[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Independence 12-13-1976 (Ch. 80 of the 1984 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
There is hereby established in Independence Township
a State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as
the "Independence Building Department," consisting 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, State of New Jersey, shall
hereafter adopt as part of the State Uniform Construction Code. The
Construction Official shall be the chief administrator of the enforcing
agency.
B.
Each official position created in Subsection A hereof shall be filled by a person qualified for such position pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 217, as amended,[1] 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.
C.
The public shall have the right to do business with
the enforcing agency at one office location, except for emergencies
and unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances.
[Amended 4-11-1977; 1-9-1978; 12-10-1984 by Ord. No. 84-11; 4-12-1988 by Ord. No. 88-8; 5-14-1996 by Ord. No. 96-3; 5-8-2001 by Ord. No. 01-2; 4-1-2003 by Ord. No.
03-7; 11-11-2003 by Ord. No. 03-19; 5-10-2005 by Ord. No. 05-04; 10-10-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-14; 5-13-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-02]
A.
New structure fees:
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Type
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Fee
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Use Groups B, H, I-1, I-2, I-3, M, E, R-1, R-2,
R-3, R-4, U, A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, F-1, F-2, S-1, S-2
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Volume of building ____ cubic feet x 0.040
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= $
(Volume fee)
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Commercial farm buildings, maximum fee not to
exceed $1,100
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Volume of building ____ cubic feet x 0.020
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= $
(Volume fee)
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Note: Premanufactured construction and external
utility connections for premanufactured construction shall be based
upon the estimated cost of work at $24 per $1,000.
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Minimum fee for building, electrical, plumbing
and fire shall be $65.
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B.
Renovations, alterations, repair and minor work fees,
including roofing, siding, decks, aboveground pool and in-ground pools,
shall be $24 per $1,000. (The applicant shall submit cost data by
architect or engineer of record, a recognized estimating firm or by
contract or bid. The Department will review the construction cost
for acceptability.)
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Note: For combination of renovation and addition,
the sum of the fees are computed separately as renovations and additions.
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C.
Electric subcode fees.
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Type
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Fee
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Switches/fixtures/receptacles (includes motors/devices
1 HP or 1 KW or less) 1-50
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$65
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Each additional 25 outlets
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$15
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Electrical devices/generators/transformers
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Over 1 KW to 10 KW, each
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$20
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10.1 KW to 45 KW, each
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$60
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45.1 KW to 112.5 KW, each
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$120
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Over 112.5 KW, each
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$560
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Motors
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Over 1 HP to 10 HP, each
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$20
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Over 10 HP to 50 HP, each
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$60
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Over 50 HP to 100 HP, each
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$120
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Over 100 HP, each
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$560
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Service panels/service entrance/subpanels
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One amp to 200 amps, each
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$65
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Over 200 to 400 amps, each
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$120
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Over 400 to 1,000 amps, each
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$340
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Over 1,000 amps, each
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$560
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Line item fees (as per technical sections):
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Ranges/ovens/surface units
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Over 1 KW to 10 KW, each
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$20
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Over 10 KW, each
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$65
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Dishwasher
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(By size as listed above)
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Garbage disposal
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(By size as listed above)
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Dryer
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(By size as listed above)
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A/C units
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(By size as listed above)
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Burglar alarm/intercom systems
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(Include in fixture total)
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Smoke detectors
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(Include number in fixture total)
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Certificate of smoke detector and carbon monoxide
alarm compliance (CSDCMAC), which shall be based upon the amount of
time remaining before the change of occupant is expected
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Requests received more than 10 business days
prior to the change of occupant
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$35
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Requests received four to 10 business days prior
to the change of occupant
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$70
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Requests received fewer than four business days
prior to the change of occupant
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$125
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Whirlpool spa
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(By size as listed above)
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Subpanel
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(By size as listed above)
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Water heater
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(By size as listed above)
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Central heat
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(By size as listed above)
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Baseboard heat
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(By size as listed above)
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Heat pump
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(By size as listed above)
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Pumps
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(By size as listed above)
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Motor control center
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(By amp size)
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Signs
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$25
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Light standards
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(Include in fixture total)
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Motors-frac HP
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(Include in fixture total)
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Motors (all others)
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(By size as listed above)
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Transformer/generators
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(By size as listed above)
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Service/service entrance
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(By size as listed above)
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Pools, private (excluding panel boards), each
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$75
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Annual (public) pool inspections
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$100
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D.
Plumbing fees.
(1)
The minimum plumbing fee shall be $65 for the first
four fixtures or gas appliances; every fixture or gas appliance thereafter
shall be $12.
[Amended 5-13-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-02]
(2)
Special devices shall be $65.
(3)
Description of fixtures and special devices are as
follows:
(a)
Plumbing fixtures. A plumbing fixture is described
as a receptacle which is either permanently or temporarily connected
to the water distribution system of the premises, and demands a supply
of water therefrom or discharges used water, liquidborne waste materials,
or sewage either directly or indirectly to the drainage system of
the premises, or which requires both a water supply connection and
a discharge to the drainage system of the premises. Plumbing appliances
as a special class of fixture are further defined below.
[1]
A general description of these fixtures are
as follows, but not limited to:
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Baseboard heating piping (heat loops)
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Bidets
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Clinic sinks
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Dental units or cuspidors
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Dishwasher (residential or commercial)
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Drinking fountains
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Floor drains
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Food waste grinders
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Fuel oil piping
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Handwashing sinks
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Hose bibbs
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Kitchen sinks (private or restaurant)
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Laundry sinks
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Lavatories
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Radon piping
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Shower stalls
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Soaking tubs
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Two- and three-bay sinks
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Urinals
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Vegetable soaking sinks
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Washing machines (residential or commercial)
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Water closets
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Water heaters (electric, gas or oil fired)
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[2]
Gas piping shall be as per appliance:
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Barbecue grills
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Boilers
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Ceiling heaters
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Clothes dryers
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Fireplace inserts
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Furnaces
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Outside sidewalk and driveway lamps
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Ranges
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Space heater
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Water heater
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(b)
Special devices. A special device may be defined
as one of the special class of plumbing fixtures which is intended
to perform a special function. Its operation and/or controls may be
dependent upon one or more energized components, such as motors, controls,
heating elements, or pressure or temperature sensing elements. Such
fixtures may operate automatically through one or more of the following
actions: time cycle, a temperature range, a pressure range, a measured
volume or weight; or the device may be manually adjusted or controlled
by the user or operator. A general description of the special devices
is as follows but not limited to:
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Active solar systems
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Agriculture type of water feeders for animals
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Aquarium tanks
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Aspirators
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Autopsy tables
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Backflow preventor (excluding boilers - only
those that have test ports) installed between wells and public water
supplies
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Baptistries tanks
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Fountain basins
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Grease interceptors
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Hospital and clinical fixtures that require
protection from contaminating the water supply
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Hot water boilers
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Lawn sprinkling systems
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Oil interceptors
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Oil tanks
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Ornamental or lilly pools
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Propane tanks
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Sand interceptors
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Sewer ejectors (pneumatic)
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Sewer lines (residential and commercial)
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Sewer pumps (mechanical)
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Steam boilers
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Swimming pools
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Water-cooled air conditioning
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Water-cooled refrigeration unit
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Water services (residential and commercial)
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Water softeners
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E.
Fire-protection and hazardous equipment fee. Fire
protection and other hazardous equipment, sprinklers, standpipes,
detectors (smoke and heat, preengineered suppression systems, gas
and oil-fired appliances not connected to the plumbing system, kitchen
exhaust systems, incinerators and crematoriums:
(1)
Sprinkler heads or detectors.
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Number of Heads or Detectors
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Fee
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|---|---|---|
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1 to 20
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$65
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21 to 100
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$200
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101 to 200
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$250
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201 to 400
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$594
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401 to 1,000
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$822
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Over 1,000
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$1,050
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(2)
Smoke detectors.
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Number of Detectors
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Fee
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|---|---|---|
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1 to 12
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$65
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Each additional 25 detectors
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$25
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(3)
Independent preengineered systems. Number of systems
x $150 = $.
(4)
Gas or oil-fired appliance which is not connected
to the plumbing system. Number of appliances x $65 = $.
(5)
Kitchen exhaust system. Number of systems x $92 =
$.
(6)
Incinerators. Number of incinerators x $365 = $.
(7)
Crematoriums. Number of crematoriums x $365 = $.
F.
Demolition or removal permits:
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Type
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Fee
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|---|---|---|
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All structures residential, commercial and farm
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$150
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Note: Storage tanks: all gasoline, oil, etc.:
the fee will be $75 per tank.
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G.
Signs. The sign fee shall be $1.20 per square foot.
(Note: fee to be based on one side of double-sided signs.)
H.
Certificate of occupancy fees.
(1)
Fee shall be in the amount of 10% of the new construction
permit fee. Minimum fee shall be $120.
(2)
The fee for a certificate of occupancy granted pursuant
to a change of use group shall be $260.
(3)
The fee for a certificate of continued occupancy issued
under N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.23c shall be $260.
(4)
The fee for a temporary certificate of occupancy shall
be $120.
(5)
The fee for the first issuance and the renewal of
a temporary certificate of occupancy shall be $120.
(a)
Exception: There shall be no fee for the first
issuance of the temporary certificate of occupancy, provided that
the certificate of occupancy fee is paid at that time.
(b)
Exception: Where a written request for a temporary
certificate of occupancy is made for reasons other than uncompleted
work covered by the permit (such as uncompleted work required by prior
approvals from state or municipal agencies), no renewal fee shall
be charged.
(6)
The fee for an application for a variation in accordance
with N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.10 shall be $594 for Class I structures and $120
for Class II and III structures. The fee for resubmission of an application
for a variation shall be $229 for Class I structures and $65 for Class
II and III structures.
I.
Review permit and certificate fees.
(1)
The fee for plan review of a building for compliance
under the alternate systems and nondepletable energy source provisions
of the energy subcode shall be $274 for one- and two-family homes
(use group R-3 of the building subcode), and the light commercial
structures having the indoor temperature controlled from a single
point and $1,369 for all other structures.
(2)
The fee for a permit for lead hazard abatement work
shall be $140. The fee for a lead abatement clearance certificate
shall be $28.
(3)
Annual permit requirements are as follows:
(a)
The fee to be charged for an annual construction
permit shall be charged annually.
(b)
This fee shall be a flat fee based upon the
number of maintenance workers who are employed by the facility, and
who are primarily engaged in work that is governed by a subcode. Managers,
engineers and clericals shall not be considered maintenance workers
for the purpose of establishing the annual construction permit fee.
Annual permits may be issued for building/fire protection, electrical
and plumbing.
(c)
Fees for annual permits shall be as follows:
[1]
One to 25 workers (including foremen): $1,000/worker;
each additional worker over 25: $350/worker.
[2]
Prior to the issuance of the annual permit,
a training registration fee of $140 per subcode and a list of not
more than three individuals to be trained per subcode shall be submitted
by the applicant to the Department of Community Affairs, Bureau of
Code Services, Education Unit, along with a copy of the construction
permit (Form 170). Checks shall be made payable to "Treasurer, State
of New Jersey." The Department shall register these individuals and
notify them of the courses being offered.
(4)
For cross-connections and backflow preventors that
are subject to testing requiring reinspection annually, the fee shall
be $65 for each device when they are tested.
(5)
State training and certification fees. Current fees
pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.19:
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Type
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Fee
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|---|---|---|
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New structures
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Volume of structure x $0.00265
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Alterations
(including asbestos abatement)
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$1.35 per $1,000
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Tank removal or demolition
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No state or CO fee
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(6)
Grand total of all fees. Minimum fee for construction
permit, in part or in total, shall be $65 pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.27.
In the case of a discontinuance of a building project, the plan review
fees are not refundable.
The Construction Official shall, with the advice
of the subcode officials, prepare and submit to the Township of Independence
biannually a report recommending a fee schedule based on the operating
expenses of the agency and any other expenses of the municipality
fairly attributable to the enforcement of the State Uniform Construction
Code Act.
[Amended 5-14-1996 by Ord. No. 96-3; 5-8-2001 by Ord. No. 01-2; 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-08]
In order to provide for the training, certification and technical
support programs required by the Uniform Construction Code Act and
the regulations,[1] the Township of Independence enforcing agency shall collect
from applicants in the Township a surcharge fee consistent with and
required by N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.19. Said surcharge fee shall be remitted
to the Bureau of Regulatory Affairs, Department of Community Affairs,
on a quarterly basis for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, December
31, March 31 and June 30, and not later than one month next succeeding
the end of the quarter for which it is due.
[1]
Editor's Note: "The regulations" refers to
the regulations established by the Commissioner of the Department
of Community Affairs.
All appeals from the enforcing agency shall
be made to the Warren County Board of Appeals as provided by law.
