There is hereby established a Department of
Inspections and Permits in and for the City of Salem.
The Council shall annually appoint a Committee
from its membership, of such number as it shall designate, to oversee
the Department of Inspections and Permits (the "Committee").
The function of the Department of Inspections
Permits and Inspections shall be as follows:
A. To be the State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency for the City as set forth in Chapter
94 of this Code and exercise all powers and duties contained therein or required thereby.
B. To administer and enforce the requirements of Chapter
163 of this Code pertaining to the Property Maintenance Code of the City of Salem and to exercise all powers and duties contained therein or required thereby.
C. To administer and enforce the requirements of Chapter
172 of this Code pertaining to the licensing of all residential rental units and to exercise all powers and duties contained therein or required thereby.
D. To administer and enforce the requirements of Chapter
84 of this Code pertaining to brush, grass, trash and weeds.
E. To administer and enforce, to the extent applicable, the requirements of Chapter
130, Article
XVIII, of this code pertaining to zoning and land use within the City through the Zoning Administrative Officer, who shall be a member of the Department of Permits and Inspection.
F. To administer and enforce the requirements of Ch.
88 of this Code pertaining to business licenses.
[Added 5-20-2002 by Ord. No. 02-13]
G. To administer and enforce other health, safety and
sanitation laws, regulations or other provisions required to be administered
or enforced within the City of Salem.
H. To do and perform such other duties as may be required
or established for the Department or as the Council may otherwise
direct.
The Construction Code Official shall be the
head of the Department of Inspections and Permits and, subject to
the directives and oversight of the Council, either directly and/or
through the Committee, shall:
A. Be responsible for the efficiency and day-to-day operations
of the Department of Inspections and Permits.
B. Prescribe and/or supervise the duties, assignments
and performance of all other personnel of the Department of Inspections
and Permits.
C. Assist in the fulfillment of the duties and responsibilities
of other Department personnel when he/she or the Chairperson of the
Committee consider the circumstances so require, and accordingly,
except to the extent that he/she lacks a legally required license
or certification to act as such, the Construction Code Official, as
head of the Department, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise
and discharge the functions, powers and duties of all other members,
employees, officers and/or other personnel of or assigned to the Department
of Inspections and Permits.
D. Perform such other duties or special assignments as
the Committee or Council may direct from time to time.
E. Delegate such of his authority as may be deemed necessary
for the efficient operation of the Department to be exercised under
his direction and supervision.
F. Report at least monthly to the Committee in such form
as shall be prescribed by or acceptable thereto on the operations
of the Department during the preceding month, and to make such other
reports as may be requested by the Council or the Committee.
G. Attend meetings of the Council and/or the Committee
upon request.
[Added 12-5-2005 by Ord. No. 05-42]
A report of the Bureau shall be made monthly
and transmitted to the Mayor and Council. It shall contain all proceedings
under the code, with such statistics as the Fire Official may wish
to include.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-124 and N.J.S.A.
52:57D-198, any person aggrieved by any ruling, action, or notice
of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall have the right to appeal same
to the Construction Board of Appeals of the City of Salem or, in the
event such Board does not exist, to the Salem County Construction
Board of Appeals.
In addition to the inspection fees required
pursuant to the Act and the regulations of the Division of Fire Safety,
the following additional inspections and fees shall be required:
A. Places of assembly, business, professional and mercantile:
|
Building Type
|
Usage
|
Fee
(per building)
|
---|
|
1 or 2 stories
|
Places of assembly or eating or drinking, establishments
with less than 50 occupancy
|
$50
|
|
1,000 square feet or less
|
Business, professional, mercantile
|
$50
|
|
1,001 square feet to 5,000 square feet or more
|
Business, professional, mercantile
|
$100
|
|
5,001 square feet or more
|
Business, professional, mercantile
|
$150
|
|
Note: Churches, social, fraternal, or other
nonprofit places of assembly are exempt from fees if used solely for
meeting places.
|
|
2 units or more (not regulated by Division of
Fire Safety)
|
Apartment(s), complexes, motel, hotels, boardinghouses,
multifamily dwellings (rental units only)
|
$35
|
B. Storage facilities.
|
1,000 square feet or less
|
$50
|
|
1,001 square feet to 5,000 square feet
|
$175
|
|
5,001 square feet or more
|
$225
|
C. Industrial complexes (building not regulated by Division
of Fire Safety).
|
1,000 square feet or less
|
$50
|
|
1,001 square feet to 5,000 square feet
|
$175
|
|
5,001 square feet or more
|
$225
|
D. Permit fees (not regulated by Division of Fire Safety).
|
Type #1:
|
$75
|
|
Type #2:
|
$175
|
|
Type #3:
|
$275
|
|
Type #4:
|
$375
|
|
Type #5:
|
reserved.
|
E. Propane exchange facilities annual permit fee.
|
20 cylinders or less
|
$65
|
|
21 cylinders or more
|
$125
|
F. Permit fees. The permit fees shall be as established
under the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code.
G. Application of fees. All fees, fines or other monies
collected by or on behalf of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be
turned over to the City Treasurer within 72 hours and shall be applied
in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.