No building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, raised, moved, extended, enlarged, altered or demolished until a permit has been granted by the Construction Official. Application therefor shall be filed in duplicate with the Construction Official by the owner or his agent and it shall state the intended use of the structure and of the land. The application shall be accompanied by detailed plans and specifications, plot plan showing open spaces, the established building lines within the block and such other information as may be required to show that the proposed building or other structure complies with all of the requirements of this chapter. Plans shall be drawn to scale and shall show actual dimensions in figures. All plans, specifications and plot plans shall be signed by a duly licensed architect or a licensed professional engineer of the State of New Jersey. The owner may sign the building plans in the event the owner has prepared the building plans, provided the owner files an affidavit to that effect in accordance with the law. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a licensed land surveyor of the State of New Jersey may prepare and certify the required plot plan only.

No building permit shall be issued for the erection, construction, reconstruction, structural alteration or moving of any building or structure or part thereof, unless the plans and intended use indicated that such building or structure is designed to conform in all respects to the provisions of this chapter as well as other pertinent ordinances of this Borough.