[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Cranbury 12-6-2004 by Ord. No. 11-04-29.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Development fees — See Ch. 76.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided
for the repeal of former Ch. 82, Fees, which consisted of Art. I,
Government Records, adopted 8-26-2002 by Ord. No. 07-02-13.
The government records of the Township shall
be accessible for inspection, examination and copying in accordance
with the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., as amended
from time to time.
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to set forth
the Township's fee schedule for obtaining copies of government records
and the Township's special service charges to be assessed in appropriate
circumstances.
B.
GOVERNMENT RECORD(S) or RECORD(S)
SPECIAL SERVICE CHARGE
Definitions. As used in this section:
Any information subject to public inspection which is maintained
by the Township in written, audio, video, electronic or other form
and as defined by the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et
seq.
A charge, in addition to the actual cost of duplicating the
government record(s), which shall reflect the expense associated with
extensive use of Township information, technology or resources, or
the extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by Township personnel
necessary to accommodate requests to examine and/or provide copies
of the record(s), and as defined by the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A.
47:lA-5c and 47:lA-5d.
C.
Fee schedule. The fees for copies of government records
shall be:
(1)
Photocopies of records: The charge will be the prescribed
state charge for copies (under the open public records access statute[1]). For any records maintained at the Township’s off-site
archival vendor, there will be a per-carton charge to the requestor
for said carton. This fee will be based on the prevailing fees charged
to the Township by the off-site archival vendor at the time of the
request. This fee schedule will be maintained by the Municipal Clerk's
main office and shall be on file at all times.
[Amended 6-28-2010 by Ord. No. 06-10-09; 6-9-2014 by Ord. No. 05-14-06]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
(2)
Miscellaneous records.
(a)
Audio recording of meeting: $0.50 per CD.
[Amended 10-28-2013 by Ord. No. 10-13-25]
(b)
Street map: $5.
(c)
Master Plan: $50.
(d)
Township Code book: also available on the Township's
website at no cost.
[Amended 6-28-2010 by Ord. No. 06-10-09]
(3)
(4)
Postage. Postage costs will be added to fees for copies
of records requested to be mailed and will be determined at the time
of the request.
(5)
Special service charges.
(a)
A special service charge may be applied by the custodian
of records or his/her designee in the following circumstances:
[1]
When 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 is such that the record cannot
be reproduced by ordinary copying equipment in ordinary business size
or involves an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort to accommodate
the request;
[2]
When a request is for a government record in
a medium not routinely used by the Township;
[3]
When a request is for a government record not
routinely developed or maintained by the Township; or
(b)
The special service charge rate for supervisory, programming
and/or clerical services shall be charged per hour and as follows:
[1]
The hourly rate shall be the hourly wage of
the employee conducting the supervisory, programming and/or clerical
services as set by the Township from year to year and/or P.B.A. agreement(s)
from time to time.
[2]
The hourly wages of salaried personnel shall
be calculated by dividing the employee's annual salary as set by the
Township and/or P.B.A. agreement(s) by 26 (weeks) and then dividing
that biweekly pay by the number of hours worked in a biweekly period.
A.
Vital records.
[Amended 5-23-2005 by Ord. No. 05-05-12; 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 04-07-06]
B.
Returned check fee.
[Added 10-9-2006 by Ord. No. 09-06-23]
(1)
A service charge of $20 shall be imposed and added
to any account owing to the Township, if the payment tendered on the
account was by a check or other written instrument that was returned
for insufficient funds.
(2)
Whenever the account owing to the Township is for
a tax or special assessment, the service charge shall be included
in whatever list of delinquent accounts is prepared for the enforcement
of the lien.
(3)
Any service charge owing shall be collected in the
same manner prescribed by law for collection on the account for which
the check or other written instrument was tendered.
C.
Outdoor dining license: no fee required.
[Added 10-9-2006 by Ord. No. 09-06-23; amended 7-25-2011 by Ord. No. 06-11-15]
D.
Limousine license: $50.
[Added 10-9-2006 by Ord. No. 09-06-23]
