Any person in interest may appeal to the Township Committee
from any act, order or notice of the Building Inspector, including
his/her refusal to issue any permit applied for under the provisions
of this article. A brief statement of the facts and grounds of such
appeal shall be submitted in writing to the Township Committee, which
shall promptly hold a hearing thereon, upon not less than five days'
notice to the Building Inspector and the person prosecuting the appeal.
Any permit issued under this article shall be automatically
revoked if the work covered thereby is not actually commenced within
three months next after the date on which the permit was issued. In
the event the proposed work is not completed at expiration of permit,
a renewal for six months may be obtained by application and duplicate
fee.
No changes shall be made in the plans, locations, construction,
design, or materials of any structure or work for which a permit has
been issued, unless and until written notice of any proposed change
shall have been given to the Building Inspector, and his/her written
assent to this change shall have been obtained.
Any permit issued under the provisions of this article shall
be revoked by the Building Inspector if the work covered thereby shall
not be prosecuted in accordance with the terms of the permit, and
in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, or when
the work is prosecuted in violation of any of the terms or provisions
of this article or any other ordinance of the Township or in violation
of the laws of the State of New Jersey relating to the work. Notice
of revocation shall be given by the Building Inspector in writing
to the owner or to his/her agent or to the builder or contractor,
and all work shall immediately be suspended until the cause of such
revocation shall have been removed or corrected and the Building Inspector
has reinstated the permit in writing.
Additions and extensions to existing buildings shall, except
as otherwise provided, conform in all respects to the requirements
of this article for new construction.
All materials used in the construction of buildings shall be
subject to the approval of the Building Inspector and shall comply
with this article where such materials are specified.
All materials which are now or may hereafter be approved by
the Federal Housing Administration shall be acceptable under this
article unless otherwise specified in this article.
The fees for building permits shall be as provided in Article
V of this chapter.
In all buildings of a public character such as hotels, churches,
theaters, restaurants, railroad depots, public halls and other buildings
used or intended to be used for purposes of public assembly, amusements
or instruction and including department stores and other business
and manufacturing buildings where large numbers of people are congregated,
the halls, doors, stairways, seats, passageways and aisles, and all
lighting and heating appliances and apparatus shall be arranged as
the Building Inspector shall direct to facilitate egress in cases
of fire or accident and to afford the requisite and proper accommodation
for the public protection in such cases.
All terms mentioned in this article shall be understood to have
the meaning applied to such terms by the trade in common practice.