SECTION 3- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

3.1 Zoning Enforcement Officer: There shall be a Zoning Enforcement Officer who may also be the Building Inspector of the Town of Branford if so appointed. The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall have the responsibility and authority to enforce the provisions of these Regulations in accordance with any administrative rules and procedures established by the Commission. The Commission may appoint deputy zoning enforcement officers to assist and act for the Zoning Enforcement Officer. No Applications for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be approved and no Certificate of Zoning Compliance, order or other zoning enforcement document shall be issued unless signed or countersigned by the Zoning Enforcement Officer or a deputy Zoning Enforcement Officer.

3.2 Application for Certificate of Zoning Compliance: Application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be submitted to the Zoning Enforcement Officer prior to construction, reconstruction, extension, enlargement, moving or substantial alteration of any building or other structure and prior to the use or occupancy of any land, building or other structure. The Application shall be accompanied by a plan drawing in duplicate, drawn to scale and showing the following:

     3.2.1         Exact dimensions, area, radii and angles or bearings of the lot;

     3.2.2         The height, dimensions, use, floor area, ground coverage and location of all buildings and other structures, whether existing or proposed;

     3.2.3         The location, area and dimension of off-street parking and loading spaces, any barriers required in connection therewith and the means of access to such spaces;

     3.2.4         The location of any existing or proposed wells and private sewage disposal systems;

     3.2.5         The location, area and dimensions of any outside storage areas, site development and landscaping features that are subject to the provisions of these Regulations; and

     3.2.6         Such additional information as may be necessary to determine compliance with the provisions of these Regulations.In addition, the Application shall be accompanied by other plans, drawings, data and statements necessary to determine compliance with the provisions of these Regulations.

3.3 Special Plans: In addition to the requirements of Paragraph 3.2 and where required by these Regulations under CHAPTER III, site plans, architectural plans and other special plans and drawings shall be submitted with the Application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance. A site plan, incorporating all of the information required to be shown on the plan drawing specified in Paragraph 3.2 may be substituted for such plan drawing.

3.4 Fees: Each Application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount to be determined by the Commission and posted in the Planning and Zoning Department.

3.5 Referral: When any Application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance may be approved only after approval of a site plan, approval of a special permit or other action of the Commission or Zoning Board of Appeals as specified in these Regulations, such Application shall be referred to the Commission or Board upon receipt.

3.6 Approval and Issuance of Certificate of Zoning Compliance: The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall approve Application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance and shall issue Certificate of Zoning Compliance when he determines that all requirements of these Regulations have been met. If deemed necessary to determine compliance with these Regulations and before issuance of a Certificate of Zoning Compliance, the Zoning Enforcement Officer may require the applicant to furnish measurements of any construction features subject to the requirements of these Regulations, including setback distances, which measurements shall be prepared and certified by a land surveyor licensed to practice in the State of Connecticut. Within 10 days after notification by the applicant that the premises are ready for occupancy, or within 10 days after receipt of the certified measurements if required, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall issue or deny a Certificate of Zoning Compliance. One (1) copy of the plan drawing or drawings shall be returned by the Zoning Enforcement Officer to the applicant when the Application for a Certificate is approved. The following additional requirements shall apply to the approval of Applications and the issuance of Certificates:

      3.6.1        Sanitation: Where a proposed use or a proposed building or other structure involves the installation, extension, relocation or reconstruction of a private sewage disposal or water supply system, no Application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be approved until plans for such system have been approved by the Director of Health of the Town of Branford or his authorized agent or until the use or building or structure has been provided with connections to a public sanitary sewer and/or public water supply system.

     3.6.2        Conditions: Any maps, plans, documents, statements, and stipulations submitted to and approved by the Commission or Zoning Board of Appeals in connection with a site plan, special permit, variance or other action of such Commission or Board, shall be conditions for approval of an Application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance by the Zoning Enforcement Officer and issuance by him of a Certificate.

      3.6.3        Temporarv Permit: If in his judgment the public health and safety will not be impaired, the Zoning Enforcement Officer is authorized to issue a Temporary Certificate of Zoning Compliance, having a duration of not more than six (6) months, for the temporary use of land, buildings and other structures in the process of improvements and completion in accordance with an approved Application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance.

     3.6.4        Other Permits: Approval of an Application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance or the issuance of a Certificate shall not be construed to constitute compliance with any other regulation, ordinance or law nor to relieve the applicant from responsibility to obtain any permit thereunder.

3.7 Inspections: The Zoning Enforcement Officer is authorized to inspect or cause to be inspected any land, building or other structure to determine compliance with these Regulations. No Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be issued until the Zoning Enforcement Officer has inspected the land, building or other structure involved to

determine that the use and/or the buildings or other structures conform to these Regulations.

3.8 Orders: The Zoning Enforcement Officer is authorized to issue a Stop Work Order if in his judgment the use of land, buildings and other structures or the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, extension, moving or structural alteration of a building or other structure are not being carried out in compliance with these Regulations; he shall withdraw such Order when he determines that there is compliance with these Regulations. The Zoning Enforcement Officer is authorized to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to be in violation of these Regulations.

3.9 Records: The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall keep records of all fees, all Applications and Certificates of Zoning Compliance, all identifiable complaints of any violation of these Regulations, all inspections made under these Regulations and all notices of violation served by him and the action taken thereon.