No building or sign, except as herein provided, shall be erected, added to or structurally altered until a permit therefor has been issued by the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer, provided that no permit shall be required for a sign having an area of 10 square feet or less, except upon a written order of the Board of Appeals. No such building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any building or sign where said construction, addition or alteration, or use thereof, would be in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

There shall be submitted to the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer with applications for building permits two copies of a layout or plot plan, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the exact size and location on the lot of the building and accessory buildings or signs to be erected and such other information as may be necessary to determine and provide for the enforcement of this chapter.

The Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer shall review said plot plan within 15 days of submission with regard to all provisions of the Zoning Ordinance and shall approve or disapprove said plot plan.

One copy of such layout or plot plan shall be returned when approved by the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer, together with such permit to the applicant upon the payment of a fee set by the Village of Coxsackie Fee Schedule.

Fees and charges of the Village of Coxsackie for such matters related to this chapter, including building permits, certificates of occupancy, certificate of occupancy searches and application fees for the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer, Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals regarding building permits, site plan review, special permits, variances, signage, amendments, subdivision, recreational fees in lieu of land and other similar Village fees and charges, shall be set forth in a fee schedule established by the Village Board of Trustees by resolution.

The Village Board shall, each year, at its organizational meeting, readopt its fee schedule for the new Village fiscal year. The Village Board shall also have the power to amend the fee schedule from time to time, in its discretion, when circumstances warrant such changes to the fee schedule. The schedule of fees shall be available for public inspection in the office of the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer.

No land shall be hereinafter occupied or used and no building or sign hereafter erected, altered or extended shall be used or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer, stating that the structure or proposed use thereof complies with the provisions of this chapter.

No nonconforming use shall be maintained without the filing of a certificate of existing use, nor shall any nonconforming use hereafter renewed or altered be occupied or maintained without a certificate of occupancy therefor having first been issued by the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer.

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 as complying with the provisions of this chapter.

The Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer shall maintain a record of all certificates, and copies shall be furnished upon request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building affected.