Branchville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
Zoning Permits
§ 123-35 Uses requiring permit.
A zoning permit shall be required in the following instances:
A.
Before changing the use of any building, structure, lot or parcel of land or a portion thereof or allowing said change.
B.
Before constructing, erecting, altering or enlarging or permitting the construction, erection, alteration or enlargement of any building or structure on a lot or tract of land or before occupying any building, structure, lot or tract of land where the use has been changed.
§ 123-36 Conformance with chapter.
A zoning permit shall show that every building or premises or part thereof and the proposed use thereof are in conformity with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance or in conformity with the provisions of a variance granted according to law.
§ 123-37 Issuance; operations after revocation.
All zoning permits shall be issued in triplicate, and one copy shall be posted conspicuously on the premises affected whenever construction work is being performed thereon. No owner, contractor, workman or other person shall perform any building operations of any kind unless the zoning permit covering such operation has been previously issued. Furthermore, no building operations of any kind shall be performed after notification of the revocation of said zoning permit.
§ 123-38 Recordkeeping.
A record shall be kept of all zoning permits issued, and the original applications therefor shall be kept on file in the same manner as applications for building permits. No owner, tenant or other person shall use or occupy any building or structure hereafter erected or altered, the use of which shall be changed after passage of this chapter, without first obtaining a zoning permit.
§ 123-39 Continuance of effect.
A zoning permit, unless revoked, shall continue in effect so long as there is no change of use of the premises.
§ 123-40 Actions upon application.
A.
The Zoning Officer shall act upon all such applications within 15 days after receipt of a fully filled-in application or shall notify the applicant, in writing, of his refusal to issue such permit and the reasons therefor.
B.
Failure to notify the applicant in case of such refusal within said 15 days shall entitle the applicant for a zoning permit to file an appeal to the Zoning Board of Adjustment as in the case of a denial.
§ 123-41 Waiver of plans.
The Zoning Officer may waive plans on minor alterations not affecting structural change.
§ 123-42 Fees.
The Zoning Officer shall collect a fee of $20. for each zoning permit so issued, except that if a certificate of occupancy is required, no additional charge shall be made for issuance of a zoning permit.
§ 123-43 Revocation.
If it shall appear at any time to the Zoning Officer that the application or accompanying plans are in any material respect false or misleading or that the work being done upon the premises is materially different from that called for in the application previously filed with him or may be in violation of any provision of this chapter or that the conditions imposed by either the Planning Board or the Board of Adjustment are not being met within the time or in the manner required by the approving authority, he may forthwith revoke the zoning permit.
§ 123-44 Filing of records and reports.
A.
Records. It shall be the duty of the Zoning Officer to keep a record of all applications for zoning permits and a record of all permits issued, 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 and shall be available for the use of the Borough Council and of other officials of the Borough.
B.
Reports. The Zoning Officer shall prepare a monthly report for the Borough Council summarizing, for the period since his last report, all zoning permits issued, complaints of violations received and action taken by him with respect thereto. Such report shall be in a form and shall contain such information as the Borough Council may direct. A copy of such reports shall be made available to the Construction Official and to the Tax Assessor.