The Zoning Officer or his duly authorized assistant shall have the right to enter any building or enter upon any land at any reasonable hour as is essential in the execution of his duties, provided that:

The Zoning Officer shall maintain files and records of all applications for building permits and plans submitted therewith and for certificates of occupancy issued by him, with notations of all special conditions involved. He shall keep a record of every identifiable complaint of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and of the action taken consequent to each such complaint. These files and records shall be public records, open to public inspection.

The Zoning Officer shall report to the governing body, monthly, on the period since has last previous report summarizing all zoning permits and certificates of occupancy issued by him. The governing body may request and shall be furnished with information regarding all complaints of violations and the action taken by him consequent thereto.

Zoning permits shall hereafter be secured from the Zoning Official prior to the construction, erection or alteration of any building or structure, as defined in this chapter or in any part thereof A building permit issued in accordance with the Building Ordinance of the Borough[1] shall satisfy the purposes of a zoning permit, provided that it conforms to all such further conditions and requirements set forth in this chapter. The fee for each such zoning building permit shall be as set forth in the Fee Schedule.[2]

All requests for zoning permits shall be made, in writing, by the owner or the owner's authorized representative and shall contain a statement of the use or intended use of the building, structure or land and shall be accompanied by, among other things which the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning Board or Zoning Office shall require, a plan and elevation of the survey or plot plan drawn to scale of one inch equals 10 feet or one inch equals 20 feet, showing the proposed building in its exact relation to lot and street lines and all other improvements on the lot in a scale not to exceed 1:20.

No zoning permit shall be issued for the construction or alteration of any building upon a lot without access to a street.

No zoning permit shall be issued for any building where the site plan of such building is subject to approval by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, until the appropriate Board approves the site plan and any required approvals of county and state agencies have been obtained.

No zoning permit shall be issued for a building to be use for any conditional use in any zone where such use is allowed only by approval of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, unless and until such approval has been duly granted by the appropriate board.

The zoning permit application and all supporting documentation shall be made in duplicate. Upon the issuance of a zoning permit, the Zoning Officer shall return one copy of all filed documents to the applicant.

The Zoning Officer shall, within 20 working days after the filing of a complete and properly prepared application, either issue or deny a zoning permit. If a zoning permit is denied, the Zoning Officer shall state, in writing, to the applicant the reasons for such denial.

Every zoning permit shall expire if the work authorized has not commenced within one year after the date of issuance. If no zoning amendments or other codes or regulations affecting subject property have been enacted and there has been no publication of notice of a hearing on such amendment or code or regulation in the interim, the Zoning Officer may authorize, in writing, the extension of the above periods for an additional one year.

Any owner, lessee, contractor, agent or other person who uses or maintains, or causes to be used or maintained, any building or premises or part thereof in the Borough for any purposes other than the uses permitted therefor in this chapter, or who erects, enlarges or alters, or causes to be erected, enlarged or altered, any building or any part thereof in the Borough, except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, or who otherwise violates or causes to be violated any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to penalties as follows: a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days, or both.

Except as otherwise provided, each and every day in which a violation of any provision of this chapter shall exist shall constitute a separate violation.