[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee (now Council) of the Township of Allamuchy 12-21-1976 (Ch. 63 of the 1981 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Firesafety code — See Ch. 160, Art. I.
Smoke detectors — See Ch. 160, Art. II.
Land development — See Ch. 190.
[Amended 4-1-1991 by Ord. No. 5-91; 2-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23(c), the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs ("DCA") shall administer and enforce the Uniform Construction Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including but not limited to all subcodes, and shall serve as the exclusive enforcing agency with respect to the Uniform Construction Code, all subcodes and all areas of the regulations within the limits of the Township of Allamuchy.
[Added 10-7-1991 by Ord. No. 12-91; 2-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
Whenever a change of occupancy occurs at a one- or two-family dwelling within the Township of Allamuchy, the Department of Community Affairs shall verify that at least one smoke detector is present and in working order on each level of said dwelling. Such Department shall provide the applicant, upon request and payment of the required fee, with a certification that smoke detectors are present as required and are in working order. Compliance with this section may also be accomplished by providing the Department of Community Affairs with a certification from a licensed real estate agent, attorney, engineer, fire protection subcode inspector, employee of a licensed title company or certified fire official/fire inspector that such smoke detectors are present and in working order on each level of the subject dwelling.
[Amended 7-7-1977; 12-7-1978; 11-8-1983; 10-5-1989 by Ord. No. 22-89; 11-2-1989 by Ord. No. 24-89; 4-1-1991 by Ord. No. 5-91; 10-7-1991 by Ord. No. 12-91; 8-18-1997 by Ord. No. 7-97; 4-1-1999 by Ord. No. 3-99; 4-1-2003 by Ord. No. 01-03; 7-15-2003 by Ord. No. 03-03; 4-17-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-04]
For the services rendered by the Construction Enforcement Agency and for the time after the DCA shall assume the responsibilities for the enforcement of the Uniform Construction Code, the fees promulgated by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for the administration and enforcement of the Uniform Construction Code shall be as set forth in the DCA's published schedule of fees, as that schedule may be amended from time to time.
[Added 5-17-1999 by Ord. No. 5-99]
No person shall be charged a construction permit surcharge fee or enforcing agency fee for any construction, reconstruction, alteration or improvement designed and undertaken solely to promote accessibility by disabled persons to an existing public or private structure or any of the facilities contained therein.