PART 1 BUILDING PERMITS

BUILDING or STRUCTURE - anything enclosing a volume of 25 cubic feet or more, constructed or erected, the use of which demands a location on the soil, or attachment to something located in or on the soil.

DWELLING - any building which is designed for or occupied in whole or in part as a home or residence.

PRIVATE GARAGE - a building or structure, or any part thereof, used appurtenant to a dwelling house, primarily for the storage of motor vehicles.

COMMERCIAL or INDUSTRIAL BUILDING - any building or structure designed, built or altered for use entirely or in part for commercial or industrial purposes.

ROADS - Road and road rights-of-way include all lands established by dedication, usage, Township ordinance or laid out upon Township plans as highways and shall be synonymous with the streets, avenues, highways, parkways and other terms commonly applied to public highways.

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER - a person appointed by the Supervisors to enforce the regulations of this Part. [Ord. 66]

(Ord. 13, 12/15/1970; as amended by Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)

§ 102. BUILDING PERMITS.

1. No excavation for the construction of a building or structure to be erected or moved; and no excavation or construction altering or enlarging a building or structure which, when completed, will change the exterior dimensions of the building or structure shall be begun until or unless the person excavating, constructing, enlarging or moving the same shall have first obtained a permit therefor. Such permit shall be issued by the Code Enforcement Officer, providing the plot and plan accompanying the application for the building permit indicates that the construction, alteration or enlargement will conform with the requirements of this Part. The fee to be charged for said permit shall be in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. [Ord. 66]

2. Each application for a building permit shall be accompanied by a plot, in duplicate, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the size and location of the building to be erected or, in case of a building already in existence which is being altered or enlarged, its present size and its contemplated size at the completion of alteration or enlargement, together with a set of plans, in duplicate, of the construction excavation, alteration or enlargement, as the case may be, and any other information necessary for the Code Enforcement Officer to determine whether or not the requirements of this Part will be satisfied with respect thereto. A file of such application and plots and plans, together with a notation indicating whether or not a permit was issued, shall be kept in the office of the Code Enforcement Officer. [Ord. 66]

3. After the issue of a permit for any construction as covered by this Part, and before any excavation or construction shall begin, the permit for said construction shall be posted conspicuously at the front of said construction and the permit shall remain posted until the construction is completed.

4. If it is determined that the building site is located within a floodplain as defined by the Floodplain Ordinance [Chapter 8], the provisions of the Floodplain Ordinance will also be applicable. [Ord. 66]

5. Upon completion of the construction, occupancy or use of the new construction shall not take place until an occupancy permit is issued by the Township. [Ord. 64]

(Ord. 13, 12/15/1970; as amended by Ord. 20, 8/6/1974; by Ord. 36, 5/3/1984; by Ord. 64, 7/5/2001, § 1; and by Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)

§ 103. LOT SIZE.

The minimum requirements as to lot area requirements for a dwelling house or other building to be built or erected shall be as follows:

A. Lots where private well and septic tanks are provided shall have a minimum width of 100 feet at the building line and a minimum area of 20,000 square feet per single family dwelling unit.

B. Lots served by either public water or sanitary services shall have a minimum of 80 feet at the building line and a minimum area of 10,000 square feet per single family dwelling unit.

C. Lots where both public water and sanitary sewers are provided shall have a minimum width at building line of 75 feet and a minimum area of 7,500 square feet per single family dwelling unit. Provided, however, that if the land affected be an unplotted lot having area or frontage less than that stated herein and held under separate ownership, the area of such unplotted and so held under separate ownership from the adjoining land at the time of adoption of this Part shall be the minimum requirement for such unplotted land and provided that, further, a lot in a recorded plan of lots divided at the time of the adoption of this Part having area and frontage of less than that stated herein shall constitute the minimum area requirement for such plotted ground. That portion of a lot on which is located the right-of-way for a road shall not be included in the determination of minimum requirements as to the area of the lot.

(Ord. 13, 12/15/1970)

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