As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AREAWAY
Any permanently uncovered or grating-covered opening below
the surface of a street.
APPLICANT
Any person applying to the Building, Housing and Land Use
Department for an excavation permit hereunder. If the applicant is
a contractor who will be performing the excavation work on behalf
of another party, the contractor shall be a coapplicant, and the party
on whose behalf the work is being performed shall be the applicant.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
CITY ENGINEER
The person appointed to the position of City Engineer, or
any person authorized to act as his or her representative.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
CITY MANAGER
The person appointed to the position of City Manager, or
any person authorized to act as his or her representative.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
COALHOLE or MANHOLE
Any vertical shaft not exceeding 25 square feet in gross
cross-sectional area opening through the surface of a street, together
with an approved cover for the same.
EMERGENCY
A break to any public utility or any imminent situation which
may result in harm to the public's health or damage to public or private
property.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
EMERGENCY WORK
Any work or action necessary at the site of an emergency
to restore or deliver essential services including, but not limited
to, repairing water, gas, electricity, telephone, sewer facilities,
or public transportation facilities, removing fallen trees on public
rights-of-way, dredging navigational waterways, or abating life-threatening
conditions or a state of emergency declared by a governing agency.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
EXCAVATION
The digging, displacing, undermining, opening, boring, tunneling,
auguring or in any manner breaking up of any improved or unimproved
road, street, curb, sidewalk, gutter or other public property in any
roadway or any portion of a City right-of-way.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
HOISTWAY
Any shaft or opening through the surface of a street utilized
for mechanical conveyance of goods, together with an approved cover
for the same.
INFRARED
A paving restoration method utilizing infrared heat to properly
restore existing asphalt.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
LINEAR FOOT
Common unit of English measurement used to determine openings
in City roads, equal to 12 inches.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE
Security in the form of either a bond, letter of credit or
a certified check posted by an applicant or coapplicant to guarantee
proper maintenance of the reconstruction of the site of any road opening
for a period of two years after final acceptance.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
MUTCD
The current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, issued
by the United States Department of Transportation.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
Security, in the form of either a bond, letter of credit
or a certified check, posted by an applicant or coapplicant to guaranty
completion of the work in accordance with the City Code.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
PERMITTEE
Any person who has been granted and has in full force and
effect a permit issued hereunder.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
municipality, company, or organization of any kind.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, highway, sidewalk,
curb, or other property, or easement that is owned, leased, or controlled
by a governmental entity.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
RESIDENTIAL
One- and two-family homes. Does not include any other multifamily
development or redevelopment.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
ROADWAY
That portion of a street set apart for the use of vehicular
travel or as a parkway and which is included between the gutter and
curblines.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street other than the roadway, normally
between the curb and the property line of the street.
SIDEWALK CELLAR ENTRANCE
Any permanent opening through the surface of a street for
descending to a cellar or basement, together with an approved sidewalk
cellar door as a cover.
SQUARE FOOT (SF)
The surface area of the opening made in the City roadway,
right-of-way or property by the permit applicant. It shall be the
product of the length and width of the opening measured in feet. In
case of irregular openings, the City may, at its sole discretion,
choose to average the length and/or width.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
STREET
The full width of the area dedicated to public use, extending
from one side of a property line to the other side of the property
line, including gutters, curbs and sidewalks, of any public street,
avenue, road, alley, lane, boulevard, concourse, driveway, culvert
or bridge.
UTILITY COMPANY
A public utility regulated by the New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities, including but not limited to gas, electric, telegraph,
telephone, fiber optic, cable, wireless, water, railway or railroad
company or other utility company, whether private or public, serving
the public generally.
[Added 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
VAULT
Any covered opening below the surface of a street, except
areaways, coalhole shafts, manhole shafts, hoistways or sidewalk cellar
entrances.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is
or may be transported upon a street, except a device moved by human
power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, provisions of this
chapter shall be enforced and administered by the Building, Housing
and Land Use Department of the City under the supervision and direction
of the Construction Official and such deputies or assistants as provided
for from time to time by the City Council.
Detailed permit and license applications shall be kept on file
at the office of the Building, Housing and Land Use Department until
such time as the structures or conditions or operations to which the
said applications appertain are destroyed or cease to exist.
The appropriate licensing or enforcing authority is hereby authorized
to promulgate from time to time rules and regulations governing or
conditioning the practices regulated under this chapter.
[Amended 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 49-2020]
A. The following fees shall be charged for the various licenses and
permits issued under this chapter or special services provided by
the City, and are subject to the conditions set forth herein:
(1) Application
fees are nonrefundable regardless of approval status.
(2) All
review fees are nonrefundable upon the start of a review by the City
or its representatives and are calculated in accordance with the Fee
Schedule. If a review mandates numerous revisions and coordination
with the City, an additional fee can be requested by the City.
(3) Inspection
fees are established by the City in accordance with the Fee Schedule
and are based on project disturbance and construction duration. Inspection
fees are only required for utility companies and commercial/multifamily
developments that have not gone before the City Land Use Board for
approval of opening.
[Amended 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. 28-2022]
(4) All
roadway fees include all features in the right-of-way. A separate
sidewalk/curb or driveway fee is not required for roadway openings
that also impact curbing and sidewalks.
(5) Fees
based on square footage are in reference to the square footage of
the total excavation (length times width) with a minimum width and
a minimum length of three feet to be used in all calculations.
(6) Storing
of building materials in the street or public place, for each 25 square
feet or fraction thereof of area, for each thirty-day period or fraction
thereof: $150.
(7) Tree
planting, if done by the City, per tree: $125 minimum; final cost
determined by type of tree to be planted.
[Amended 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. 28-2022]
(8) Street
sweeping, public streets adjacent to construction sites: $175 per
hour.
(9) Endorsement
of an application to the County of Bergen or the New Jersey Department
of Transportation for a utility opening in a county or state highway:
$50. The entire amount of the above fee shall be nonrefundable, retained
by the City to cover the cost of necessary clerical and inspection
service.
Fee Schedule [Amended 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. 28-2022]
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Fee Type
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1- or 2- Family Residential
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Commercial/Multifamily and Utility Companies
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Excavation within Public Right-of-Way
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Application fee
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$100
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$250
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Review fee
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$100/opening
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<50 SF: $250
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51 SF to 200 SF: $500
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201 SF to 1,000 SF: $1,000
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>1,000 SF: $1,000 + $0.50/SF over
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Inspection fee
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$200
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$125/hour (2-hour minimum)
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Borings/Monitoring Wells/Geo Probes
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Application fee
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$250
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$250
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Review fee
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$150 per boring/well/probe
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$150 per boring/well/probe
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Inspection fee
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$125/hour (2-hour minimum)
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$125/hour (2-hour minimum)
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Bond fee
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$5,000 for up to 2 borings
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$5,000 for up to 2 borings
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$1,000 each additional boring
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$1,000 each additional boring
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