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. 
Grant of authority; responsibility. The administrative officer is hereby authorized to and shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Part 1.
B. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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.