[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Ventnor City 1-10-1977 by Ord. No. 7621. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 6-4-1979 by Ord. No. 7904]
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Ventnor
City finds and determines that it is in the best interest of the City
of Ventnor City to establish a Construction Code Enforcing Agency
and a Construction Board of Appeals within the City of Ventnor City
and to provide for the services and personnel to enforce said Construction
Code and Construction Board of Appeals.
[Amended 6-4-1979 by Ord. No. 7904]
There is hereby established in the City of Ventnor
City a Uniform Construction Code Enforcing Agency, consisting of a
Construction Code Official, Building Subcode Official, Plumbing Subcode
Official, Electrical Subcode Official and such other subcode officials
for such additional subcodes as the Commissioner of the Department
of Community Affairs of the State of New Jersey shall hereafter adopt
as part of the State Uniform Construction Code. Said Construction
Code Official, Building Subcode Official and Plumbing Subcode Official
shall perform their duties as authorized by this chapter. The Construction
Code Official shall be the chief administrator of the Enforcing Agency.
[Added 4-11-1977 by Ord. No. 7704; amended 5-23-1977 by Ord. No.
7709; 2-6-1978 by Ord. No. 7802; 2-10-1978 by Ord. No. 7810; 4-17-1978 by Ord. No. 7814; 5-1-1978 by Ord. No. 7816; 6-4-1979 by Ord. No. 7904; 6-4-1979 by Ord. No. 7905; 8-6-1979 by Ord. No. 7913; 5-11-1981 by Ord. No.
8116; 2-22-1983 by Ord. No. 8306; 11-15-1983 by Ord. No. 8342; 11-15-1984 by Ord. No. 8414; 2-7-1985 by Ord. No. 8503; 6-4-1987 by Ord. No. 8711; 8-2-1990 by Ord. No. 9017; 8-26-1993 by Ord. No. 9315; 4-28-1994 by Ord. No.
9405; 7-24-1997 by Ord. No. 9712; 10-22-1998 by Ord. No. 9823; 3-25-1999 by Ord. No. 9905; 8-15-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-13; 5-20-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-06; 5-18-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-18; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The fee for a construction permit shall be the sum of the subcode fees listed in Chapter 114, Fee Schedule, and shall be paid before the permit is issued.
Each official position created in § 98-2 hereof shall be filled by a person qualified for such position pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 217,[1] as amended, and N.J.A.C. 5:23, provided that, in lieu
of any particular subcode official, an on-site inspection agency may
be retained by contract pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23. More than one such
official position may be held by the same person, provided that such
person is qualified pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 217, and N.J.A.C. 5:23
to hold each such position.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et
seq.
The public shall have the right to do business
with the Enforcing Agency at such offices which shall be reasonably
accessible to the public in terms of distance, location and function.
[Amended 7-17-1978 by Ord. No. 7824]
A.Â
There is hereby established a Construction Board of
Appeals within the City of Ventnor City to hear appeals from decisions
by the Enforcing Agency. Such appointment shall be made by the Board
of Commissioners of the City of Ventnor City, with said Board to act
in an appellate capacity within the City of Ventnor City.
B.Â
The Construction Board of Appeals shall consist of
five members.
(1)Â
At least one Board member shall be a registered architect
or licensed professional engineer with building construction experience,
and at least one Board member shall be as qualified as a Plumbing
Subcode Official and one as qualified as an Electrical Subcode Official.
(2)Â
No more than two Board members shall be selected from
the same business or profession.
(3)Â
Each Board member shall have at least three years'
experience in construction, design and supervision as a licensed engineer
or registered architect; or, in the alternative, five years' experience
in construction, designer supervision as an architect or engineer,
with a bachelor's degree in architecture or engineering, respectively,
from an accredited institution of higher education; or, as a further
alternative, 10 years' experience in construction, design or supervision
as a journeyman in the construction trade or as a construction contractor,
subcontractor or inspector.
C.Â
The municipality of Ventnor City shall appoint the
Board members and any alternate members. For the members first appointed,
the municipality of Ventnor City shall designate the appointees' terms
so that one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term
of two years, one for a term of three years and two for a term of
four years. At the expiration of such terms and thereafter, appointments
shall be made for terms of four years. Vacancies shall be filled for
the unexpired term. The municipality of Ventnor City shall appoint
such number of alternates as may be appropriate, for terms not to
exceed four years, or may, in the alternative, appoint alternates
on a case-by-case basis. No regular or alternate Board member may
be of the Enforcing Agency, the decisions of which are subject to
the review of the Board.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 8, as amended
7-17-1978 by Ord. No. 7824, which immediately followed this section
and which dealt with the submission by the Construction Code Official
of a report recommending a fee schedule, was deleted 6-4-1979 by Ord.
No. 7904.
[Amended 7-17-1978 by Ord. No. 7824]
This chapter and the Construction Code Enforcing
Agency and the Construction Board of Appeals created hereunder shall
be subject to such rules and regulations as may, from time to time,
be lawfully promulgated by appropriate agencies of the State of New
Jersey.
