[Amended 6-9-1982 by Ord. No. 31:82]
[Amended 6-9-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016:12]
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered
and enforced by the Administrative Officer or his designee. In no
case shall a permit be granted for the construction or alteration
of any building or structure where the proposed construction, alteration
or use thereof would be in violation of any provision of this chapter,
and no structure or land shall be used in violation of any provision
of this chapter or any approved variance, subdivision or site plan.
It shall be the duty of the Administrative Officer or his designee
to inspect any building, structure or premises which may be in violation
of this chapter or any approved variance, subdivision or site plan
and to order, in writing, the remedying of any conditions found to
exist in violation thereof. Additionally, it shall be the duty of
the Administrative Officer or his designee to enforce the conditions
of any variance, subdivision or site plan approved by the Township
Planning Board, Township Board of Adjustment, or other board or agency
of competent jurisdiction, including any conditions of approval set
forth in a resolution of approval.
A.
Required. A zoning permit signed by the Administrative
Officer is required as a condition precedent to the commencement of
a use or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion
or installation of a building or structure, certifying that such use,
building or structure complies with the provisions of this chapter
and that the use is permitted, existing as a nonconforming use, or
is permitted by the terms of a variance. No building permit shall
be issued without a zoning permit being first issued hereunder, certifying
compliance of the use and location of the proposed building or structure
with the provisions of this chapter. No person shall use any building
or portion thereof for commercial or industrial purposes, after such
building or portion thereof has been vacated, without having first
secured a zoning permit therefor. A zoning permit shall not be required
upon mere change in ownership of a single-family detached dwelling.
B.
Application. No person shall commence a use or the
erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion or
installation of a building or structure without having first applied
for and secured a zoning permit from the Administrative Officer.
C.
Inspection. No zoning permit shall be issued hereunder
until an inspection is made by the Administrative Officer or his duly
authorized representative to determine compliance of the use, building
or structure with the provisions of this chapter.
D.
Notice. If, upon inspection of the use, building or
structure and review of the zoning permit application, it shall be
determined by the Administrative Officer that the use, building or
structure does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, he
shall deliver written notice thereof to the applicant, advising in
what respects the use, building or structure fails to comply.
E.
Fees. Upon application for a zoning permit, the applicant
shall pay a fee to the Township based on the fee schedule found below:
[Amended 8-14-1990 by Ord. No. 90:57; 5-18-2010 by Ord. No. 2010:09]
(1)
Commercial
construction (new building or additions): $100.
(2)
New
tenant (with or without renovations): $75.
(3)
Tenant
expansion or reduction: $75.
(4)
Commercial
a/c unit, generator, or fuel tank: $50.
(5)
New
single-family dwelling: $100.
(6)
Residential
addition: $75.
(7)
Residential
deck, patio, pool, shed, fence, wall or driveway: $50.
(8)
Miscellaneous
(including, but not limited to, generator, walkway, stairs, bilco
doors, ramp, solar panel, antennas, flagpole, hot tub): $50.
(9)
Residential
a/c unit or tank (survey review): $10*.
(10)
Residential temporary storage unit or pool equipment (survey review):
$25* for a temporary storage unit, $10* for pool equipment.
[Amended 3-17-2020 by Ord. No. 2020:07]
(11)
Residential basement renovation (plan review): $10*.
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*If Planning Board or Board of Adjustment approval is necessary,
a fifty-dollar zoning permit will be required.
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A.
Special events use permits. It is recognized that
it may be in accordance with the purpose of this chapter to permit
temporary special events for a limited period of time, which activities
may be prohibited by other provisions of this chapter. If such uses
are of such nature and are so located, then at the time of petition
they will:
A.
It shall be the duty of the Administrative Officer
to keep a record of all permits issued and a record of all certificates
of occupancy which he countersigns, together with a notation of all
special conditions involved. He shall file and safely keep copies
of all plans submitted, and the same shall form a part of the records
of his office.
B.
The Administrative Officer shall prepare a monthly
report for the Township Council summarizing for the period since his
last previous report all zoning permits issued and certificates countersigned
by him and all complaints of violations and the action taken by him
consequent thereon. A copy of each such report shall be filed with
the Township Tax Assessor at the time it is filed with the Township
Council.
A.
Any owner or agent and any person or corporation who
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or fail to comply
therewith or with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect,
structurally alter, enlarge, rebuild or move any building or buildings
or any structure or who shall put into use any lot or land in violation
of any detailed statement or plan submitted and approved hereunder
shall be guilty of a violation. Each and every day such violation
continues shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation.
B.
The owner of any building or structure, lot or land
or part thereof, where anything in violation of this chapter shall
be placed and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or
corporation employed in connection therewith and who may have assisted
in the commission of any such violation shall be guilty of a separate
violation.
[Added 5-14-1985 by Ord. No. 85:21; amended 5-18-2010 by Ord. No. 2010:09; 9-17-2013 by Ord. No.
2013:30]
A.
Any person, firm, or corporation who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or of any detailed plan submitted and approved hereunder or as otherwise provided in § 430-298, Separate violations, shall, upon conviction, be punished by one or more of the following:
B.
Any person,
firm or corporation who is convicted of violating an ordinance within
one year of the date of a previous violation of the same ordinance
and who was fined for the previous violation shall be sentenced by
a court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional
fine imposed by the court upon a person for a repeated offense shall
not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for
a violation of the ordinance, but shall be calculated separately from
the fine imposed for the violation of the ordinance.
C.
Any person,
firm or corporation fined an amount greater than $1,250 for a violation
of housing or zoning codes shall be provided a thirty-day period to
cure or abate the violation and shall also be afforded an opportunity
for a hearing before a court of competent jurisdiction for an independent
determination concerning the violation. Subsequent to the expiration
of the thirty-day period, a fine greater than $1,250 may be imposed
if a court has not determined otherwise or, upon reinspection of the
property, it is determined that the abatement has not been substantially
completed.
