[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Delanco 6-16-1980 by Ord. No. 5-1980; amended in its entirety 7-10-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-10. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Every citizen of this state, during the regular business hours maintained by the custodian of any record sought, shall have the right to inspect any public record pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. Every citizen of this state shall also have the right, during such regular business hours and under the supervision of a representative of the custodian, to copy the records by hand and shall also have the right to purchase copies of such records upon the payment of fees as set forth below.
A. 
The custodian of any records sought shall make and supply copies of such records sought upon the payment of the following charges:
[Amended 3-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-9]
(1) 
General photocopies: $0.05 per page.
(2) 
Legal-size photocopies: $0.07 per page.
(3) 
Where requests are submitted that are substantial in nature, and will result in copying charges estimated to be in excess of $10, the custodian shall require a deposit for the production of the photocopies at the time the request is made.
B. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, Police records, was repealed 3-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-9; see now Subsection A.
C. 
The Tax Collector shall be entitled to charge and collect a fee of $30 for the preparation of a certificate of redemption for redeemed liens.
D. 
The Township Clerk shall be entitled to charge and collect a fee of $25 for the first copy of each certified copy of a vital record and $5 for each additional certified copy thereafter on the same request form. The Clerk shall also be entitled to charge and collect a fee of $25 for vital record abstract certification.
[Amended 10-15-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-14]
E. 
Other various charges for reproduction of public records are as follows, provided that the costs of charges shall not exceed the actual costs borne by the Township, and where copying is done by an outside agency, the Township may request payment directly to that outside agency:
(1) 
Photographs (35 mm film or other standard format): up to $1.00 per print.
(2) 
Polaroid prints: up to $2 per print.
(3) 
Videotapes: up to $27 per videotape.
(4) 
Standard audiocassettes: up to $5 per cassette tape or CD.
(5) 
Audiocassettes of meeting minutes (requiring reproduction by outside agency): $60 per cassette tape.
(6) 
3.5-inch floppy disk or computer disk: up to $5 per disk.
(7) 
Municipal street maps: up to $6 per map.
(8) 
Municipal zoning maps: up to $6 per map.
(9) 
Zoning Ordinance books: $37, plus copies of amendments at the rates set forth in Subsection A above.
(10) 
Master Plan: $55, plus copies of amendments at the rates set forth in Subsection A above.
(11) 
Tax Maps: copies of certain pages or portions of the map at $4 per sheet, provided that copies for a complete set of Tax Maps shall be provided by the Engineer's office, through the office of the Municipal Clerk, at a rate of up to $550.
(12) 
Site plans, maps or blueprints: copies at up to $12 per page.
F. 
In the event that the nature, format, manner of collation, or volume of a government record embodied in the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined, or copied pursuant to this section is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary document-copying equipment in ordinary business size or involves an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort to accommodate the request, the public agency may charge, in addition to the actual cost of duplicating the record, a special service charge. Administrative time involved in such extraordinary expenditures of time shall be charged at a rate of $15 per hour. The Municipal Clerk shall notify the requestor of the imposition of a special service charge prior to undertaking the response to the request pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
A. 
Any person seeking the reproduction of public records, documents or other information as contemplated by this chapter shall submit his or her request, in writing, on a form prescribed by the Municipal Clerk. All requests will be handled in accordance with N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
B. 
Prior to commencing with the reproduction of said public records and/or documents, the Municipal Clerk shall first estimate the number of pages or other formats involved and provide the requesting party with an estimate of the costs of reproduction.
C. 
No photocopying of any document shall be undertaken without the requesting party first having provided, by check or cash, the funds so estimated as necessary for that reproduction. In the event that the photocopying or other reproduction charges exceed the amount estimated, the requesting party shall be required to pay the difference.