Whenever in the building regulations it is provided that anything must be done to the approval of or subject to the direction of the Building Commissioner or any other officer of the town, this shall be construed to give the officer only the discretion in determining whether the rules and standards established by ordinance have been complied with and no provision shall be construed as giving any officer discretionary powers as to what regulations, codes or standards shall be or power to require conditions not prescribed by ordinances or to enforce ordinance provisions in an arbitrary or discriminating manner.
(1982 Code, § 7-16)