The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-01
BUILDING CODE
CITY OF
- NEW JERSEY.

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qualification and term OF office OF the
building Inspector, and to regulate and
control the manner OF building dWellne
houses and other buildings in the CITY
Section /. Be it Ordained by the Com
mon Council of the city OF Nortnheiu'
That there shall be in the City OF North-
field a department to be called the SUD
ing Department. which shall be furnished
at the expense of the City with such
supplies for the transaction OF its busl-
prove. Common Council of the City OF
Northfield shall elect a suitable person
TO be Building Inspector OF the SAID CITY.
who shall hold his office until January !,
and at the first stated meeting in Janua-
~ zach year there shall be elected a
suitable person. TO be Building Inspector
Of the said City for the term Of one year,
and until his successor shall be duly
elected and aualihed; and in case of any
vacancy by death, resignation, ~disqualln-
cation, ENJOY or otherwise, the Sald
Common Council shall elect another per-
son who shall be subject to all the PEN
alties and provisions hereof for the re-
mainder Of the term SO vacated. Such
Building Inspector snail not be engaged
In the building business in the CITY OF
Northfeld and shall within five days OF
his appointment deliver to the sad COM
mol Council a bond for one Thousand
Dollars satisfactory 10 the Common Coun-
ell, conditioned for the faithful perform
ance of the duties OF his office.
For his services the Building Inspector
shall receive - d 81 all lees received ny
For the purpose OF consultation the
Building Inspector or his assistant shaH
be at his office in the city OF N~orthleld
for at least one hour each d5S time TO he
by him designated. between lhe hours OF
8 q. IN. and 3 p. m. >,
Section >. The Building INSPECTOR snail
keep a record OF all permlt by nm gran
ted. file and index all applications, plans
and specifications, all violations of the
provisions of this ordinance, and all other
business of the said Building Department,
submit to the Common Council a semi
annual report Of such business, ascertain
all facts and make all returns required by
law relative to buildings. make monthly
report on the last business day OF each
month 10 the Common Council oil all per-
mits by him granted, stating in same re-
port the amount collected for granting
each permit. and turn over to the Clty
Treasurer that sum IN iull' Win sucn
other reports as may be required or
deemed necessary. He shall at all times
keen the aforesaid records open for in
spection of the public.
Section 3. The Building Inspector shall
duly perform all duties imposed by law
and ordinances OF the city, examine All
buildings damaged by fire or accldent,
and make a record Of such anlas Ite
name Of the street and number OF the
building, With name Of owner ana all
other matters relative thereto; shaH .eN-
anime all buildings for which applications
have been made for permits to erect,
rsisa. moVe. enlarge. alter. build upon or
tear down ana make a record OF such
examination. -
Section l. Al applications shall be
made unou forms furnished at me once
al the Building Inspector, and all applI-
cations shall be signed lay the owner or
contractor. and be accompanied py ue-
tailed plans and sp~eeiheauons lhereI9I,
and a plan showing the lines OIL ue lol
and the exact location OF the roposed
building thereon. which appipeallon, plans
and specifications shall be flied pE ule
49, ia his office and m all
cases OF repairs or a~IeHations HeLallSu
plans and specifications shall be ~turnlsh-
ed If required by the Building inspector.
For all buildings requiring state lnspec-
tiou and supervision an approved set OF
plans and specifications shall be Hleu WIN
The building department.
The Building Inspector shall not grant
anv permit until he has Inspected ana
approved the plans and sp~eclnCatlons
and endorsed his approval upon the APP
plicatjon. The Building Inspector shall
approve or d-iSapproYe eacn applcallon
for a permit within fifteen days after the
filing OF such application as AFORESAID;
and every permit shall become VOID ana
Of no effect at the expiration OF three
months from the date the same was IS
sued. unless active work is commenced
upon such building and being prosecuted.
In case il is desired or necessary to
change the plans or specifications during
the progress of the work after having
obtained a permit from the Bulldlng IN
spector. il shall be unlawful TO proceed
r-ffh zr9Th changes until aDfAiGaIlOn mas
- - ~ zqqffinp and aDproved bv
- pttf5tag In s5aefa7 He may REQUIRE
revfge5 gla6s ana snacfacations to be filed
y5t1 Mn a a5oIieata sci of the approv-
"a -1ans an5 snaeffcations must be kept
at the building or other structure during
NJ - II ff.,as 70 fha Tnsnactor. The
P,5i1Si,r Tnsnactor shall have authority
~ ordar any ehanra from the application
or plans or notifications on file IN the
oa7ca 81 IN Building INSPECTOR. should it
he found mon InsDecfion that there are