Except as otherwise specifically provided in any chapter this ordinance shall be enforced by the Township construction official.

The construction official is empowered to cause any building, structure, place or premises to be inspected and examined and to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist therein or thereat in violation of any provision of this ordinance.

The Construction Official shall in no case issue a construction permit for the erection, structural alteration of any building or demolition of a single family dwelling unless the proposed construction, structural alteration use or development of the site is in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance, any other applicable requirement of law and any required approvals or variances granted in accordance with law.

Prior to occupancy or use, a certificate of occupancy shall be obtained from the construction official for any of the following:

a. Occupancy and use of a building hereafter constructed, enlarged, relocated, reconstructed or altered.

b. A change in the use of a building.

c. Occupancy and use of vacant land or change in the use of land, except for any use consisting primarily of tilling the soil.

No certificate of occupancy shall be issued unless the proposed occupancy is in full conformity with all the provisions of this ordinance, any other applicable requirements of law and any required approvals or variances granted in accordance with law.

A certificate of occupancy shall be deemed to authorize, and is required for, both initial and continued occupancy and use of the building or land to which it applies and shall continue in effect so long as such use thereof, or the use of such land, is in full conformity with the provisions of this ordinance, and any other applicable requirements of law and any approvals or variances. However, on the serving of notice by the construction official of any violation of any of the provisions, requirements or approvals with respect to any building or the use thereof or of any land, the certificate of occupancy for the use shall, without further action, be deemed null and void, and a new certificate of occupancy shall be required for any further use of such building or land.

A duplicate copy of every certificate of occupancy issued shall be filed with the Township Tax Assessor. A record of all certificates of occupancy shall be kept in the office of the construction official, and copies shall be furnished upon request to the planning board or to any person laving a legal interest in the building or land affected.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in any Chapter of this ordinance, any persons who violates any of the provisions of this ordinance, or who fails to comply with any of the requirements hereof, or who erects, places, relocates, extends, enlarges or alters any structure in violation of any provisions hereof or any site plan required hereunder, or who fails to comply with the terms and conditions of any variance or any conditional use permit, or who puts into use any lot or land in violation of any provision hereof or any site plan required hereunder, or as owner or occupant of any lot or land refuses reasonable opportunity to inspect any premises to determine compliance with the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a violation of this ordinance and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or to both such find and imprisonment. Each and every day a violation continues shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.

The owner of any structure, lot or land, or part thereof, where anything in violation of this ordinance is placed or exists, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith, who assists in the commission of such violation shall be guilty of a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to the fine or imprisonment, or both, hereinabove specified.

If any chapter, section, subsection or paragraph of this ordinance shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, such chapter, section, subsection or paragraph shall, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, remain in full force and effect, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate the remaining chapters, sections, subsections or paragraphs of this ordinance.

This ordinance shall take effect as provided by law.