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)