The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-05
Application for Permits and State
Supervision.

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SECTION 4.
Application for Permits and State
Supervision.
All applications shall be made upon
forms furnished at the Office of Buildfns
Inspector and all applications shall be
signed by the Owner or Contractor. and
be accompanied by detail plans and spec
~ifications therefor, and a plan showing
the lines of the lot and the exact location
of the proposed building thereon. which
application. plans and specifications shall
be filed by the Building Inspector in his
office; and in all cases of repairs or alter
atoms, detailed plans and specifications
shall be furnished. if required by the
Building Inspector.
For all buildings requiring State In
sDection and supervision an approved set
of plans and specifications shall be filed
with the building department.
Permit Void.
The Building Inspector h not grant
until he has inspected and approved the
plans and specifications. and endorsed his
approval upon he back of the ,applica-
ton. The Building Inspector shall APP
prove or disapprove each application fol-
a permit within fifteen days after the
filing of such application as aforesaid.
and every permit shall become void and
months from the date the same was issu-
ed, unless active work is commenced up
on such building and being prosecuted. h,
See Section "a for permits for material
SiaHSC Vi
In case it is desired or necessary. tc
change the plans or specifications during
the progress of the work after havine
obtained a permit from the Building In.
spector, il shall be unlawful to proceed
with such changes until application shall
be made in writing and approved by the
Building Inspector. He may require re
vised plans and specifications to be flee
with him. A duplicate set of the ap-
proved plans and specifications must be
bout of fha building ar other structure
during the erection or alteration and bt
accessible at all times to the Inspector
The Building Inspector shall nave au-
thority to order any change from the
application or plans or specifications or
file in the office of the Building Inspector
should it be found upon inspection tina
there are conditions which make Sucf
change necessary, notice of such change
kshall be given in writing to the owner oil
his agent or to the contractor in charge
of the work. provided that no sucf
change shall be made except it conform
to the provisions of his ordinance.
Fire Escapes.
Nc permit shall be issued by the Build
ing Inspector for the erection, alteration
or construction of any building requirine
Fire Escapes, until a plan showing the
location of the Fire Escape has been filed
with the Building Inspector.
SECTION 5.
Unlawful.
1t shall be unlawful to proceed with
the erection, enlargement, alteration,
moving, repair or other removal OF any
joining any public highway or N plat
form or staging to be used for standins
or seating purposes or OF any structure
within the meaning of any of the proYi-
sfons of this Ordinance. unless a permit
sha first be obtained from the office OF
the Building Inspector.
SECTION 6.
Inspection.
1t shall be the duty of the Building
Inspector to visit and inspect every house
or building in the course OF erection, al
permit has been applied for, and to IN
spect each and every house or building
in the course of erection, alteration and
construction within the limits of the said
City, TO see hat such house or building
is being erected. altered and constructed
according to the plans and specifications
thereof. and to the provisions OF this
Ordinance, for the security thereof ag-
ainst fires and the safety of the occu-
pants thereof; that the materials USED
are all suitable for the purpose, and that
the work is being done in a substantial
and workmanlike manner and is of suffi-
cient strength and solidity to answer the
purpose for which It is designed; that
from time to time during the erection,
alteration and construction of such house
or building and until such house or build
ing shall have been completed.
Said Building Inspector shall have the
power to direct and require provisions to
be made in relation to counter-archins
over all SDdC6S anu ORCiliI6S ~ NC 1Cti
for public and manufacturing purposes;
to direct what manner or means access
and egress shall be provided, for the
method of swinging the doors of such
buildings; the method of construction and
fastening wood and metal cornices, and
any other regulation he may deem neces-
sary, not inconsistent with the provisions
SECTION I.
inspection TO Condemn.
It shall be the duty of the Building
T--,aa+Na r. Welt nrH inEnnNf nnN hTrfld-
ing heretofore erected, either upon his
own Judgment or upon report having
been made to him for the purpose of de-
termining whether such building is safe.
both as to its strength and its heating
appliances.
Where the Building Inspector shall de-
termine that any building inspected by
him is for any reason unsafe, he shall
give notice to the owners or persons in
charge of such building and in such no.
tice he shall specify in what manner such
may deem necessary to such building.
and in all cases where in his judgment
the danger arises from the erection or
placing of any heating apparatus or APP
pp%iiances he shall serve notice upon the
tenants or occupants thereof. forbidding
the generating of or having any heat in
any range, stove, stove-pipe, chimney,
hot-air hue, steam pipe or any other
appliance for giving or conducting heat
until such specified changes are made.
SECTION s..
~Disapproval of Plans.
If the Building Inspector shall, for any
reason, disapprove of any application,
plans or specifications, he shall notify in
writing the contractor and owner OF his
~disapproval with his reasons therefor.
If, during the rogress of any work, the
Building Inspector shall disapprove OF
the method or mode of any construction
or the material used he shall forthwith
give notice. in writing, of his d-isapproval
to the Contractor and owner. with his
specifications therefor and until the same