§ 119-13 Chapter 119 Building Construction

Issuance of building permits.

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A. Criteria for issuance.(1) No building permits will be issued until the stone road bed has been properly installed, approved by the Town, and will support emergency vehicles.(2) All building permits issued in areas where the required paving binder has not been installed will contain the disclaimer "Building permit issued on the contingency that there could be a problem of accessibility to new construction."(3) No building permits will be issued until all hydrants are in, tested and operational as required by Chapter 165, Fire Prevention.(4) No certificate of occupancy will be issued until the required paving binder has been installed.(5) The Commissioner of Public Works (or his deputies) may waive any of the above subsections only upon a written application made to the Commissioner of Public Works, the Fire Marshal and the fire district having jurisdiction over the area of the building upon good cause shown that such waiver and issuance of a building permit will not endanger life or public safety and where the construction completed otherwise complies with all applicable laws, ordinances, codes and regulations.B.

The Building Inspector shall examine or cause to be examined all applications for permits and the plans, specifications and documents filed therewith, and their conformance with zoning regulations[1] and the approved site plan or subdivision plan. He shall approve or disapprove the application within 10 working days unless the plans are being inspected by authoritative personnel outside the Building Division as provided in § 119-11. [1]Editor's Note: See Ch. 350, Zoning.C. Upon approval of the application and upon receipt of all fees as required by the Town Fee Schedule therefor and upon the receipt of any required security, the Building Inspector shall issue a building permit to the applicant upon the form prescribed by him and shall affix his signature or cause his signature to be affixed thereto.D.

Upon approval of the application, two sets of building plans shall be endorsed with the word "APPROVED." One set of such approved plans shall be retained in the files of the Building Division, and the other set shall be returned to the applicant, together with the building permit, and shall be kept at the building site in good condition and open to inspection by the Building Inspector or his authorized representative at all reasonable times.E. If the application, together with the plans and other documents filed therewith, describes proposed work that does not conform to all of the requirements of the applicable building regulations, zoning regulations, and approved site or subdivision plan, the Building Inspector shall disapprove the same and shall return the plans and documents to the applicant.

The Building Inspector shall cause such refusal, together with the reasons therefor, to be transmitted to the applicant in writing.

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