[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Demarest 8-19-1974 by Ord. No. 400. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 7-19-1982 by Ord. No. 537; 4-18-1983 by Ord. No. 562; 9-17-1984 by Ord. No. 585; 6-20-1994 by Ord. No. 751; amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The following fees are hereby established and fixed for copies or reproductions of municipal documents, including the records of all departments and divisions of the government of the Borough of Demarest:
A. 
Duplicate tax bill: $5; subsequent copies for same institution/person, same tax year: $25.
B. 
Copies of documents (per N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5).
(1) 
Letter size or smaller: $0.05 per page.
(2) 
Legal size or larger: $0.07 per page.
C. 
Zoning Map: $2 per copy.
D. 
Certification of any public document: $2 per copy.
E. 
Photographs.
Size
(inches)
Fee
(per copy)
3 x 5
$5
8 x 10
$5
F. 
Fingerprinting, per person: $15.
G. 
The Borough shall provide electronic records (i.e., records sent via email or fax) free of charge.
All requests for copies of public documents shall be made to the Borough Clerk on such forms as may from time to time be provided, except that all applications for any police records shall be made to the officer in charge of the Department on such forms as may from time to time be required.
No fee or charge shall be made for the copying of any report for which a formal request is made by any local, county, state or federal law enforcement agency.
[Added 9-23-2002 by Ord. No. 863]
A. 
Whenever a requestor asks for copies of a record in a medium not routinely used by the Borough, not routinely developed or maintained by the Borough, or requiring a substantial amount of manipulation or programming of information technology, the Clerk may charge the requestor a special service charge, which will differ from the flat fee set forth in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., and which will be equal to the actual cost of reproduction of the record in the medium requested, including labor.
B. 
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 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 Clerk may charge a special service charge, which will differ from the flat fee set forth in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., and which will be equal to the actual cost of the reproduction of that record.
C. 
The requestor shall have the opportunity to review and object to the special service charge prior to it being incurred.
[Added 11-22-2004 by Ord. No. 900]
A. 
All requests for discovery in matters pending in the Demarest Municipal Court shall be submitted through the Municipal Prosecutor.
B. 
The following fees shall be payable by the requestor to the Borough of Demarest for discovery provided:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
(1) 
Copies of documents (per N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5).
(a) 
Letter size or smaller: $0.05 per page.
(b) 
Legal size or larger: $0.07 per page.
(2) 
Actual postage, for any discovery sent by mail.
(3) 
For the envelope for any discovery sent by mail: $0.25.
(4) 
Photographs will be photocopied at the rates established herein. If requests are made for duplicate photographs, the actual cost of making the photographs shall be charged.
(5) 
Duplication of videotapes constitutes and extraordinary duplication process and will be charged at the rate of $5 per videotape.
(6) 
On any item that cannot be photocopied on the Borough copy machine or not otherwise provided for in this schedule, the actual cost incurred in making the copy shall be charged.
C. 
Where the discovery must be obtained from an entity other than the Borough of Demarest, e.g., another Police Department, the actual costs paid to the other entity shall be paid by the requestor.
The Borough Clerk or the Police Department shall issue a receipt for all fees and money received for services extended or materials furnished pursuant to this chapter, the receipt book being permanently bound and numerically numbered in such form as shall be prescribed by the Auditor of the Borough. All moneys received pursuant to this chapter shall be turned over to the Borough Treasurer within 48 hours of receipt thereof.