The provisions of this ordinance shall be administered and enforced by the municipal building inspector, his or her designee or such other person designated by the mayor or council. This official shall have the right to enter upon any premises at any reasonable time prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the purpose of making inspections of buildings or premises necessary in carrying out his duties in the enforcement of this ordinance.

It shall be unlawful to commence the excavation or site preparation for or the construction of any building or other structure, including accessory structures, or to store building materials or erect temporary field offices, or to commence the moving, alteration, or repair (except repairs not changing the character of the structure or not exceeding $500.00 in cost) of any structure, including accessory structures, until the building inspector has issued for such work a building permit, including a statement that the plans, specifications and intended use of such structure in all respects conform with the provisions of this ordinance. Application for a building permit shall be made to the building inspector of the municipality on forms provided for that purpose.

Any building permit issued shall become invalid unless the work authorized by it shall have been commenced within one year of its date of issue, or if the work authorized by it is suspended or abandoned for a period of one years.

It shall be unlawful for the building inspector of the town to approve any plans or issue a building permit for any excavation, site preparation or construction until he has inspected such plans in detail and found them in conformity with this ordinance. To this end, the building inspector of the town shall require that every application for a building permit for excavation, site preparation, construction, use of land, moving or alteration be accompanied by a plan or plat drawn to scale and showing the following in sufficient detail to enable the building inspector of the town to ascertain whether the proposed excavation, construction, use of land, moving or alteration is in conformance with this ordinance:

a.

The actual shape, proportion and dimensions of the lot to be built upon.

b.

The shape, size and location of all buildings or other structures to be erected, altered or moved and of any buildings or other structures already on the lot.

c.

The existing and intended use of all such buildings or other structures.

d.

The setback and side lines of buildings on adjoining lots and such other information concerning the lot or adjoining lots as may be essential for determining whether the provisions of this ordinance are being observed.

If the proposed excavation, site preparation, construction, moving or alteration as set forth in the application are in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance, the building inspector of the town shall issue a building permit accordingly. If an application for a building permit is not approved, the building inspector of the town shall state in writing on the application the cause for such disapproval. Issuance of building permit shall, in no case, be construed as waiving any provision of this ordinance.

No land or building or other structure or part thereof hereafter erected, moved or altered in its use shall be used until the building inspector shall have issued a certificate of occupancy stating that such land or structure or part thereof is found to be in conformity with the provisions of this ordnance.

Within three days after the owners, or his agent, have notified the building inspector of the municipality that a building or premises or part thereof is ready for occupancy or use, it shall be the duty of the building inspector to make a final inspection thereof and to issue a certificate of occupancy if the building or premises or part thereof is found to conform with the provisions of this ordinance or, if such certificate is refused, to state the refusal in writing with the cause.

Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined upon conviction not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 and costs for each offense, by a jail sentence not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and jail sentence plus costs. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

In case any building or other structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this ordinance, the building inspector of the municipality or any other appropriate authority or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specially damaged by such violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use to correct or abate such violation or to prevent occupancy of such building, structure or land.