[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Oldmans 1-4-1978 by Ord. No. 78-1 as Ch. 8 of the
1978 Code; amended in its entirety 3-4-1992 by Ord. No. 92-2. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
There is hereby established in Oldmans Township a
State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as the
"Oldmans Township Construction Agency," consisting of a Construction
Code Official, Building Inspector, Plumbing Subcode Official, Electrical
Subcode Official, Fire Protection Subcode Official, Elevator 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 Code Official shall be the chief
administrator of the enforcing agency.
[Amended 9-3-1997 by Ord. No. 97-5]
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,[1] as amended by 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 10-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-9; 7-6-1994 by Ord. No. 94-4; 3-6-1996 by Ord. No. 96-3; 9-3-1997 by Ord. No. 97-5; 12-19-2001 by Ord. No.
2001-6; 12-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-13]
The fee for a construction permit of any type,
as listed in N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20 (which is incorporated herein and
which shall be deemed the current regulation in effect when the permit
is requested), shall be the maximum sum permitted to be charged pursuant
thereto and shall be paid before the permit is issued.
[Added 8-4-1993 by Ord. No. 93-5]
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter
with regard to the payment of fees, a bona fide religious corporation
or nonprofit corporation shall not be required to pay any fee otherwise
due pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for any repair, construction
or other development which has a value of less than $5,000 if the
inspection service is provided by an officer or an employee of Oldmans
Township. The fee waiver provisions of this section shall not be applicable
to any fee which is required for an inspection to be performed by
an on-site inspection agency under contract with Oldmans Township.
Furthermore, the fee waiver provisions of this section shall not be
applicable to any construction or improvement which has a value of
$5,000 or greater.
A.
The Construction Code Official shall, with the advice
of the subcode officials, prepare and submit to the Oldmans Township
Committee, 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 9-3-1997 by Ord. No. 97-5]
B.
In order to provide the training, certification and
technical support programs required by the Uniform Construction Code
Act and the regulations,[1] the enforcing agency shall collect, in addition to the
fees specified above, a surcharge of $0.0016 per cubic foot of volume
of new construction. Said surcharge shall be remitted to the Bureau
of Housing Inspection, Department of Community Affairs, on a quarterly
basis for the fiscal quarters 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. In the fiscal year in which the
regulations first become effective, said fee shall be collected and
remitted for the third and fourth quarters only.
[1]
Editor's Note: The regulations referred to
are those established by the Commissioner of the Department of Community
Affairs.
C.
The enforcing agency shall report annually at the
end of each fiscal year to the Bureau of Housing Inspection, and not
later than July 31, the total amount of the surcharge being collected
in the fiscal year. In the fiscal year in which the regulations first
become effective, said fee shall be collected and remitted for the
third and fourth quarters only.
