[Amended 7-14-2009 by Ord. No. 4212-09; 2-21-2017 by Ord. No. 4530-17; 3-27-2018 by Ord. No. 4575-18; 4-24-2018 by Ord. No. 4581-18; 2-9-2021 by Ord. No.
4693-21]
Under the provisions of this chapter, the following fee schedules
are established:
A.Â
Building Subcode fees. All fees charged pursuant to this chapter
shall be rounded in accordance with standard mathematical practices
(i.e., $105.44 becomes $105, and $198.67 becomes $199).
(1)Â
Plan review.
(a)Â
For the purpose of N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.18(a)1, the plan review fee
shall be 15%.
(b)Â
The minimum plan review fee shall be $90.
(c)Â
The amount paid as the plan review fee will be deducted from
the total permit fee upon issuance. The plan review fee is nonrefundable.
(d)Â
The State of New Jersey training fee shall be collected at the
rate in effect at the time of permit issuance per N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.19(b)
and shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
(e)Â
Review of documentation or change of contractor: $75.
(2)Â
New construction. The fee should be based upon the volume of the
structure. Volume computation shall be determined by N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.28.
Use groups and types of construction are classified and defined in
the currently adopted Building Subcode.
(b)Â
New construction, all other use groups (per cubic foot of volume):
[1]Â
Use Groups A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, B, F, S-1, S-2 and H: $0.033.
[2]Â
All other use groups: $0.025.
[3]Â
Minimum fee for Subsection A(2)(b)[1] and [2]: $120.
[4]Â
Structures on farms used exclusively for the purpose of storage
of food or grain or the sheltering of livestock: $0.0075.
[5]Â
Maximum fee for Subsection A(2)(b)[4]: $750.
[6]Â
Minimum fee for Subsection A(2)(b)[4]: $75.
(3)Â
Modular and premanufactured building and moving houses, basic unit
set on footing and foundation (minimum): $170.
(4)Â
Renovations, alterations and repairs, etc.
(a)Â
Fees shall be based on the estimated cost of work. (For the
purpose of determining the estimated cost, the applicant shall submit
to the Construction Official such cost data as may be available produced
by an architect or engineer of record or by a recognized estimating
firm or by the contractor. A bona fide contractor's bid shall
also be submitted. The Construction Official shall make the final
decision regarding the estimated cost.):
(b)Â
For the combination of addition and renovation, etc., the sum
of the fees shall be computed separately as additions and renovations.
(5)Â
Fireplaces and masonry chimneys, wood stoves and chimneys, minimum
fee: $75.
(10)Â
Installation of elevator devices. The plan review fees for elevator
devices shall be as described in N.J.A.C. 5:23-40.20(c)6 and 7.
(12)Â
Tanks, removal/installation (each): $90.
(13)Â
Lead hazard abatement fee: $100.
B.Â
Certificate of occupancy. All fees charged pursuant to this chapter
shall be rounded in accordance with standard mathematical practices.
(1)Â
One- or two-family structures (Use Group R of Building Subcode) of
less than 30 feet in height and structures on farms, including commercial
farm buildings: subject to N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.2(d).
(a)Â
Minimum fee: $90.
(5)Â
A certificate of approval shall be required for all work requiring
a construction permit and certifying work completed under the permit
has been done in a workmanlike and satisfactory manner. There shall
be no fee for the same.
(8)Â
Periodic inspections:
(9)Â
Lead abatement clearance certificate: $40.
(10)Â
Temporary certificates of occupancy. A temporary certificate
of occupancy may be given for a period as determined by the Construction
Official. The fee for a certificate is $30. Further extensions may
be given at a fee of $30 for each extension. The owner of the property
and contract purchaser of residential property where a temporary certificate
of occupancy is to be given must be informed of the reason for the
temporary certificate of occupancy, and both, if applicable, must
sign an acknowledgment of same. The owner must inform the Township
if there is a contract of sale for this property.
C.Â
Electrical Subcode fees. The fees shall be as follows:
(1)Â
Electrical fixtures and devices, including but not limited to lighting
outlets, wall switches, fluorescent fixtures, convenience receptacles,
smoke and/or carbon monoxide detectors, voice and data and similar
fixtures or devices and motors or devices less than one horsepower
or one kilowatt and are not limited elsewhere in this schedule and
connected to nominal 240/120 VAC 20 amp or less branch circuits. The
fee shall be:
(a)Â
One to 25 fixtures or devices for lighting and ceiling fans,
bathroom exhaust fans only: $60.
(b)Â
For each additional increment of 25 fixtures or devices: $40.
(c)Â
For each dedicated 20 amp 120 volts circuit: $15.
(d)Â
Circulator pumps and blower motors that are a part of a furnace
and are rated at less than one horsepower: $15.
(e)Â
Utility load management device (power plus saver): $11.
(f)Â
Time of day relay switch for electrical water heaters: $22.
(2)Â
Special electrical fixtures and devices for but not limited to electric
heating, cooking, service conductors, feeders, switches, switchboards,
panel boards, motors, control equipment generators, transformers,
smoke detectors, air conditioners, cooling equipment, lighting standards,
swimming pools, hot tubs, hydro massage tubs, spas, steam baths and
similar fixtures or devices. The fee shall be:
(a)Â
Residential steam rooms, sauna, indoor installation of hot tubs
and similar devices: $40.
(b)Â
Indoor installation of hydro massage (no heating unit): $17.
(c)Â
Aboveground swimming pool and installation of hot tubs with
120 volts service: $50.
(d)Â
In-ground swimming pool and installation of hot tubs with 240
volts service: $75.
(f)Â
Furnace replacement/heat conversions: $35.
(g)Â
Central air conditioning for existing dwellings (not new construction):
$45.
(h)Â
Commercial cooking hood systems with make-up air: $45.
(j)Â
Annual pool inspection: $75.
(k)Â
Pool bonding, or grid inspection: $50.
(n)Â
Electrical signs, each: $35.
(o)Â
Electrical discharge lighting system up to 3,000 watts: $35.
[1]Â
Each additional 1,000 watts: $7.
(q)Â
Solar devices. For photovoltaic systems, the fee shall be based
on the designated kilowatt rating of the solar photovoltaic system,
as follows:
(r)Â
Inverter fees, other than microinverters (inverters under one
kilowatt), shall be based on the kilowatts as follows:
(s)Â
Microinverters, inverters with a rating of less than one kilowatt,
the fee shall be a flat fee of $75, regardless of the number of microinverters.
(t)Â
Disconnects and combiner panels. Disconnect and combiner box
panel fees are based on the ampere rating as follows:
[1]Â
For one amperes to 100 amperes, the fee is $75.
[2]Â
For greater than 100 amperes to 225 amperes, the fee shall be
$180.
[3]Â
For greater than 225 amperes to 600 amperes, the fee shall be
$275.
[4]Â
For greater than 600 amperes to 1,000 amperes, the fee shall
be $650.
[5]Â
For greater than 1,000 amperes, for each additional 100 amperes
add $75.
(3)Â
Reinstatement of lapsed permit: $45.
(4)Â
Change of use group: $45.
(5)Â
Certificate of continued occupancy: $45.
(6)Â
Minimum fee: $65.
D.Â
Plumbing Subcode fees. All fess charged pursuant to this chapter
shall be rounded in accordance with standard mathematical practices.
For plumbing fixtures and equipment, the fees shall be as follows:
(1)Â
Fixtures and appliances, per fixture, piece of equipment, vent or appliance connected to the plumbing system, and for each appliance connected to the gas or oil piping system [except as listed in Subsection D(2)]: $15.
(2)Â
Special devices. Grease traps, oil separators, water-cooled air-conditioning
units, refrigeration units, utility service connections, backflow
preventers equipped with test ports (double-check valve assembly,
reduced pressure one and pressure vacuum breaker backflow preventers),
steam boilers, hot water boilers (excluding those for domestic water
heating), gas or fuel oil piping, sewer pumps and interceptors, ductwork
systems, pool heaters: $65.
(3)Â
The minimum Plumbing Subcode fee shall be $65.
(4)Â
Reinstatement of a lapsed permit: $50.
(5)Â
Volume discount off permit fee for replacement of 50 or more water
heaters when 50 or more applications are made at one time to be charged
$40 per heater.
E.Â
Fire Subcode fees. All fees charged pursuant to this chapter shall
be rounded in accordance with standard mathematical practices.
(1)Â
Plan review, Fire Subcode fees, Use Groups R-3 and R-5 only:
(2)Â
Plan review, Fire Subcode fees, all other use groups:
F.Â
Mechanical Subcode fees. The Mechanical Inspector, or in the absence
of a Mechanical Inspector, the Plumbing Subcode Official, shall have
the responsibility for the enforcement of provisions of the code,
except electrical, for the installation and replacement of heating
or cooling equipment or water heaters or other mechanical equipment
such as refrigeration, air-conditioning or ventilating apparatus,
gas piping or hearing systems, or standby power generators, in existing
buildings of use R-3 or R-5.
(1)Â
The fee for a mechanical inspection shall be $65 for the first device
and $25 for each additional device. No separate fee shall be charged
for gas, fuel oil, or water piping connections associated with the
mechanical equipment inspected.
The Construction Official shall, with the advice of the subcode
officials, prepare and submit to the Township Council, 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, P.L.
1975, c. 217,[1] as amended.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.
A.Â
Fee. In order to provide for the training, certification and technical
support programs required by the State Uniform Construction Code Act
and its regulations, as amended, the enforcing agency shall collect,
in addition to the fees specified herein, a surcharge fee of $0.0006
per cubic foot of volume of new construction. Said surcharge fee shall
be permitted to the Bureau of Housing Inspection, New Jersey Department
of Community Affairs, on a quarterly basis, for the fiscal quarters
ending September 30, December 31, March 31 and June 30 of each year,
and not later than one month next succeeding the end of the quarter
for which it is due. In the fiscal year in which the state regulations
first become effective, said fees shall be collected and remitted
for the third and fourth quarters only.
B.Â
Annual report. The enforcing agency shall report annually at the
end of each fiscal year to the Bureau of Housing Inspection, of the
New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs, and not later than July
31, the total amount of the surcharge fee collected for the fiscal
year. In the fiscal year in which the state regulations first become
effective, said report shall be for the third and fourth quarters
only.
A.Â
No person shall be charged a construction permit surcharge fee or
enforcing agency fee for any construction, reconstruction, alteration
or improvement designed and undertaken solely to promote accessibility
by disabled persons to an existing public or private structure or
any of the facilities contained therein.
B.Â
A disabled person, or a parent or sibling of a disabled person, shall
not be required to pay any municipal fee or charge in order to secure
a construction permit for any construction, reconstruction, alteration
or improvement which promotes accessibility to his own living unit.
C.Â
For the purposes of this section, "disabled person" means a person
who has the total and permanent inability to engage in a substantial
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical
or mental impairment, including blindness, and shall include, but
not be limited to, any resident of this state who is disabled pursuant
to the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 416) or
the Federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. § 231
et seq.) or is rated as having a sixty-percent disability or higher
pursuant to any federal law administered by the United States Veterans'
Act. For purposes of this section "blindness" means central visual
acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting
lens. An eye which is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of
vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends
an angle no greater than 20° shall be considered as having a central
visual acuity of 20/200 or less.