Every application for a building permit shall be made upon a form issued or approved by the Building Inspector. Such application and the required accompanying plat and other plans and specifications shall contain all the information necessary to enable the Building Inspector to ascertain whether the proposed building complies with this chapter and other applicable laws or regulations.

No construction shall be undertaken until the building permit application has been approved by the Building Inspector, the Trustee having responsibility for buildings and grounds, and the Architectural Review Board.

Whenever the interest or the protection or the welfare of the street that provides access to a property for which a building permit is sought, requires it, the Building Inspector, as a condition precedent to the issuance of the building permit and the commencement of work, may require an applicant to file with his/her application sufficient indemnity and a performance bond agreement with sufficient surety to guarantee the satisfactory completion of the work in and adjacent to the street and the restoration, repair and cleanup of any portion of the said street that may be damaged, directly or indirectly, as a result of the construction activities on the property. The amount of said bond shall be a minimum of $2,500.00 and may cover one or more than one of the acts specified in this chapter and said bond may cover any period of time necessary to include the accomplishment of one or more of the aforesaid acts, all as shall be determined by the Building Inspector. The approval of the Building Inspector as to amount, form, manner of execution and sufficiency of surety or sureties shall be entered on said bond before it shall be filed in the Village Clerk’s office and said bond shall be so filed before the building permit shall be effective. In the event that the applicant does not properly restore a street, as required herein, after 10 days' written notice requiring him/her to do so, the Village reserves the right to restore or have restored any street or to redo or have redone any improperly or unskillfully restored street in place and stead of the applicant and to charge the applicant for all work, materials, supplies and equipment used to do the same. The cost of such work to be withdrawn from the applicant’s bond.

Until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Building Inspector, it shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter to use or permit the use of any premises, structure or building created, erected, constructed, altered, changed or converted after the effective date of this chapter.

A certificate of occupancy shall indicate and certify that such premises, structure or building, or part thereof, or the proposed use thereof, are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.

Under such rules and regulations as may be enacted by the Board of Appeals, a temporary certificate of occupancy for a part of any building or premises may be issued by the Building Inspector.

Upon written request from the owner or occupant, the Building Inspector shall issue a certificate of occupancy for any existing lawful use or occupancy of a building or premises.

Demolition permit requirement. No building, structure or portion of any building or structure shall be altered, demolished or removed until a permit for demolition, alteration or removal has been issued by the Building Inspector.

Demolition permit application.

Demolition permit fee. Every application for a demolition permit shall be subject to a fee in an amount set by the Board of Trustees from time to time by resolution.

Architectural Review Board approval required. Prior to the issuance of a demolition permit, the Building Inspector shall refer the application to the Architectural Review Board for its approval or disapproval in accordance with the provisions of Article X of this chapter.