Requirements of permits. A zoning permit shall be required prior to the erection or structural alteration of any building, structure, or portion thereof and prior to the change in use of a building or land and prior to the change or extension of a nonconforming use.

Application for permits. Application for permits shall be made in writing to the Zoning Officer on such forms as may be furnished by the Borough. Such application shall contain all information necessary for such officer to ascertain whether the proposed erection, alteration, use or change complies with the provisions of this chapter.

Issuance of permits. Permits shall be granted or refused within 30 days after the date of application. In case of refusal, the applicant shall be informed of his right to appeal to the Zoning Hearing Board. Work shall be started within 90 days after the date of issuance of a permit for the erection or alteration of any building by notifying the Zoning Officer. Upon completion of the erection or alteration of any building or portion thereof, the holder of such permit shall notify the Zoning Officer of such completion. No permit shall be considered complete or permanently effective until the Zoning Officer has certified that work has been inspected and approved as being in conformity with the permit and the provisions of this chapter and all applicable ordinances.

Filing fees. The following fees shall be paid at the Borough office upon the filing of applications as follows:

Any person, partnership or corporation who or which shall violate or permit the violation of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon being found liable thereof in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Borough, pay a judgment of not more than $500, plus court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Borough as a result thereof.

No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied or payable until the date of the determination of a violation by the District Magistrate. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Borough may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the District Magistrate determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating this chapter to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation by the District Magistrate, and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. All judgments, costs and reasonable attorney fees collected for the violation of this chapter shall be paid over to the Borough whose ordinance has been violated.