No building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, structurally altered or moved until a building permit has been procured from the Construction Official. All applications for building permits shall be filed in accordance with the Building Code of the Township of Saddle Brook.[1]

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 indicate that such building or structure is designed and intended to conform in all respects to the provisions of this chapter.

All applications for building permits not requiring site plan approval shall be accompanied by a plat or lot plan in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the size of the building to be erected, the location of the building upon the lot, the dimensions of all open spaces, the established building lines within the block and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the encroachment of this chapter.

It shall be unlawful to use or permit the use of any building, structure or premises, or part thereof, hereafter created, changed, converted, altered or enlarged, wholly or partly, in its use or structure, or to change the use of any building or structure, until a resale certificate (or new tenant certificate) shall have been applied and issued therefor by the Construction Official. Such certificate shall show that such building, structure or premises or part thereof and the proposed use thereof are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter or a determination of the Board of Adjustment or of the governing body.

Before any resale certificate (or new tenant certificate) is issued by the Construction Official a location survey of the premises for which such certificate is requested showing the dimensions of the various setbacks, yards and other areas and such other information as may be necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter regarding setbacks, yards and other such areas shall be filed in the office of the Construction Official. Such location survey shall be made and certified to by a land surveyor licensed by the State of New Jersey; provided, however, that when the building, for which an occupancy permit is applied, is an accessory building not exceeding 400 square feet in area, or when, by reason of conditions peculiar to the particular case, a survey would not be essential to the issuance of a resale certificate (or new tenant certificate), the Construction Official may waive the filing of a location survey.

Under such rules and regulations as may be established by the approving authority, a temporary resale certificate (or new tenant certificate) for a part of a building may be issued by the Construction Official.

Upon written request from the owner, the Construction Official shall issue a resale certificate (or new tenant certificate) for any building or premises existing at the time of the passage of this chapter, certifying after inspection, the use made of the building or premises and whether such use conforms to the provisions of this chapter.

It shall be the duty of the Construction Official to issue a resale certificate (or new tenant certificate) within 10 days after a request for the same shall be filed in his office by any owner, after having determined that the building and the proposed use thereof conform to all the requirements herein set forth.

A new resale certificate (or new tenant certificate) shall be required to occupy or use any building, industrial or otherwise, business, dwelling unit, townhouse or any other residential building or structure after the sale or transfer of title of the same to a new owner. A new resale certificate (or new tenant certificate) shall only be issued if the aforesaid building, industrial or otherwise, business, dwelling unit, townhouse or residential building or structure is in conformance with the permitted use regulations of the Zoning Ordinance of the Township of Saddle Brook or is a lawful nonconforming use or a variance has been obtained. A new resale certificate shall be required prior to the sale, conveyance, rental/lease, change of use or occupancy/change of occupancy of any building or structure, or portion thereof.

Site plan approval by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment shall be required for:

In all cases where an amendment of an approved site plan is proposed, the applicant must secure approval of the proposed amendment by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment. No building permit shall be issued for any structure within the purview of this section until an approved site plan or approved amendment of any such plan has been secured by the applicant. No resale certificate may be issued for any building, or part of any building or use of land within the purview of this section, unless the building is constructed and used, or the land is developed and used, in conformity with an approved site plan or an approved amendment of any such plan.

A resale certificate shall be required with respect to the addition of any tenant, subtenant or operator to any building or structure in the Township.