[Amended 2-14-1978 by Ord. No. 1663; 2-26-1980
by Ord. No. 1746; 1-12-1982 by Ord.
No. 1833; 2-28-1984 by Ord. No. 1916; 5-7-1984
by Ord. No. 1924; 2-12-1985 by Ord.
No. 1972; 9-9-1986 by Ord. No. 2061; 4-12-1988
by Ord. No. 2147; 12-12-1989 by Ord.
No. 2232; 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
A. The fee for a construction permit and other related permits shall be as set forth in Chapter
145, Fees, and shall be paid before the permit is issued.
B. The fee for plan review, as set forth in said Chapter
145, Fees, shall be paid before the plans are reviewed. The amount paid for said fee shall be credited toward the amount of the fee to be charged for the construction permit.
C. In order to provide for the training, certifications 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 above, a surcharge fee as set forth in Chapter
145, Fees. Said surcharge fee shall be remitted to the Bureau of Housing Inspection, Department of Community Affairs as required by the state.
D. No person shall be charged a construction permit surcharge
fee or enforcing agency fee for any 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. For the purposes of this subsection, "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 (45 U.S.C. § 231 et seq.) or is rated 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.
[Added 10-13-1998 by Ord. No. 2641]
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
The enforcing agency shall report as required by the state the total
amount of the surcharge fee collected in the fiscal year. In the fiscal year
in which the regulations first become effective, said report shall be for
the third and fourth quarters only.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
To control types of construction based on the inherent fire hazard by
reason of the use groups of buildings, there are hereby established fire district
limits to include all areas in which congested business, commercial and public
assembly use may be housed. Such areas shall be designated as "within the
fire limits" and shall be bounded and described as being all lands within
the B-1, B-2 and B-3 Retail Business Districts, C Commercial District, OB-1
and OB-2 Office Building Districts, R-4 Garden Apartment Residence District,
and R-5 Multifamily Residence District as such areas are now or may be from
time to time shown on the Zoning Map of the Village of Ridgewood. In addition,
all regulations of the fire district limits regarding construction materials,
procedures and safety requirements shall apply to all schools, churches, hospitals
and municipal buildings, in no matter what zone the same may be located.