Enforcement officer. This chapter shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer (CEO), who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Town Board. The CEO shall have the power to make and issue rulings and determinations and conduct inspections of buildings or premises as necessary to carry out the enforcement duties of this chapter.

Building permit. No building shall be erected, moved, enlarged or structurally altered, and no excavation for any building shall be begun, and no land shall be used for any activity covered by this chapter unless a building permit has been issued by the Code Enforcement Officer. Notwithstanding the above, no such building permit shall be required for normal maintenance and repair work, for painting, interior decoration, landscaping and the construction or erection of any structure such as a utility shed or animal shelter where the total floor area is 100 square feet or less, unless such permit is required by the State of New York.

Application. Application for a building permit shall be made to the Code Enforcement Officer and such permit may be issued after a review of the work proposed. Where the proposed construction, alteration or use of a building or land does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, no building permit shall be issued except on written order of the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Town Board or the Planning Board, as determined by applicable sections of this chapter.

Revocation. The Code Enforcement Officer may revoke a building permit if it has been found that there is a significant deviation from the plans upon which such permit was issued, as it falls within the scope of this chapter, or whenever suitable cause exists to do so by law or pursuant to the Town's Code Enforcement Local Law or the Uniform Building (and related) Codes of the State of New York.