In interpreting and applying Part 3, Zoning, the requirements
contained herein and therein are declared to be the minimum requirements
for the protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the
public and for the preservation and improvement of the value and aesthetics
of the land.
A.Â
Grant of authority; responsibility. The administrative officer is
hereby authorized to and shall administer and enforce the provisions
of this Part 1.
B.Â
Issuance of permits and certificates. In no case shall a building
permit or certificate of occupancy be issued by the Construction Official
for any construction, erection, alteration or use of any building,
other structure, lot or area of land that would be in violation of
any provision of this Part 1.
C.Â
Inspection of premises. The Construction Official or his/her duly
authorized agent and, in the case of excavations for or demolition
of commercial properties, the Health Officer shall have the right
to enter and inspect any building, other structure, lot or area of
land at all reasonable times, whether already constructed, erected,
altered or put into use, or during the course of construction, erection,
alteration, excavation, demolition or putting into use, for the purpose
of determining whether or not the provisions of Part 3, Zoning, are
being complied with.
D.Â
Records and reports. The Construction Official shall keep a record
of all applications for building permits and certificates of occupancy
and a record of all permits issued, together with all notations of
all special conditions involved. The Construction Official shall file
and safely keep copies of all plans submitted, and the same shall
form a part of the records of his/her office and shall be available
for the use of the Borough Council, the Planning Board and other officials
of the Borough. The Construction Official shall prepare a monthly
report for the Borough Council summarizing, for the period since his/her
last previous report, all permits issued and all complaints of violations
and the action taken by him/her consequent thereon. A copy of each
such report shall be filed with the Borough Tax Assessor at the same
time it is filed with the Borough Council.
E.Â
Cases of doubt. Should the administrative officer be in doubt as
to the meaning or intent of any provision of Part 3, Zoning, as to
the location of a district boundary line on the Zoning Map, or as
to the propriety of issuing any permit in a particular case, he/she
shall appeal the matter to the Planning Board for interpretation and
decision. Any proposed use which is not clearly identified in Part
3, Zoning, as being a permitted use in a district shall be prohibited,
subject to clarification by the Planning Board, and no permit shall
be issued by the administrative officer authorizing the proposed use.
