A.
There is hereby established in the Borough of Hillsdale
a State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as the "Hillsdale
Code Compliance Office," hereinafter referred to as "the Agency."[1]
B.
The Agency shall consist of a Construction Official,
Building Subcode Official, Plumbing Subcode Official, Electrical Subcode Official,
Fire Protection Subcode Official and such other subcode officials for such
additional subcodes as the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs
shall hereafter adopt as part of the code; provided, however, that in lieu
of any subcode official hereinbefore designated, the Borough may, pursuant
to the applicable sections of the Act and of the Regulations, provide for
inspections by approved inspection authorities referred to in the Regulations
as on-site inspection agencies.
C.
There may also be appointed such assistants and staff
as the Borough Council may hereafter by resolution determine to be necessary
for the efficient and comprehensive administration of the code.
[Amended 6-9-1987 by Ord.
No. 87-7]
The term of office of the Construction Code Official and of all subcode
officials shall be four (4) years.
A.
The Construction Code Official shall be the chief administrator
of the Agency. All subcode officials, assistants and staff serving the Agency
shall be subject to the procedures and policies of the Agency and shall be
primarily responsible to the Construction Code Official for the performance
of their duties in the administration of the code.
B.
The Construction Code Official shall be responsible for
so organizing the operations of the Agency that the plan review of each properly
filed and complete application by all subcode officials shall be undertaken,
completed and acted upon in the manner and within the applicable time limitations
prescribed by the Act and by the Regulations.
C.
Except in case of emergency or unforeseen or unavoidable
circumstances, all transactions between the Agency and the public shall occur
at the central permit office of the Agency at the Borough Hall, 380 Hillsdale
Avenue, Hillsdale, New Jersey.
A.
The administration and enforcement procedures of the
Agency shall be conducted in conformity with the directives of the Act and
of the Regulations.
B.
In addition to furnishing in the application filed with
the Agency the information and exhibits required by the Agency, the applicant
shall also file as a condition precedent to the processing of any application,
an application for a zoning permit as defined by the Municipal Land Use Law.[1] No application shall be processed by the Agency if the subject
matter of the application fails to qualify for a zoning permit.[2]
