General Information on Inspections

Any request for a building inspection must be made by the contractor and made 24 hours in advance. Please give name of owner, address of property, type of inspection, and permit number. The inspection will be conducted within 48 hours, and a sticker will be attached to the building permit card, either approving the work or rejecting the work. Do not call in for inspection results.

Inspections for plumbing, electrical and mechanical are done on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and you must call one day ahead of time with the property address and the permit number

The Building permit card must be posted on the job site for all inspections. In addition to this requirement you will be required to have the approved set of plans on site for inspection.

Failure to pass an inspection or have the permit card on site along with the approved construction plans will result in a $30.00 re-inspect fee.

Once all the required inspections have been made, the card must be turned in, in order to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy. The Certificate will be available within 10 Days of receipt of your card and the fee is $35.00.

FLOOD ZONE: If your project is within a flood zone you must submit an elevation certificate after you pour the foundation but prior to any framing.

If construction required Zoning Board approval, a certification from your design professional will be required stating the project was constructed as per the Zoning Board decision stipulations and conditions.

SMOKE DETECTORS: Rough and Final
Contact the Fire Marshall 789-1044 Ext. 355

Request for Inspection call 789-1044 Ext. 619

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Pools New

To submit an application for a new pool, the following requirements must be fulfilled.

SITE PLAN (2 COPIES)
If you have an existing dwelling on your lot and you wish to add a pool, you will be required to submit a site plan drawn to scale which shows the location, size and setbacks of all structures on the lot. This is necessary to compute total lot coverage requirements, and required setbacks under the zoning ordinance. Your plan need not be prepared by a registered land surveyor unless so determined by the Building Official, however you must show field evidence, such as stakes, bounds, fences, walls etc., to indicate how you derived you property lines setbacks. If you have a septic tank or cesspool, you must indicate its location to make sure that the pool does not cover or interfere with its operation.

General Requirements

Swimming pools, including portable pools deep enough to contain a water depth of more than thirty (30) inches, shall comply with the following requirements:

a) No pool which is accessory to a one or two-family dwelling shall be located in the front yard thereof;

b) The pool and any accessory equipment shall comply with the required side and rear yard setbacks of the lot on which it is located;

c) The pool, or the premises within which it is located, shall be completely surrounded by a fence or wall enclosure, the top of which at no point on its perimeter shall be less than five (5) feet above grade.

Exclusive of gates or doors, the fence or wall shall contain no holes or gaps, which have any dimension greater than four (4) inches. If the wall or fence is not opaque, the area in which the pool is located shall be screened from the view of abutting properties by means of thick hedges at least six (6) feet high;

d) In ground pools shall have an apron no less than four (4) feet wide;

e) The pool shall have no lighting or spotlighting which illuminates any area beyond the boundaries of the lot on which it is located;

f) The pool shall be equipped with a filtration system, which shall be either screened or enclosed on all sides or located below ground.

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Decks
NEW
To submit an application for a new deck, the following requirements must be fulfilled.

SITE PLAN & CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS (2 COPIES)

If you have an existing dwelling on your lot and you wish to add a deck, or expand an existing deck, you will be required to submit a site plan drawn to scale, which shows the location, size and setbacks of all structures on the lot. This is necessary to compute total lot coverage requirements, and required setbacks under the zoning ordinance. Your plan need not be prepared by a registered land surveyor unless so determined by the Building Official, however you must show field evidence, such as stakes, bounds, fences, walls etc., to indicate how you derived your property lines setbacks. If you have a septic tank or cesspool, you must indicate its location to make sure that the deck does not cover or interfere with its operation. Also see  DECKS Information sheet

Replacements

If the deck being applied for is an existing deck that shows on the tax assessor's card, and is the same size and in the same location as on the assessor's card a site plan will not be required unless so determined by the Building Official.
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Sheds

To submit an application the following requirements must be fulfilled.

SITE PLAN (2 COPIES)

If you wish to erect or place a shed on your lot, you will be required to submit a site plan which shows the location, size and setback of all structures on the lot. This is necessary to compute total lot coverage requirements, and required setbacks under the Zoning Ordinance. Your plan need not be prepared by a registered land surveyor unless so determined by the Building Official, however, you must show field evidence, such as stakes, bounds, fences, walls, etc. to indicate how you derived your property lines and setbacks. If you have a septic tank or cesspool, your must indicate its location to make sure that the shed does not cover or interfere hit its operation.

CONSTRUCTION PLANS (2 COPIES)

Plans are not required if your shed is under 200 square feet in area but you still need to pull a building permit.

GENERAL INFORMATION

An accessory building or structure greater than one hundred forty four (144) square feet in ground floor area or greater than thirteen (13) feet in height shall comply with the required front, rear, and side yard dimensions specified in the Table of Dimensional regulations and shall be limited in height to a maximum of eighteen (18) feet measured from the average natural grade at the base to the highest point of the building or structure specified in the Table of Dimensional Regulations in Section 6.3 of this ordinance. Such accessory building and structures shall comply with the front yard setbacks specified therein.

Accessory building and structures not greater than one hundred forty four (144) square feet in floor area and not more than thirteen (13) feet in height, measured from the average natural grade at the base to the highest point of the building or structure shall be set back a distant at least equal to one-third (1/3) of the side yard and rear yard dimensions.

An accessory building or structure over one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet in ground floor area or greater than eighteen (18) feet in height shall constitute a special permit use and shall require site plan review and approval in accordance with the provisions of Section 18 of this ordinance.

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