No building or part thereof shall be emplaced, erected, razed, moved, extended, enlarged, altered or demolished until a permit has been granted by the Building Inspector. Application therefor shall be filed in duplicate by the owner or his agent and it shall state the intended use of the building and of the land. The application shall be accompanied by detailed plans and specifications and a plot plan showing open space, required setbacks, the established building lines with the block and such other information as may be necessary or desirable to provide for the enforcement of this chapter. Plans shall be drawn to scale and shall show actual dimensions in figures. All building plans, specifications and plot plans shall be signed by an architect or professional engineer licensed by the State of New Jersey. The owner may sign the building plans as to single-family dwellings or as to buildings accessory to said dwellings in the event that the owner has prepared the building plans, provided that the owner files an affidavit to that effect in accordance with law. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection, only a land surveyor licensed by the State of New Jersey may prepare and certify said required plot plan.

No building permit shall be issued for the emplacement, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, razing or moving of any building or part thereof, unless the plans and intended use indicate that such building is designed to conform in all respects to the provisions of this chapter.