Borough of Fair Lawn, NJ
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2023-02-28
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 2 Administration, Departments and Budget and Fiscal Procedures
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Article VII Department of Buildings and Inspections
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration, Departments and Budget and Fiscal Procedures
- Ch 2 Art VII Department of Buildings and Inspections
- § 2-39 Department generally.
- § 2-40 Duties.
- § 2-41 Assistants.
- Ch 4 Cable Television Board
- Ch 7 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 10 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 13 Fire Department
- Ch 16 Historian
- Ch 19 Housing Authority
- Ch 24 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 25 Volunteer Emergency Services Stipend Program
- Ch 30 Personnel
- Ch 33 Police Department
- Ch 39 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 42 Tort Claim Form
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 49 Affordable Housing
- Ch 53 Alarms, Burglar, Medical and Fire
- Ch 56 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 59 Amusement Devices
- Ch 62 Animals
- Ch 66 Automobile Dealers
- Ch 70 Bicycles
- Ch 74 Broadway Special Improvement District
- Ch 76 Business Hours
- Ch 85 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 86 Crane Regulations
- Ch 87 Distribution of Handbills, Circulars and Other Printed Materials
- Ch 90 Drive-Through Restaurants
- Ch 94 Fees
- Ch 97 Fences
- Ch 101 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 104 Fire Prevention
- Ch 108 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 111 Food Handling
- Ch 117 Heating
- Ch 120 Historical Properties
- Ch 124 Junkyards
- Ch 125 Land Development
- Ch 128 Laundries and Dry Cleaners
- Ch 129 Lawn Fertilizing
- Ch 131 Lead-Based Paint
- Ch 134 Library
- Ch 137 Licensing
- Ch 140 Littering
- Ch 144 Massage, Bodywork, and Somatic Therapy Establishments
- Ch 147 Motorized Scooters
- Ch 148 Murals
- Ch 150 Noise
- Ch 153 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 157 Parking on Posted Property
- Ch 160 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 162 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 163 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 166 Pesticides
- Ch 167 Planting or Growing Bamboo
- Ch 170 Property Maintenance
- Ch 173 Public Health Nuisances
- Ch 177 Rent Control
- Ch 180 River Road Special Improvement District
- Ch 183 Sales
- Ch 184 School Buses
- Ch 186 Secondhand Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 189 Sewers
- Ch 190 (Reserved)
- Ch 192 Sidewalk Sales
- Ch 200 Soil Removal
- Ch 204 Solid Waste
- Ch 205 Special Events
- Ch 208 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 213 Tattooing and Body Piercing Parlors
- Ch 215 Taxation
- Ch 216 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 220 Tobacco
- Ch 223 Towing
- Ch 226 Trees
- Ch 230 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 232 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 236 Vehicles, Impoundment of
- Ch 241 Water
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There shall be a Department of Buildings and
Inspections, the head of which shall be the Construction Official,
appointed by the Manager.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:27D-126 and N.J.S.A.
5:23, the Uniform Construction Code and Uniform Construction Code
Regulations and under the supervision of the Construction Official,
the Department shall:
A.
Administer the State Uniform Construction Code and
all local ordinances and state regulations relating thereto, including
but not limited to the issuance of building permits, certificates
of occupancy and the like.
B.
Administer the Borough zoning ordinances and the Municipal
Land Use Act, as applicable, for which the Construction Official shall
serve as Zoning Officer.
C.
Supervise and ensure such other inspections as may
be required to administer and enforce the provisions of any Borough
heating code, housing code, fire alarm and prevention services (except
as such services may be provided by the volunteer fire companies)
and the Property Maintenance Code.
D.
Conduct and administer such other inspections and
enforcement proceedings as are authorized by the ordinances and laws
under his/her administration or as may be allocated and assigned to
him/her by the Manager. He/she shall, so far as practicable, consolidate
and coordinate all regulatory inspections relating to the construction,
maintenance, use and occupancy of buildings and structures, which
are not vested in any other department.
In addition to any other officers or employees
as may be authorized by the Borough Salary Ordinance, the Construction
Official shall supervise the following statutory employees, which
may be either employees or inspection services selected by the Manager
after consultation with the Construction Official:
A.
Building Subcode Official.
B.
Fire Subcode Official.
C.
Electrical Subcode Official.
D.
Plumbing Subcode Official.
E.
Elevator Subcode Official.
F.
Mechanical Subcode Official (to be appointed upon
state authorization).
G.
Environmental Subcode Official (to be appointed upon
state authorization).
