[1972 Code § 2-34.1; Ord. No. 05-36]
a. 
The contour and topographic maps of the area of the Township and the flight photographs used for the preparation of the foregoing constitute valuable irreplaceable property of the Township.
b. 
These digital files constitute a valuable irreplaceable record of the physical condition of the surface of the land in the Township at the time of the flight photographs.
c. 
Careful supervision of the use and custody of the foregoing is necessary to prevent the loss of or damage to the foregoing maps which have been prepared in digital format.
d. 
The Township has, in the Office of the Township Engineer, facilities to make copies, prints and digital files of these maps by reproduction methods which, if done by supervised personnel, will not expose these records to any unreasonable risk of loss, damage, deterioration or destruction.
e. 
The cost of the preparation of these maps and photographs has been paid out of general taxation and the cost of supervision of the care and custody of the same and the cost of making copies thereof will be paid out of general taxation and accordingly it is right and proper that fees for such copies shall be established to recover these past and future costs in accordance with the value of the information and data that such copies have on an acreage basis.
[1972 Code § 2-34.2; Ord. No. 05-36]
The Township Engineer shall be charged with the custody, safekeeping, care, control and use of the hereinabove specified digital files.
[1972 Code § 2-34.3; Ord. No. 05-36]
The following regulations are established to govern the storage and use of said digital files and shall be enforced by the Township Engineer:
a. 
The digital files shall be kept in a secure location.
b. 
No person shall remove any digital files from the Office of the Township Engineer.
c. 
No person shall make any tracing or other hand copy by tracing methods of any plotting of the digital files.
d. 
During normal office hours on request, the Township Engineer or his designee may expose to view in the Office of the Township Engineer any single sheet of the aforesaid maps and any single flight photograph without releasing or surrendering physical possession of the same without charge or other fee.
e. 
During normal office hours, on written request and on receipt of proof that the proper fees, herein established, have been paid to the Township Treasurer, the Township Engineer or his designee shall reproduce and deliver the requested copies, which may be either prints or digital files, of any of the foregoing maps and demand and receive a receipt therefor which shall contain over the recipient's signature the following statement:
"The undersigned, for and in consideration of the above specified reproducible copies of topographic maps at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet property of the Township of Piscataway, in the County of Middlesex, agrees that the undersigned will not produce, sell, assign or transfer the above specified reproducible copy and that the undersigned will not permit, suffer or allow the sale, assignment or transfer of copies thereof during the next 10 years."
In addition, the Township Engineer shall require that each print or digital file, delivered as aforesaid, shall bear the recipient's signature under the following statement:
"The undersigned, for and in consideration of the receipt of this copy of a topographic map of a part of the Township of Piscataway, agrees that the undersigned will not sell, assign or transfer this copy; will not sell, assign or transfer a reproduction of this copy; and will not suffer, allow or permit the sale, assignment or transfer thereof or any copy or reproduction thereof."
In addition, each print or digital file, delivered as aforesaid shall bear or be clearly stamped with the following:
"The sale, assignment or transfer of this map or any portion of this map and the sale, assignment or transfer of any copy or reproduction of this map or of any portion of this map is prohibited."
[1972 Code § 2-34.4; Ord. No. 05-36]
No person who obtains a print or digital file or other form of reproducible copy of any sheet or portion of a sheet of the aforesaid topographic maps to a scale of one inch equals 100 feet shall sell, assign or transfer or permit, suffer or allow the sale, assignment or transfer of such reproduction or copy thereof or the sale, assignment or transfer of any reproduction or copy of a portion thereof.
[1972 Code § 2-34.5; Ord. No. 05-36]
All applications for copies of the aforesaid maps shall be made to the Township Engineer on application forms to be prepared by the Township Engineer consistent with the terms of this section.
[1972 Code § 2-34.6; Ord. No. 05-36; New]
All fees herein established shall, after computation by the Township Engineer or his designee, be paid to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer is authorized to accept and deposit the same and issue receipts therefor in such form as shall be acceptable for presentation to the Township Engineer prior to the delivery of the requested prints or digital files of such maps or any portion thereof.
a. 
Formula. The following fees are established for prints, digital files or other similar reproducible copies of the aforesaid topographic maps; and such fees, computed by the Township Engineer or his designee in accordance with the schedule of rates hereinbelow set forth, shall be charged, paid and collected before delivery of any such copy. Where the fee schedule bases the fee on acreage, the acreage shall be determined by the Township Engineer or his designee and noted on the application form and on the print or digital file. The acreage shall be rounded to the nearest whole acre. When the determination of the fee involves the application of more than one rate per acre, the rates per acre shall be applied in the order hereinbelow set forth. When successive applications are made by the same applicant, each application shall be treated as a new application for the purpose of computing the fee. The fees shall be computed in accordance with the following schedule of rates.
b. 
Schedules of Rates.
All fees shall be charged in accordance with the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
[1972 Code § 2-34.7; Ord. No. 05-36]
It is in the public interest and admissible to lend without charge copies of the maps to agencies of the Federal, State or County governments whenever there will be a direct benefit to the Township. The following procedures are hereby established to govern the free loan of the Township topographic maps to other public agencies:
a. 
Application. A written application shall be made on a form to be prepared by the Township Engineer. The application shall be filed with the Township Engineer who shall forward the same to the Township Council together with his recommendations with respect thereto.
b. 
Review. The Township Council will review each application and the recommendation of the Township Engineer and will authorize the Township Engineer to issue the requested topographic maps by resolution.