No person hereafter shall erect, locate or alter any building or portion thereof, or begin or change the use of any land, without first obtaining a zoning permit therefor. All applications for zoning permits shall be in writing; shall be addressed to the Zoning Officer, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter; shall be signed by the owner of record of the land or by the holder of a bona fide contract for the purchase thereof; shall be made on such forms as may be prescribed and furnished by the Township; shall contain all information called for by such forms; and shall be accompanied by such plans as may be required, together with any additional information that may be requested by the Zoning Officer in order that it may be determined whether the proposed erection, location or alteration of a building or the proposed use or change of use of land will comply with the terms and provisions of this chapter, statute or order of the Board of Adjustment. Upon receipt of a zoning permit application, the Zoning Officer shall distribute same to the following members of the administration: the Township Administrator, the Township Director of Community and Economic Development, the Municipal Clerk, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, and Secretary to the Planning and Zoning Board.

If, within six months after the granting of a zoning permit for use of lands in an EX IND Exclusively Industrial District in the manner and for any purpose permitted in such district by this chapter, work incident to application of any part of such lands to such use is commenced, such zoning permit shall continue in force and effect as to all of such lands so long as such work continues or any part of such lands is devoted to such use.