Any application for a building, wiring, plumbing, gas, smoke detector or other similar permit related to building construction or maintenance shall be issued to a natural person. If an application is submitted by a corporation, limited liability corporation, realty trust or other business entity, such application shall include the name, address and date of birth for all principals, owners or trustees, as applicable, of such entity.

No land shall be occupied or used, and no building or structure hereinafter erected or structurally altered shall be occupied or used, unless a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the Board of Selectmen or its designated agent. Such certificate shall state that the structure and use of structure and land comply in every respect with the provisions of this bylaw in effect at the time of issuance or with a decision of the Board of Appeals.

Conditional. A certificate of occupancy shall be conditional on the maintenance of full compliance with the provisions of this bylaw in effect at the time of issuance or with restrictions imposed in a decision of the Board of Appeals, and shall lapse if such compliance fails.

Appointments. The Board of Selectmen shall make appointments to a Board of Appeals, established pursuant in Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws and all amendments thereto, which shall consist of three members and two associate members, one associate to be designated by the Chairman of the Board to act in the place of any member incapacitated by personal interest or absence. The first appointments shall be made for one-, two-, and three-year terms respectively, and thereafter one appointment for a three-year term shall be made on or before the first day of March in each year. Associate members shall be appointed for two-year terms, the first appointments being for a one-year and a two-year term.

Appeals.

Variances. Petitions for variances from the terms of the applicable zoning provision shall be dealt with by the Board of Appeals in accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws, as amended. The Board shall grant no variance which would amount to an amendment of this bylaw.

Elections. The Town of Millville shall elect members to a Planning Board, established pursuant to § 81A of the Massachusetts General Laws[1] and all amendments thereto, which shall consist of five members and one associate member. Members are elected for a fiver year term and shall be made on or before the first Monday of April each year. In the event of a vacancy, the Planning Board may make a recommendation to the Board of Selectmen to appoint an interim member for the remainder of the year until the next annual Town Election. The interim member may request to be added to the ballot, per Town bylaw, to run for the remainder of the five-year term of the filled vacancy.

Special permits. The Planning Board shall be the special permit granting authority for the purposes of this Zoning Bylaw.

Site plan review. The Planning Board shall review site plans in accordance with Article X.

Associate member. There shall be one associate member of the Planning Board who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen to serve a term of one year. In the event of a vacancy in the position of associate member, the position shall be filled by appointment of the Board of Selectmen to fill the remainder of the one-year term. The Chairman of the Planning Board may require such associate member to be in attendance at special permit proceedings and hearings and may designate such associate member to sit on the Planning Board for the purpose of acting on a special permit application in the case of absence, inability to act or conflict of interest on the part of any member of the Planning Board or in the event of a vacancy on the Planning Board during special permit application proceedings and hearings. In no case, however, shall more than five members in total, including the associate member, acting as the Planning Board, take any action on any special permit.

Written application. Where a special permit may be authorized by the Planning Board under this bylaw, such Board may grant, upon written application, such special permit if it finds, among other things:

Review. The Planning Board may request a review of the special permit application by other Town departments and agencies and their recommendations thereon.

Adoption of rules. The Planning Board may adopt and amend from time to time rules governing the application procedure for special permits. Copies of said rules shall be filed with the Town Clerk.

Special permit approval for large-scale, ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations shall also require site plan review pursuant to Article X, Site Plan Review, or §§ 100-1105, 100-1106, and 100-1107 of Article XI, entitled "Renewable Energy Overlay District."