[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Bordentown 11-13-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-18. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
It is the determination of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Bordentown that the various fees, deposits or other payments required to be made for licenses or permits issued by the City or for services rendered by the city, all of which may have been provided for by ordinances of the City Commission, shall be removed from the various ordinances in which they originally appeared, which ordinances have for the most part become chapters of the Code of the City of Bordentown, and shall be compiled into this chapter of the Code, entitled "Fees and Licenses."
B. 
It is the determination of the City Commission that the listing of these fees and deposits in a single chapter will make for ease in reference and will facilitate future revision of such fees and deposits.
C. 
In the event that a fee required by this Chapter is paid to the City of Bordentown using a personal check, and the personal check cannot be honored or fails to clear for any reason, including insufficient funds, the City shall assess an additional returned check fee of $25 above and beyond the original fee amount, per incident. This returned check fee shall be enforceable by all departments within the City, including the Police Department, Tax Office, and Clerk's Office.
[Added 11-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2016-15]
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation applying for a license for an amusement machine or machines shall pay an annual fee for the year commencing February 1 and ending January 31. The annual fee shall be $100 per coin-operated machine except for music machines or jukeboxes, which shall be $50 per machine for each calendar year.
B. 
Said fee of $100 per machine shall not exceed a combined total maximum fee for all such machines of $2,000 for any one licensed business location, premises, site or establishment regardless of the number of such machines licensed for such business location, premises, site or establishment pursuant to the provisions hereof.
[Amended 2-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-03]
Fees for bingo and raffles licenses shall be consistent with the fees promulgated by the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs, Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission, at N.J.A.C. 13:47-4.10, as the same may be amended by the state agency from time to time.
[Amended 2-25-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-03; 11-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-17]
The following permit fees will be charged annually for the use of the ramp and designated trailer parking area:
A. 
Local residents: $50 per year.
B. 
Active military, police, fire, or EMS: $50 per year.
C. 
New Jersey State residents: $250 per year.
D. 
Out-of-state residents: $400 per year.
E. 
Bordentown Yacht Club and Yapewi Aquatic Club. Bordentown Yacht Club, located at 1 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, New Jersey, and Yapewi Aquatic Club, located at 107 Park Street, Bordentown, New Jersey, shall be charged an annual permit fee of $150 per year for its members who sign up for a permit on or before May 1 of each year. The Bordentown Yacht Club and the Yapewi Aquatic Club must present the Bordentown City Police Department with a list of members who wish to receive permits under their respective yacht club applications by May 1 of each year. The Police Department shall then issue permits for each of those individuals on the yacht clubs' respective registration lists. Members of the yacht clubs who are not on the clubs' registration list presented to the Police Department shall not be eligible for the clubs' membership, but may apply for a permit for the rates set forth in Subsections A through D. The annual yacht club permit will permit members of the two yacht clubs to utilize the City's boat ramp in accordance with Chapter 116 of the City Code.
[Amended 12-9-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-16; 4-11-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-08]
A. 
The fee for the license and registration tag of a dog which has been neutered shall be $11.20, which shall include the state fee of $1.20.
B. 
The fee for the license and registration of an unneutered dog shall be $14.20, which shall include the state fee of $4.20.
C. 
Any person who shall fail to obtain a license and registration tag for any dog by January 31 of any year shall pay a late fee of $5 in addition to the amount of the annual license and registration fees stated above.
D. 
The license fee for engaging in the business of boarding dogs or operating a kennel or pet shelter for dogs shall be $50 per year. Any person who shall fail to obtain a kennel license by January 31 of any year shall pay a late fee of $50 in addition to the amount of the annual kennel license fee.
[Amended 5-12-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-7; 2-27-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-3; 8-13-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-13; 7-10-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-10]
A. 
For all new or renewed licenses effective as of July 1, 2018, the fee for a plenary retail consumption license shall be $2,500 per year.
B. 
For all new or renewed licenses effective as of July 1, 2018, the fee for a plenary retail distribution license shall be $2,500 per year.
C. 
For all new or renewed licenses effective as of July 1, 2018, the fee for a club license shall be $188 per year.
[Amended 2-27-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-3; 8-13-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-13; 11-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-18]
A. 
A copy or copies of a government record may be purchased by any person upon payment of the fee prescribed by law or regulation, or, if a fee is not prescribed by law or regulation, upon payment of the actual cost of duplicating the record.
B. 
Except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, the fee assessed for the duplication of a government record embodied in the form of printed matter shall be $0.05 per letter-size page or smaller, and $0.07 per legal-size page or larger. If the City can demonstrate that its actual costs for duplication of a government record exceed the foregoing rates, the City shall be permitted to charge the actual cost of duplicating the record. The actual cost of duplicating the record, upon which all copy fees are based, shall be the cost of materials and supplies used to make a copy of the record, but shall not include the cost of labor or other overhead expenses associated with making the copy except as provided in Subsection D.
C. 
Access to electronic records and nonprinted materials shall be provided free of charge, but the City may charge for the actual costs of any needed supplies such as computer discs.
D. 
Whenever the nature, format, manner of collation, or volume of a government record embodied in the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined, or copied pursuant to this section is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary document copying equipment in ordinary business size or involves an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort to accommodate the request, the City may charge, in addition to the actual cost of duplicating the record, a special service charge that shall be reasonable and shall be based upon the actual direct cost of providing the copy or copies. The requestor shall have the opportunity to review and object to the charge prior to it being incurred.
E. 
The fee for obtaining a certified copy of a marriage/remarriage, civil union/reaffirmation of civil union, domestic partnership, death or birth record on file in the office of the City Clerk shall be $10 per copy issued.
F. 
The fee for the issuance of a burial permit shall be in accordance with those fees as set by the State of New Jersey Statutes, Title 26, Health and Vital Statistics.
The following fees shall be charged for the performance of municipal tax searches and related services:
A. 
A municipal tax search fee of $10 shall be charged.
B. 
A municipal assessment search shall be done at a charge of $10.
C. 
A continuation of either a municipal tax search or a municipal assessment search shall be done at a charge of $2 per calendar year.
[Amended 4-11-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-08; 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
Any applicant, when provided by provisions of Chapter 244, shall pay to the City Administrator fees in accordance with the following provisions:
A. 
Minor subdivisions.
(1) 
Application fee: processing fee of $250 plus $150 for each new lot to be created (except any lands offered to the City); technical review as required by § 244-6.
(2) 
Percolation test fee: actual cost of the verification tests, but not to exceed $200 per test; technical review fee as required by § 244-7A(10).
(3) 
Engineering review fee: $150; technical review fee as required by § 244-11.
(4) 
Inspection fee: $100 for each $5,000 or part thereof of the cost of construction of the improvements as estimated by the City Engineer as a technical review fee as required by § 244-12.
B. 
Major subdivisions.
(1) 
Application fee, preliminary: processing fee of $250 and $275 for a subdivision involving 10 or fewer lots or $550 for a larger subdivision and $5 per new lot to be created in excess of 49 new lots; technical review fee as required in § 244-14.
(2) 
Percolation test fee: as established in subsection A(2) hereof as required by § 244-15A(11).
(3) 
Engineering review fee: $500, plus technical review fee of $5 per lot as required by § 244-21C.
(4) 
Application fee, final, as established by Subsection B(1) hereof as required by § 244-22E.
(5) 
Inspection fee: as established in Subsection A(4) hereof as required by § 244-27.
C. 
Site plans.
(1) 
Application fee, preliminary: processing fee of $250 and $200 for the first acre and $100 for each subsequent acre or part thereof; technical review fee as required in § 244-29.
(2) 
Percolation test fee as established in Subsection A(2) hereof as required by § 244-30A(13).
(3) 
Engineering review fee: $150, plus $50 per acre or part thereof; technical review fee as required by § 244-39.
(4) 
Application fee, final: as established in Subsection C(1) hereof as required by § 244-36E.
(5) 
Inspection fee: as established in Subsection A(4) hereof as required by § 244-39.
D. 
Miscellaneous provisions.
(1) 
The Planning Board may waive any or all of any fee established herein if the applicant is a nonprofit or religious corporation or association.
(2) 
All processing fees shall be nonrefundable.
(3) 
Each technical review fee shall be adjusted to reflect the actual time required for review multiplied by the rate established in the schedule of professional fees adopted annually by the governing body to the end that, should there be any amount unexpended for professional review of an application, the unexpended balance shall be refunded to the applicant, and further, that should the fee deposited be insufficient to satisfy the expenses of professional review, the applicant shall be required to deposit such additional funds as may be determined to be proper by the Planning Board in order to satisfy such expenses.
(4) 
An applicant shall also make payment of any fees required by any other governmental bodies, such as the city sewerage or water utility, or the regional sewerage authority of this district.
[Amended 4-11-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-08; 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
A. 
The fee to provide the list of current property owners as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12c shall be $50.
B. 
The applicant shall pay the City Administrator fees in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) 
Conditional use or special exception application: $250.
(2) 
The expansion of a nonconforming use: $250.
(3) 
An appeal pursuant to § 51-5N: $100.
(4) 
A request pursuant to § 51-5O: $100.
(5) 
An application or appeal pursuant to § 51-5P: $50.
(6) 
An application pursuant to § 51-29: $100.
(7) 
An application pursuant to § 51-5R: $100.
(8) 
An application pursuant to § 51-5S: $100.
(9) 
Any application, request or appeal under § 51-5N, O, P, R, and S inclusive, relating to the Multipurpose Commercial District: $100.
(10) 
Whenever the application, request or appeal shall encompass more than one of these above-described fees, a single applicable fee in the greater amount set forth above for the relief sought shall be paid by the applicant.
(11) 
Request for a special meeting of the Board: $150.
[Amended 4-11-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-08]
A. 
The annual fee for each taxicab driver’s license or for each renewal thereof shall be $50 per year or for each portion of the year for which the license is issued or renewed. Said fee shall not be prorated. In the event that an application is denied, $40 of said application fee shall be retained by the City for processing of the application, and $10 shall be returned to the applicant.
B. 
The annual fee for each taxicab owner’s license issued or renewed by the City shall be $100 for each year or portion of the year for which the license is issued or renewed. The license fee shall not be prorated. In the event that an application for a taxicab owner’s license is denied, $75 of the license fee shall be retained by the City for the cost of investigation, and $25 shall be returned to the applicant.
[Amended 4-11-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-08]
A. 
Before the issuance of a permit to excavate or open a street, an applicant shall make payment as follows:
(1) 
Opening paved area. The applicant shall pay a security deposit calculated as follows:
(a) 
Security deposit: minimum of $150.
(b) 
Base charge: $50.
(c) 
Charge for each square yard of trench: $20.
(d) 
Charge for each square yard of paving: $15.
(2) 
Opening shoulder and roadside areas. The applicant shall pay a security deposit calculated as follows:
(a) 
Minimum fee: minimum of $100.
(b) 
Base charge: $50.
(c) 
Charge for each square yard of trench: $10.
(3) 
Boring, tunneling or driving under road: minimum fee: $100.
(a) 
Base charge: $100.
(b) 
Charge per linear foot of boring: $10.
B. 
Before the issuance of a permit to bore, excavate or open a street, an applicant shall pay a nonrefundable application fee in the amount of:
(1) 
Road opening:
(a) 
For opening up to five square yards: $50.
(b) 
For each square yard, up to a maximum of an additional five square yards: $10.
(c) 
For each additional square yard or part thereof: $5.
(2) 
Boring, tunneling or driving under road:
(a) 
Lump sum: $50.
[Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-7]
A. 
The Court Administrator shall collect a fee of $25 for each certified disposition.
B. 
A person applying for representation by the Public Defender must pay an application fee of not more than $200, but only in an amount necessary to pay the costs of Municipal Public Defender services.
[Added 9-25-2000 by Ord. No. 000-8]
[Added 4-11-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-08; amended 11-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-17]
The fee for use of the community garden is $30 per plot (six feet by 11 feet), per year (May 1 to November 1), due on or before May 1 to the City Clerk. There shall be no refunds made beyond June 15. All payments must be made simultaneous with the submission of a community garden application.
[Added 11-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2016-15; amended 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
A. 
The following fees shall apply to the listed materials when disposed of at the City's recycling yard by any individual, contractor, or corporate entity:
Item/Material
Fee
Car tires
$3.50 each
Truck tires
$9.50 each
Concrete
$100
Asphalt
$100
Treated wood
$200
E-waste
Free of charge
B. 
Prior to disposal of the items listed above, the individual, contractor, or corporate entity must receive a permit from City Hall. Said permit shall be $100. Upon disposal, the individual, contractor, or corporate entity must provide a copy of the issued permit. Disposal of items will not be permitted without proof of a permit.
[Added 8-29-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-14]
The following fees shall apply to the usage of publicly accessible municipal electric vehicle supply/service equipment ("EVSE") as provided in § 300-24.1F(6). Usage fees shall be in addition to any applicable parking fees. Applicable charging fees shall be posted on the EVSE or adjacent to the EVSE parking space.
A. 
Level 2 charging stations shall charge $0.05 per minute connected to the EVSE.
B. 
Level 3 charging stations shall charge $0.25 per minute connected to the EVSE.
[Added 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
The following fees shall apply to the payment of police officers for extra-duty assignments under § 66-9:
A. 
The rate to be charged under this section shall be as follows:
(1) 
$75 per hour per police officer, Monday through Friday. If a job exceeds eight hours in a day, the police officer(s) shall receive time and 1/2 for time worked after eight hours.
(2) 
$112.50 per hour per police officer, Saturday, Sunday, or holidays.
(3) 
$75 per hour per police officer for all City-sponsored events, regardless of the day of week or total amount of hours worked at said event. City-sponsored events will be determined by the Chief of Police or the Director of Public Safety.
B. 
Job cancellation fees.
(1) 
If a private employer or entity cancels a job at least two hours prior to the scheduled start time, it will not be responsible for any rate for officer time for said cancellation.
(2) 
If a private employer or entity cancels a job with less than two hours' notice, it will be charged for four hours as follows:
(a) 
$260 per officer;
(b) 
Administrative fee of $60; and
(c) 
$150 per vehicle per day.
C. 
Administrative costs. In addition to the aforementioned fees to be collected by the City of Bordentown from said private person or public entity for the payment of said extra-duty police officer(s), the City of Bordentown shall collect an administrative fee of $15 per hour corresponding to each police officer's hour of service. Said fee shall be used to offset the administrative costs associated with the assignment of City police officers, the wear and tear of police equipment, etc. In the event that the Chief of Police arranges with surrounding police agencies to provide assistance in performing these outside police details, the $15 per hour administrative fee shall be paid as follows: $9 per hour will remain with City of Bordentown to cover the costs associated with scheduling, coordinating, invoicing, etc.; and the balance of $6 will be paid to the municipality from whom the assistance is lent, which $6 shall cover the costs associated with mandatory payroll deductions for those hours. Fees are waived for City-sponsored events.
D. 
Use of City vehicles. Police officers engaging in off-duty activities, as authorized and required by this section, may be permitted to utilize a municipal vehicle, subject to the approval and consent of the Chief of Police. If a municipal vehicle is utilized, the private employer shall also pay the City of Bordentown a fee of $150 for the first eight hours of usage of said vehicle or any portion thereof; any additional hours beyond the first eight hours will be billed at the rate of $50 per each four-hour increment, or portion thereof.
[Added 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
A. 
The application fee is $25 for any vendor interested in participating in the farmer's market.
B. 
Other fees. If a vendor is selected to participate in the farmers' market, an additional fee must be paid to the City of Bordentown as follows:
(1) 
If the vendor wishes to pay for the full farmers' market season at the time it is selected to participate in the farmers' market, then the cost shall be $225, inclusive of the $25 application fee.
(2) 
If the vendor wishes to pay on a per-market-day basis, then the fee shall be a one season application fee of $25 and a weekly market fee of $10 payable in advance of the selected market week(s) per the vendor application during the farmers' market season.
(3) 
Fees will be assessed rain or shine.
C. 
Fee exemptions.
(1) 
Members of the Downtown Bordentown Association are exempt from market day vendor fees as long as they meet the application requirements. Members are not exempt from the application fee of $25.
(2) 
Nonprofit groups or committees not organized or regulated by the City of Bordentown shall be exempt from market day vendor fees but will be required to submit an application for review accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee.
[Added 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
Pursuant to § 166-19, an application for a flood damage prevention development permit must be accompanied by a nonrefundable administrative processing fee of $25, plus a technical review fee of $100 for the first acre of land in the tract being reviewed and $50 per additional acre or fraction. However, in the event that an applicant for a development permit is also submitting an application pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J. S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., and/or local ordinances adopted pursuant thereto, he/she shall submit a technical review fee of $50 for the first acre and $25 per additional acre or fraction in addition to the fees required for the Municipal Land Use Law application.
[Added 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
At the time of initial registration of a rental property and/or upon annual renewal of an expiring registration certificate as required by § 187-3, the owner or landlord thereof must pay a fee in accordance with the following schedule prior to the City's issuance of a new or renewed rental property registration certificate:
A. 
Rental property consisting of a single-family home: $100.
B. 
Rental property consisting of two or three apartments or dwelling units: $125.
C. 
Rental property consisting of four to 10 apartments or dwelling units: $150.
D. 
Apartment complexes: $200.
E. 
In the event of a change in ownership or tenancy: $50.
F. 
Late fee: $50 per month.
[Added 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
The license and processing fee for a peddling and soliciting license shall be $50, paid upon the processing of each license application. The application fee shall be $500 when it seeks to operate as a food vendor at the municipal boat ramp area. Nonprofit peddlers and vendors shall not be required to pay the license fees pursuant to § 213-4.
[Added 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
A. 
Creditors required to notify the City and register a property under Chapter 216 as one in foreclosure shall be required to pay the following annual registration fee, per property, due at the time of registration: $300.
B. 
If a property registered with the City's registration program as a property in foreclosure is vacant and abandoned at the time of registration, or becomes vacant and abandoned at any time during the pendency of the foreclosure proceeding consistent with the provisions in Chapter 216, the creditor shall pay an additional annual registration fee, per property, due at the time the determination that the property is vacant and abandoned is made, of $2,000.
[Added 6-10-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-06]
The following fees shall apply to the lead-based paint inspections conducted pursuant to Chapter 189 of the City Code, which shall be used for the implementation and enforcement of said chapter:
A. 
Prior to a visual inspection or visual reinspection conducted by the City's Municipal Inspector or designee, the owner must submit to the City the following fees:
Number of Bedrooms in Unit
Visual Inspection Fee
1 Bedroom
$125
2 Bedrooms
$150
3 Bedrooms
$175
4 Bedrooms
$200
> 4 Bedrooms
$250 plus $25 for each additional bedroom
B. 
Prior to a dust wipe inspection or dust wipe reinspection conducted by the City's Municipal Inspector or designee, the owner must submit to the City the following fees:
Number of Bedrooms in Unit
Dust Wipe Inspection Fee
1 Bedroom
$300
2 Bedrooms
$325
3 Bedrooms
$350
4 Bedrooms
$375
> 4 Bedrooms
$375 plus $25 for each additional bedroom
C. 
Prior to any inspection conducted by the City's Municipal Inspector or designee, the owner must submit to the City a fee of $20 per unit for purposes of the Lead Hazard Control Assistance Act, P.L. 2003, c. 311.[1] The fee collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into the Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund established pursuant to P.L. 2003, c. 311, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-437.4.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-437.1 et seq.
D. 
The filing fee of a lead-safe certification or lead-free certification for an inspection or reinspection not conducted by the Municipal Inspector or designee shall be $25.
E. 
In a common interest community, any inspection fee charged pursuant to this chapter shall be the responsibility of the unit owner and not the homeowners association, unless the association is the owner of the unit.