[Amended 3-5-1991 by Ord. No. 91-2]
A.
The chief of the Division of Building Inspections
shall be the Construction Official, who shall be appointed by the
Township Committee and shall have the qualifications required by law.
B.
Duties of Construction Official. The Construction
Official shall:
(1)
Enforce the following sections of the Code of the
Township of Stillwater:
C.
The Construction Official shall issue building permits
and certificates of occupancy and permits provided for in the sections
of the Code of the Township of Stillwater which it is his duty to
enforce.
D.
The Construction Official shall keep a record of his
proceedings and permit books and complaint books, all of which shall
be subject to inspection. He shall report monthly to the Township
Committee the number of permits issued, the estimated cost of such
work and the fees received and paid by him to the Treasurer.
E.
The Construction Official shall have the powers and
duties prescribed by state statute and regulations adopted pursuant
thereto and by the Township Committee adopted by ordinance or resolution.
A.
The chief of the Division of Code Enforcement shall
be the Code Enforcement Officer, and he shall have such assistants
as the Township Committee may from time to time provide. The Code
Enforcement Officer shall be the Zoning Officer of the Township.
B.
Duties. It shall be the duty and responsibility of
the Code Enforcement Officer and his assistants to administer a comprehensive
system of code enforcement with respect to the following provisions
of the Code of the Township of Stillwater.
C.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Code Enforcement Officer and his assistants to annually make a survey of at least 1/5 of the area of the Township of Stillwater for the purpose of determining the existence of violations of any of the ordinances mentioned in Subsection B of this section, to issue appropriate violation notices and to take all other appropriate steps, including the institution of suits or complaints in the Municipal Court or other courts of the State of New Jersey, to abate or enjoin the continued violation of any such ordinance.
D.
Any complaints relating to the alleged violation of any of the ordinances enumerated in Subsection B of this section shall be referred immediately by the official or employee receiving such complaint to the Code Enforcement Officer. The Code Enforcement Officer shall keep a record of all permits issued, all complaints received and of all actions taken to abate any violation or prosecute the same. He shall submit a report monthly to the Township Committee of such actions, The Code Enforcement Officer shall also submit an annual report to the Township Committee on or before December 31 of each year reporting upon the activities of his office during the year.
[Amended 9-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-8]
All ordinances not specified above as coming
under the jurisdiction of the Construction Official or the Zoning
Officer of the Township, other than Board of Health ordinances enforced
by the Sanitary Inspector, shall be enforced by the following enforcement
officer:
