversion technologies, a run-of-the-river
hydropower facility, provided such facility has a generating capacity
of not more than five megawatts, does not cause an appreciable change
in the river flow, and began operation after July 1, 2003, or a sustainable
biomass facility with an average emission rate of equal to or less
than 0.075 pounds of nitrogen oxides per million BTU of heat input
for the previous calendar quarter, except that energy derived from
a sustainable biomass facility with a capacity of less than 500 kilowatts
that began construction before July 1, 2003, may be considered a Class
I renewable energy source; or
Any electrical generation, including distributed generation,
generated from a Class I renewable energy source;
Consist of the componentry necessary for the installation
of collection and generation equipment which utilizes Class I renewable
energy sources, hereinafter referred to as "qualified equipment,"
and shall require the submittal of separate building permit applications
for the installation of the qualified equipment. System design and
product information adequate to determine qualification for fee exemption
shall be provided by the applicant at the time of permit application,
with a written request for fee exemption. The Chief Building Official
shall make the determination based on information provided, if the
proposed system qualifies as a Class I renewable energy source project.
C.
In the
event an applicant is aggrieved by the decision of the Chief Building
Official to deny a waiver request for equipment deemed not to qualify,
the applicant shall have the right to an appeal as afforded by the
Connecticut State Building Code.
