A.
A. There is hereby established in the Township of Winslow a State
Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as the "Division
of Inspection," 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.
B.
B. 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 (1) such official position may be held by the same person, provided that such person is qualified pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 217, and N.J.A.C. 5:23 to hold each such position.
C.
C. The public shall have the right to do business with the enforcing
agency at the Winslow Township Municipal Offices located at the Dominic
C. Maiese Municipal Building, 125 South Route 73, Braddock, New Jersey,
except for emergencies and unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances.
D.
D. The Township of Winslow shall enforce the Uniform Construction
Code as set forth in the applicable statutes and administrative regulations,
as amended, and the provisions of the BOCA Code as may be presently
in effect on the date of the adoption of this chapter, as each may
be amended from time to time.
E.
E. All officers and employees of the Township of Winslow who are
entrusted to or actually do charge or receive for the township permits,
licenses, applications, copies, and other costs and fees, as set forth
herein, shall do so in accordance with the fee schedules established
in this chapter, rounded to the nearest dollar, as same may be amended
from time to time.
A.
A. For purposes of this Section 113-9, "disabled person" shall be defined as a person who has the total and permanent inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment, including blindness, and shall include, but not be limited to, any resident of this state who is disabled pursuant to the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §416), or the Federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. §231 et seq.), or is rated as having a sixty percent (60%) disability or higher pursuant to any federal law administered by the United States Veteran's Act. For purposes of this subsection, "blindness" means central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens. An eye which is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty (20) degrees shall be considered as having a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less.
B.
B. No person shall be charged a construction permit 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 private structure or any of the facilities
contained therein.
C.
C. The Planning Board or Zoning Board shall waive application fees
as same relate to construction, reconstruction, alteration or improvements
designed and undertaken solely to promote accessibility by disabled
persons to an existing private structure or any of the facilities
contained therein. In the discretion of the Planning staff, escrows
for professional fees also may be waived for this purpose.
D.
D. A disabled person, or a parent or sibling of a disabled person,
shall not be charged for a permit for any reasonable and necessary
construction, reconstruction, alteration or improvement which promotes
accessibility to his or her own living unit for such disabled person.
A.
A. Except where otherwise specifically stated to the contrary herein,
all flat fees set forth in this chapter shall be charged per unit.
The word unit shall include, but not be limited to, fixtures, devices,
motors, service and meter equipment, smoke alarms, telephone jacks,
electrical signs, tanks, standpipes, fire protection systems, fire
alarm devices, and/or special devices as those items are further identified
and/or defined in this chapter.
B.
B. All fees charged as a unit rate per one thousand dollars ($1,000.)
of estimated cost or fraction thereof shall be calculated upon cost
data submitted by the applicant to the Building Department who will
review same for acceptability. The cost data shall be prepared by
an architect or engineer, a recognized estimating firm or by a contractor
and/or homeowner.
All other permits and fees not specifically covered by this
chapter shall be charged in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.
In accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.17, the schedule of fees
set forth in this chapter shall be reviewed annually by the Division
of Inspections to determine whether the fees are sufficient to cover
the costs of issuing permits, conducting inspections and maintaining
the Division's records and files. No later than February 10th of each
year, the Construction Official shall submit his annual report to
the governing body detailing the receipts and expenditures of the
Division of Inspections and indicating his recommendations for changes
to the fee schedule based on the operating expenses of the Division.
The governing body, in its discretion, may amend the fee schedule
set forth herein in accordance with the annual report.
Any person and/or business applying for an application pursuant
to this chapter shall have the right to appeal to the Camden County
Construction Board of Appeals regarding the action of the Division
of Inspections with respect to such application.
