The purpose and intent of this article is to
insure that any person who is required to be certified by state law
in order to perform landscape irrigation contracting within the City
has the required state certificate and performs the landscape irrigation
contracting in accordance with applicable codes and regulations.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
that a different meaning is intended:
The construction, repair, maintenance, improvement and alteration
of any portion of a landscape irrigation system, including required
wiring within that system and connection to the required power supply
and the installation and connection to a public or private water supply
system under the terms and conditions of the contract.
A person who engages in the business of landscape irrigation
contracting.
Any assemblage of components, materials or special equipment
which is designed, constructed and installed for controlled dispersion
of water from any safe and suitable source, including properly treated
wastewater, for the purpose of irrigating landscape vegetation or
the control of dust and erosion on landscaped areas, including integral
pumping systems or integral control systems for manual, semiautomatic
or automatic control of the operation of these systems.
A natural person, association, corporation, LLC, partnership
or other legal entity.
Except as exempted by state law, no person shall
perform landscape irrigation contracting within the City unless certified
to do so pursuant the Landscape Irrigation Contractor Certification
Act of 1991, N.J.S.A. 45:5AA-1 et seq.
A.
No state certificate issued shall be assigned or transferred
to another person by any certificate holder.
B.
No certificate holder shall perform landscape irrigation
contracting for any person within the City unless a permit is obtained
in accordance with the requirements of the State Uniform Construction
Code.
C.
Any person preventing a subcode official from entering
the premises or structure at reasonable times to conduct inspections
of the landscape irrigation work being performed is in violation of
this article.
A.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:5AA-9, any person violating
the provisions of state law shall be liable to a civil penalty of
not more than $2,500 for the first offense and not more than $5,000
for the second and each subsequent offense. In lieu of an administrative
proceeding, the state board may bring an action for the collection
or enforcement of civil penalties for the violation of state law.
The action may be brought in summary manner pursuant to the Penalty
Enforcement Law, N.J.S.A. 2A:58-1 et seq.
B.
The Construction Official shall report all alleged
violations of the state regulations to the appropriate state authority
for disposition in accordance with state law.
