[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Springfield
12-14-1994 as § 12-1 of the 1994 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Establishment; composition; administrator.
(1)
There is hereby established in the Township of Springfield
a State Uniform Construction Code Enforcing Agency to be known as the “Department
of Code Enforcement and Inspections,” consisting of a Construction Code
Official, Building Subcode Official, Plumbing Subcode Official, Electrical
Subcode Official, Fire Subcode Official and such other subcode officials as
the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs of the State of New
Jersey shall hereafter adopt as part of the State Uniform Construction Code.
(2)
The Department shall administer and enforce the subcodes
adopted by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
and any other laws or code provisions committed and entrusted to the Department
or its officials.
(3)
The Construction Code Official shall be the chief administrator
of the enforcing agency.
B.
Official positions, qualifications.
(1)
Each official position created in Subsection A, above, shall be filled by a person qualified for such position pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq., 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.
(2)
More than one such official position may be held by the
same person; provided that such person is qualified pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119
et seq. and N.J.A.C. 5:23 to hold each position.
C.
Public office. 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. That office shall be at the municipal
building, except for emergencies and unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances.
D.
Appeals. All appeals from any decision of any subcode
official shall be made to the Burlington County Construction Board of Appeals.
The following fees are hereby established and shall be paid before a
permit is issued. All fees shall be rounded to the nearest single dollar amount
for administrative simplicity.
A.
On-site inspection agencies. Whenever the Township uses
the services of a private on-site inspection and plan review agency to enforce
one or more subcodes under the provisions of the State Uniform Construction
Code Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq., as amended and supplemented, and the
rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Community Affairs,
then fees charged by the Township shall be identical to those charged by the
Department of Community Affairs pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-20.
B.
C.
Plan review fee. The plan review fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 91, Fees, and shall be paid before the plans are reviewed. The amount paid for this fee shall be credited toward the amount of the fee to be charged for the construction permit.
D.
Demolition permits. The fee for a demolition permit shall be as set forth in Chapter 91, Fees. An indemnity bond shall be required for the completion of the work and relocation and demolition of the site, which will protect and indemnify the Township against loss or damages.
E.
Building removal. The fee for a permit for removal of a building or structure from one lot to another or to a new location on the same lot, for new foundations and for placement in a completed condition in a new location shall be as set forth in Chapter 91, Fees. The Construction Code Official may waive the indemnity bond requirement based on the extent of the building.
G.
Certificate of occupancy. The fee for a certificate of occupancy under this section shall be as set forth in Chapter 91, Fees.
H.
Elevators. The fees for installation and inspection of elevators shall be as set forth in Chapter 91, Fees.
I.
Miscellaneous fees. The fees for other permits or inspections as may be required under this code are as set forth in Chapter 91, Fees.
J.
Waiver of building permit fees; disabled persons.
[Added 4-12-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-3]
(1)
No person shall be charged a construction permit surcharge
fee or enforcing agency fee for a construction, reconstruction, alteration
or improvement designed and undertaken solely to promote accessibility by
disabled persons to an existing private structure or any of the facilities
contained therein.
(2)
A disabled person, or a parent or sibling of a disabled
person, shall not be charged for a building permit for any construction, reconstruction,
alteration or improvement which promotes accessibility to his or her own living
unit.
(3)
“Disabled person” means a person who has
the total and permanent inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment, including
blindness, and shall include, but not be limited to, any resident of this
state who is disabled pursuant to the Federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 416
(or the Federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, Section 231, et seq.), or
is stated as having a 60% disability or higher pursuant to any federal law
administered by the United States Veterans’ Act. For purposes of this
subsection, “blindness” means central visual acuity of 20/200
or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens. An eye which
is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest
diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20° shall
be considered as having a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less.
The Construction Code Official shall, with the advice of the subcode
officials, prepare and submit to the Township Council annually a report recommending
a fee schedule based on the operating expenses of the agency and any other
expenses of the Township fairly attributable to the enforcement of the State
Uniform Construction Code Act.
A.
In order to provide for the training, certification and technical support programs required by the Uniform Construction Code Act and the regulations, the enforcing agency shall collect, in addition to the fees specified, a surcharge fee as set forth in Chapter 91, Fees. The surcharge fees 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 not later than one month following the quarter for which it is due.
B.
The enforcing agency shall report annually at the end
of each fiscal year to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, not
later than July 31, the total amount of the surcharge fees collected in the
fiscal year.
Permits shall be required in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:23, except as
provided in N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.5.
