[Ord. 4-13-78 § 1]
The Township Committee makes the following findings and determinations, to wit:
a. 
The topographic maps of this Township resulting from flight photographs made at considerable expense to the Township constitute valuable, irreplaceable property of this Township; and,
b. 
These maps and photographs 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; and,
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 reproducible form on mylar; and,
d. 
The use of these maps to make copies by tracing on tracing paper and the unsupervised handling of these maps and photographs will accelerate the physical deterioration of the same and will expose the same to an unreasonable risk of damage, deterioration and destruction; and,
e. 
The Township has, in the office of the Township Engineer, facilities to make prompt accurate copies, prints and sepias of these maps by reproduction methods which, if done by supervised personnel, will not expose these maps to any unreasonable risk of loss, damage, deterioration or destruction; and,
f. 
Centralization of responsibility for the care, custody, safety and use of these maps and photographs is desirable to insure effective control and, since the information recorded on these maps and photographs is of an engineering nature and of primary interest to engineers, the Township Engineer is the Municipal Officer most qualified to assume this responsibility; and,
g. 
The cost of the preparation of these maps and photographs has been paid out of general taxation and the cost of supervision of the case and custody of the same and the cost of making prints and reproducible copies such as sepias thereof will be paid out of general taxation and accordingly it is right and proper that fees for such prints and 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.
[Ord. 4-13-78 § 1]
The Township Engineer shall be and is hereby charged with the custody, safekeeping, care, control and use of the hereinabove specified maps and photographs and shall annually file with the Township Clerk an inventory thereof.
[Ord. 4-13-78 § 1]
The following regulations are established to govern the storage and use of the maps and photographs and shall be enforced by the Township Engineer, to wit:
a. 
The maps and photographs shall be kept in locked fireproof files to be provided and the Township Engineer shall have sole custody of the key or combination to the locks on such files and shall keep these files locked.
b. 
No one shall take any map or photograph out of the office of the Township Engineer.
c. 
No one shall make any tracing or other hand copy by tracing methods of any such map or photograph.
d. 
During normal office hours on request, the Township Engineer or his designate 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 designate shall reproduce and deliver the requested copies, which may be either prints or reproducible copies such as sepias, 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 Green Brook, in the County of Somerset, agrees that the undersigned will not produce and sell copies thereof, that the undersigned will not sell the above specified reproducible copy and that the undersigned will not permit, suffer or allow specified reproducible copy or the sale of copies thereof during the next 10 years."
In addition, the Township Engineer shall require that each print or sepia 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, agrees that the undersigned will not sell this copy, will not sell a reproduction of this copy and will not suffer, allow or permit the sale thereof or any copy or reproduction thereof."
In addition, each print or sepia, delivered as aforesaid, shall bear or be clearly stamped with the following:
"The sale of this map or of any portion of this map and the sale of any copy or reproduction of this map or of any portion of this map is prohibited."
[Ord. 4-13-78 § 1]
No person who obtains a print or sepia 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 or permit, suffer or allow the sale of such print or sepia or the sale of any reproduction or copy thereof or the sale of any portion thereof or the sale of any reproduction or copy of a portion thereof.
[Ord. 4-13-78 § 1]
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 agreeably to the terms of this chapter.
[Ord. 4-13-78 § 1]
All fees herein established shall, after computation by the Township Engineer or his designee, be paid to the office of the Township Treasurer and the office of the Township Treasurer is authorized to accept and deposit the same and to issue receipts therefor in such form as shall be acceptable to the Township Auditor for presentation to the Township Engineer prior to the delivery of the requested prints or copies of such maps or of any portion thereof.
[Ord. 4-13-78 § 1; Ord. 9-13-79 § 1]
The following fees are established for prints, sepias, or other similar reproducible copies of the aforesaid topographic maps and planimetric maps, and such fees, computed by the Township Engineer or his designee in accordance with the schedule of rates herein set forth, shall be charged, paid and collected before delivery of any such copy. Where the fee schedule bases the rate 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 maps. 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. Fees shall be computed in accordance with the following schedule of rates:
Quantity
Price
0 to 10 acres
$50 per acre
10 to 25 acres
$500 + $30 per acre for each acre in excess of 10
25 to 50 acres
$950 + $12 per acre for each acre in excess of 25
Over 50 acres
$1,250 + $8 per acre in excess of 50
[Ord. 4-13-78 § 1]
It is in the public interest to lend without charge copies of the maps to agencies of the Federal, State or County government whenever there will be a direct benefit to the Township. The following procedures are hereby established to govern the free loan of Township topographic maps to other public agencies:
a. 
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 Committee together with his recommendations with respect thereto.
b. 
The Township Committee 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.