Township of Pennsauken, NJ Article II Certified Documents

[Adopted 5-25-1994 by Ord. No. 94-37; amended in its entirety 12-30-2002 by Ord. No. 02-32]

§ 155-4 Fees for certain licenses and certificates.

[Amended 6-25-2003 by Ord. No. 03-26; 8-25-2004 by Ord. No. 04-18; 8-12-2009 by Ord. No. 2009:16; 3-23-2011 by Ord. No. 2011:04]

A. The Township Clerk shall certify official records of the Township of Pennsauken, including but not limited to marriage licenses, death certificates, birth certificates, ordinances, resolutions, etc., at the request of any interested person for a fee of $15 for the first copy and $5 for each additional copy.

B. In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-54, the Tax Collector shall provide to any party entitled to redeem a certificate pursuant to this section (N.J.S.A. 54:5-54) two calculations of the amount required for redemption within a calendar year at no cost. For each subsequent calculation requested, the Tax Collector may charge a fee of $50. A request for a redemption calculation shall be made in writing to the Tax Collector. Neither the Tax Collector nor the Township shall be liable for an incorrect calculation.

C. In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-97.1, the Tax Collector may charge a lienholder of a tax lien $50 for the calculation of the amount due to redeem the tax lien as required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-97.1. Any request for a redemption calculation shall specify the date to be used for the calculation, which shall be the date of the notice. Neither the Tax Collector nor the municipality shall be liable for an incorrect calculation. The fee paid to the municipality shall not become part of the lien and shall not be passed on to any party entitled to redeem pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-54.

§ 155-5 Fees for other records.

[Amended 3-23-2011 by Ord. No. 2011:04]

The statutory fee schedule shall apply to routine requests under the Open Public Records Act. The fees of N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5 are hereby incorporated herein as such fee schedule presently exists or as such fees might appear in future modifications or amendments of the statute. At present time, fees under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5 for routine copies of municipal documents are:

A. Letter-size pages or smaller: $0.05 per page.

B. Legal-size page or larger: $0.07 per page.

C. If actual costs to produce the paper copy exceeds the $0.05 and/or $0.07 rates, the actual costs of duplication will be charged.

D. Actual postage for any documents sent by mail.

E. Actual costs for the envelope for any documents sent by mail.

F. Photographs will be photocopied at the actual cost. If requests are made for duplicate photographs, the actual cost of making the photographs shall be charged.

G. Duplication of videotapes, computer disc, CD-ROM and/or DVD will be charged the actual costs to provide this record.

H. Any document that has to be retrieved from the off-site record archive facility will be charged the actual costs to retrieve this document.

§ 155-5.1 Development Regulations and Zoning Maps.

[Added 6-25-2003 by Ord. No. 03-26]

A. Fees for a copy of the book and/or pamphlet containing the Development Regulations of the Township of Pennsauken shall be made available by the Township Clerk to any interested party for the sum of $30.

B. Copies of Zoning Maps of the Township of Pennsauken shall be made available by the Township Clerk to any interested person for a fee of $30.