[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Waldwick 12-28-76 as Ord. No. 22-76. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.Â
There is hereby established in the Borough of Waldwick a State Uniform
Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as the "Department
of Building 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. All personnel
shall be appointed or assigned to the Department of Building Inspection
by the Mayor and Council pursuant to law.
B.Â
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.Â
The public shall have the right to do business with the enforcing
agency at one (1) official location, except for emergencies and unforeseen
or unavoidable circumstances.
(See Chapter 48:39-2.)
A.Â
The following fire limits are established pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23,
as shown on the Zoning Map of the Borough of Waldwick: All commercial
and industrial zones shall be designated as being within the fire
limits.
B.Â
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.
Any ordinance inconsistent herewith shall be and the same is
hereby repealed to the extent of said inconsistency.
Should any section or provision of this ordinance be decided
by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof
other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional.
Upon passage and publication as prescribed by law, this ordinance
shall be filed and recorded with the Bureau of Housing Inspection,
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, and retained on file as
a public record in the offices of the Borough Clerk and Building Inspector
and Department of Building Inspection.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption and
publication as provided by law.
