It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector,
and he is hereby given the power and authority to administer and enforce
this chapter. No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall
be issued by him except where the provisions of this chapter have
been complied with.
A.
No building, structure, driveways or other changes
to the premises shall be erected or altered until a building permit
therefor has been issued by the Building Inspector. Altering size
or shape or addition of parking areas/driveways on the premises requires
the same. The maximum amount of area consisting of asphalt, gravel,
stone, or dirt or other nonvegetative material to be used primarily
for the parking of vehicles or as a driveway shall not exceed 25%
of the area of the primary front yard of any residential lot. The
building permit fee is as set forth in the fee schedule of the Village
of Lake Grove[1] for such application. All applications for such permits
shall be in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, and
except upon written order of the Village Board or the Board of Appeals,
no such building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued
for any building or structure where said construction or alteration
or use thereof would be in violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter.
[Amended 6-15-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
B.
With respect to all premises located in a business
or industrial area, the applicant shall furnish the Building Department
with a copy of any restrictive covenant in favor of the village affecting
such property. If there is no restrictive covenant affecting the premises,
the applicant shall furnish an affidavit to that effect. Any false
statement, intentional or unintentional, may subject the building
permit or the certificate of occupancy, if one has been issued, to
immediate revocation if the premises in any way violates the terms
and conditions of the restrictive covenant. The term "restrictive
covenant" shall mean a covenant executed by the present owner of the
property or a predecessor in title in favor of the Village of Lake
Grove or the Town of Brookhaven, but shall not mean covenants executed
between private parties.
C.
There shall be submitted with every application for
a building permit two copies of a survey, prepared by a licensed surveyor,
of the proposed building plot, showing the following information:
D.
One copy of such plot plan shall be returned when
approved by the Building Inspector, together with such permit, to
the applicant upon the payment of the required fee.
A.
No land shall be occupied or used, and no building
or structure hereafter erected or altered shall be used or changed
in use, until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by
the Building Inspector, stating that the building or structure or
proposed use thereof complies with the provisions of this chapter.
Before a certificate shall be issued for any construction or alteration
or use having a cost in excess of $2,000, there shall be submitted
to the Building Inspector a survey prepared by a licensed surveyor,
showing the following information:
(1)
The actual dimensions of the lot and the location
on the lot of the buildings and structures thereon.
(2)
Elevation of first floor (lowest livable floor area)
and of the garage floor related to existing street elevation.
(3)
Where established grade was given with the permit,
all elevations, including established street elevations, shall be
shown in United States Coast and Geodetic Survey datum.
B.
No nonconforming use shall be maintained or renewed
without a certificate of occupancy having first been issued by the
Building Inspector therefor.
C.
All certificates of occupancy shall be applied for
coincident with the application for a building permit. Said certificate
shall be issued within 10 days after the erection or alteration shall
have been approved.
D.
The Building Inspector shall maintain a record of
all certificates of occupancy and certificates of existing use, and:
[Amended 3-7-1996 by L.L. No. 3-1996]
(1)
Copies shall be furnished, upon request to any person
having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building, structure
or premises affected, upon the payment of a fee as set forth in the
fee schedule of the Village of Lake Grove[1] and upon presenting a recent survey of the property showing
the building or structure erected upon the premises as of the date
of application.
(2)
Where the original certificate of occupancy was issued
by the Town of Brookhaven and a copy of such certificate is not available
or cannot be issued by the Building Department of the Town of Brookhaven,
a certificate of existing use may be issued by the Building Inspector
of the Village of Lake Grove to any person having a proprietary or
tenancy interest in the building, structure or premises affected,
upon the payment of a fee as set forth in the fee schedule of the
Village of Lake Grove[2] and upon presenting a recent survey of the property showing
the building or structure erected upon the premises as of the date
of application. The Building Inspector shall make a personal inspection
of the building or structure for which such certificate is requested
to ascertain and compare the recent survey presented with the building
or structure actually on the premises.
E.
No permit for excavating for, or for the erection
or alteration of, any building structure shall be issued until an
application has been made for a certificate of occupancy.
F.
Under such rules and regulations as may be established
by the Board of Appeals and approved by the Village Board, a temporary
certificate of occupancy for not more than 30 days for a part of a
building may be issued by the Building Inspector.
