Town of Wilton, NH

Building Code Ordinance

II.0 Application; General

This Ordinance shall apply to the design, construction, demolition, relocation, remodeling, alteration, reconstruction, use, occupancy and maintenance, after the effective date of this Ordinance or any applicable amendment thereto, of all structures in the Town of Wilton, and activities relating thereto, as well as to any other activity or development specified in the Wilton Land Use Laws (including, without limitation, Section A thereof, the Wilton Zoning Ordinance, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the “Land Use Laws”) as requiring a building permit.

Whenever any provision of this Ordinance conflicts with any other provision of this Ordinance, the Land Use Laws, or any other local, State or Federal rules, requirements, laws, codes or regulations (collectively, “Applicable Laws”), the most restrictive, or that imposing the highest standard, shall govern.

Terms used, but not defined, in this Ordinance shall have the meanings set forth in Article III of Section A of the Land Use Laws, the Zoning Ordinance (the “Zoning Ordinance”). The term “structure,” as used herein, shall include structures not only upon the land, but also in the land, e.g., swimming pools. Terms used, but not defined, in this Ordinance or in Article III of the Zoning Ordinance shall have the meanings set forth in the applicable elements of the NH State Code (defined below). Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall affect the meanings of terms used in the NH State Code, as incorporated into this Ordinance by reference.