As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Building Services, created in this article.
The Building Official shall be in charge of the Department.
The Building Official and inspectors in the Department are designated
as Ordinance Enforcement Officers.
Residential builders, maintenance and alteration contractors,
plumbing, mechanical, electrical, alarm or sign contractors who are
lawfully licensed by the state or, in the case of an electrical contractor,
a recognized municipality, shall, upon payment of a fee as provided
by resolution of the Township Board of Trustees, be permitted to do
the work for which they are licensed in the Township upon registering
as a contractor with the Department. The application must be made
by the license holder.
The Township Board of Trustees shall, by resolution, establish
reasonable fees to be charged by the Department for acts and services
performed by the Department, the Fire Department, the Construction
Board of Appeals, the Planning Commission, and the Zoning Board of
Appeals, which fees shall be intended to bear a reasonable relation
to the cost, including overhead, to the Township of the acts and services,
including, without limitation, those services and acts as, in case
of the Department and the Fire Department, issuance of building permits,
examination of plans and specifications, inspection of construction
undertaken pursuant to a building permit, and the issuance of certificates
of use and occupancy and, in the case of Construction and Zoning Boards
of Appeals, hearing appeals in accordance with law and ordinances
of this Township. Fees adopted by resolution, unless otherwise provided
for in the resolution, shall be effective upon publication in a newspaper
having general circulation in the Township.
Violation of this article shall be a municipal civil infraction subject to the penalties established by Chapter
2, Article
V, Municipal Civil Infractions; Civil Fines and Penalties, of this Code. Each day a violation exists shall be deemed a separate offense. The imposition of any sentence shall not exempt the offender from compliance with the requirements of this article.