[Ord. No. 00/30]
There is hereby established in the Borough of Watchung a State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as Watchung Construction Code Department, 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 Watchung Construction Code Department.
[Ord. No. 00/30]
a.
The Construction Official shall be the head of the Watchung Construction Code Department and shall report to the Borough Administrator on all matters required to be reported upon by a department head, including all policy, personnel and budgetary matters and all liability claims for personal or property damage, actual or potential, or acts that may give rise to such claims.
b.
Each official position created in Section 13-1 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, et seq., 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, et seq. More than one 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 et seq., to hold each such position.
c.
The public shall have the right to do business with the enforcing agency at one office location except for emergencies and unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances.
[Ord. No. 00/30]
The fee for a construction permit shall be the sum of the fees provided for herein and shall be paid before the permit is issued. Additionally, an administrative fee shall be established by a resolution of the Mayor and Council for each application which shall be paid to the Borough of Watchung. The fees are as follows:
a.
Training and Certification Fees. Fees for training and certification shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.19. A copy of said fee schedule shall be kept on file in the office of the Construction Code Official and the office of the Municipal Clerk.
b.
Plumbing Subcode. Fees for plumbing permits and inspections shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20. A copy of said fee schedule shall be kept on file in the office of the Construction Code Official and the office of the Municipal Clerk.
c.
Electrical Subcode. Fees for electrical permits and inspections shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20. A copy of said fee schedule shall be kept on file in the office of the Construction Code Official and the office of the Municipal Clerk.
d.
Mechanical Subcode. Fees for mechanical subcode permits and inspections shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20.
e.
Building Subcode. The building subcode fees shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20. A copy of said fee schedule shall be kept on file in the office of the Construction Code Official and the office of the Municipal Clerk.
f.
Demolition Fees. Fees for demolition permits shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20. A copy of said fee schedule shall be kept on file in the office of the Construction Code Official and the office of the Municipal Clerk.
g.
Elevator Fees. Fees for elevators, escalators and moving walks shall include: registration fees, and test and inspection fees, and shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20. A copy of the fee schedule shall be kept on file in the office of the Construction Code Official and the office of the Municipal Clerk.
h.
Sign Fees. Fees for construction of signs and inspections shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20. A copy of said fee schedule shall be kept on file in the office of the Construction Code Official and the office of the Municipal Clerk.
i.
Fire Protection Fees. Fees for fire protection and other hazardous equipment; sprinklers, standpipes, detectors (smoke and heat), pre-engineered suppression systems, gas and oil fired appliances not connected to the plumbing system, kitchen exhaust systems, incinerators and crematoriums shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20. A copy of said fee schedule shall be kept on file in the office of the Construction Code Official and the office of the Municipal Clerk.
j.
Certificate of Occupancy. Fees for certificates of occupancy and inspections shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20. A copy of said fee schedule shall be kept on file in the office of the Construction Code Official and the office of the Municipal Clerk.
k.
Plan Review Fees. Fees for plan review shall be based on a percentage of the amount to be charged for a new construction permit and shall be in accordance with the fees established by the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.20.
[Ord. No. 00/30]
The Construction Official shall, with the advice of the subcode officials, prepare and submit to the Mayor and Council, annually, a report recommending a fee schedule based on the operating expenses of the Watchung Construction Code Department and any other expenses of the Borough fairly attributable to the enforcement of the State Uniform Construction Code Act.
[1972 Code § 62-8]
a.
In order to provide for the training, certification and technical support programs required by the Uniform Construction Code Act and the regulations,[1] the enforcing agency shall collect, in addition to the fees specified above, a surcharge fee of $0.0006 per cubic foot of volume of new construction. The surcharge fee shall be remitted to the Bureau of Housing Inspection, Department of Community Affairs, on a quarterly basis for the fiscal quarters ending September 30, December 31, March 31 and June 30, and not later than one month next succeeding and end at the end of the quarter for which it is due. In the fiscal year in which the regulations first become effective, the fee shall be collected and remitted for the third and fourth quarters only.
[1]
Editor's Note: "The regulations" refers to the regulations established by the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs.
b.
The enforcing agency shall report annually at the end of each fiscal year to the Bureau of Housing Inspection, and not later than July 31, the total amount of the surcharge fee collected in the fiscal year. In the fiscal year in which the regulations first become effective, the report shall be for the third and fourth quarters only.
[1972 Code § 62-3; Ord. No. 00/30; New]
Appeals from decisions of the enforcing agency may be made directly to the Somerset County Construction Board of Appeals.
[Ord. No. OR:07/23 § 1]
a.
At the time of issuance of any construction and/or demolition permit(s), where the permittee possesses 21 or more cubic yards of construction and/or demolition waste materials, the Construction Official shall provide to the permittee written instruction on proper disposal and recycling of the construction and/or demolition waste materials.
b.
The Construction Official shall also furnish to the permittee a "Notification of Construction/Demolition Activity Form." The permittee shall complete and execute the form and transmit it via facsimile to the Somerset County Department of Health-CEHA OPERATIONS within 48 hours of the issuance of a construction and/or demolition permit.
[1972 Code § 96-1]
The various and several parcels of real estate and the improvements thereon on the streets, roads, avenues, lanes and other ways shall be numbered. The various and several parcels are as shown and designated on the official Tax Assessment Map of the Borough of Watchung.
[1972 Code § 96-2]
The owner, or, if the owner is not the occupant, then the occupant of the various and several parcels of real estate described above, shall place or cause to be placed on the dwelling, store or other improvement on the parcel, the proper number as designated on the official records and map of the Borough.
[1972 Code § 96-3]
The number shall be of such size and material and placed in such a substantial manner on the dwelling, store or other improvement as to be conspicuous and visible from the street, road, avenue, lane or way, on which access to it is had.
[1972 Code § 96-4]
If the dwelling, store or other improvement has a setback location such that the provisions of subsection 13-2.3 cannot be complied with, then the owner or occupant shall provide a post, rod or other type of fixture of a substantial nature, with the number affixed thereon, and located on the premises so that the number shall be conspicuous and visible from the street, road, avenue, lane or way on which the premises fronts, or from which access to it is had.
[1972 Code § 96-5]
The numbers so used in compliance with this section shall be of a height not less than three inches.
[1972 Code § 96-6; New]
The Tax Assessor shall maintain on file an index list of all numbers assigned to the various dwellings, stores and other improvements. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any dwelling, store or other improvement to make application to the Tax Assessor to determine the number assigned. The application may be made at the office of the Assessor. Developers or subdividers shall obtain from the Tax Assessor the numbers designated both for the individual lots and for the structures thereon, to be included on the final plan submitted for subdivision.
[1972 Code § 96-7; New]
The owner or occupant of any dwelling, store or other improvement hereafter erected or completed shall, within 30 days of erection or completion, apply to the Assessor for an assigned number and comply with the terms of this section.
[1972 Code § 96-8; New]
In the event the owner or occupant desires renumbering of any parcel, application therefor shall be made by written petition to the Mayor and Borough Council. The petition shall be accompanied by a sketch which shall show and delineate all the parcels and improvements which would be affected by the renumbering. The Borough Clerk shall advise the applicant, within 10 days of receipt of the application, of the date of the Council meeting at which the Mayor and Council shall consider the application. The applicant shall serve a copy of the application and sketch on all those affected at least five days before the date of the Council meeting. The applicant shall provide to the Borough Clerk, prior to the date of the said Council meeting, an affidavit of service to all those affected by the renumbering.
[1972 Code § 96-9]
The Mayor and Council, if it acts favorably upon a renumbering application, shall adopt a resolution granting the renumbering. Copies of the resolution shall be filed with the Borough Engineer, the Borough Clerk and the Tax Assessor. Upon the filing thereof, the renumbering shall become effective.