There is hereby established in the Borough of Somerdale a State Uniform
Construction Code Enforcing Agency to be known as the "Construction
Code Enforcement Agency of the Borough of Somerdale," consisting of
a Construction Official, Building Subcode Official, Plumbing Subcode
Official, Electrical Subcode Official, Fire Protection 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 Official shall be the chief administrator of
the Enforcing Agency. The governing body of the Borough of Somerdale
may, as it deems expedient from time to time, reorganize positions
or open lines of authority between dispersed personnel in different
agencies or capacity by resolution.
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, as amended, and 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,[1] and N.J.A.C. 5:23 to hold each such position.
The public shall have the right to do business with the Enforcing
Agency at one office location, Somerdale Borough Hall, Somerdale and
Post Roads, Somerdale, New Jersey, or wheresoever it may in the future
be located, except for emergencies and unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances.
There is hereby established a Construction Board of Appeals to hear
appeals from decisions by the Enforcing Agency. Such Board shall consist
of five members. At least one Board member shall be a registered architect
or licensed professional engineer of building construction experience,
and at least one member shall be qualified as a plumbing subcode official
and one as qualified as an electrical subcode official. No more than
two Board members shall be selected from the same business or profession.
The registered architect or licensed professional engineer shall have
had at least three years' experience in construction, design
or supervision as a licensed engineer or registered architect or,
in the alternative, five years' experience in construction, design
or supervision as an architect or engineer with a bachelor's
degree in architecture or engineering, respectively, from an accredited
institution of higher education. Each other Board member shall have
10 years' experience in construction, design or supervision as
a journeyman in a construction trade or as a construction contractor,
subcontractor or inspector.
For the members first appointed, the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Somerdale shall designate the appointees' terms so that one
shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years,
one for a term of three years and two for terms of four years. At
the expiration of such terms and thereafter, appointments shall be
made for terms of four years. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired
term.
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Somerdale shall appoint such
number of alternates as may be appropriate for terms not to exceed
four years or may, in the alternative, appoint alternates on a case-by-case
basis.
Fire limits shall be established pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23. The boundaries
of closely built commercial areas, as they exist or are developing
and as identified by the report of the Enforcing Agency, as modified
by the governing body, shall be prepared and implemented no later
than July 1, 1977, at which time the same shall be, as if presently
implemented, the fire limits of the Borough of Somerdale, County of
Camden, State of New Jersey.
The Construction Official shall prepare and submit to the Mayor and
Council, biannually, a report reevaluating the delineation of the
fire limits. This report shall indicate the recommendations of the
Construction Official, the Building Subcode Official and the Fire
Subcode Official regarding those areas which should be designated
as within fire limits, with the reasons therefor.