[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Borough of Bellevue 8-1-1967 by Ord. No.
1354. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Before any demolition or removal of any building within the
Borough of Bellevue is begun, the owner or his agent must file plans
and specifications prepared in accordance with good engineering practices
with the Building Inspector of the Borough of Bellevue and secure
the approval of such plans and specifications by said Building Inspector.
[Amended 7-5-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10[1]]
A.
Before receiving a demolition permit, the owner or his agent shall
pay a fee in an amount as established from time to time by resolution
of the Town Council.
B.
In addition to the payment of such fee, said owner or agent shall,
at the time of making application for permit, cause to be delivered
to said Building Inspector the bond of the owner or agent, with approved
corporate surety, in an amount as established from time to time by
resolution of the Town Council, naming the Borough of Bellevue as
obligee, conditioned upon the owner's or agent's restoration
of the ground comprising the owner's property to a safe, properly
filled condition after completion of building demolition or removal,
such condition to be determined from application of standard engineering
practices; provided, however, that in those circumstances where the
valuation of the work is $1,500 or less for the demolition or removal
of any building and does not require the filling in of foundations
and other similar excavations, the Building Inspector, in his discretion,
shall not require the posting of a surety bond. The requirement that
the ground be restored to a safe and sanitary condition shall remain.
Any partial or total demolition or removal of any building done
in violation of the terms and provisions of this chapter is hereby
declared to be a public nuisance, abatable as such. In addition to
the penalty for violation hereinafter provided, whenever the provisions
of this chapter or of the plans and specifications approved thereunder
are not complied with, a stop-work order shall be served on the owner
or his agent by the Building Inspector and a copy thereof posted at
the demolition or removal site. Such stop-work order shall remain
in full force and effect, and shall not be removed, except upon written
notice of the Building Inspector after satisfactory evidence has been
supplied that all violations in connection with such work have been
corrected.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
