[Adopted 1-5-1977 by Ord. No. 1976-22 (Ch.
46, Art. I, of the 1975 Code)]
[Amended 5-18-1977 by Ord. No. 1977-9; 12-7-1977 by Ord. No.
1977-17; 2-21-1979 by Ord. No. 1979-1; 4-7-1982 by Ord. No. 1982-6; 12-5-1984 by Ord. No. 1984-21]
A. The following permit fees are hereby established and shall be paid before the permit is issued. All fees paid shall be rounded off to the nearest single dollar amount for administrative simplicity. The fee for a construction permit shall be the sum of the applicable fees listed in Chapter
88, Fees. Fees for certificates of occupancy shall also be as set forth in Chapter
88, Fees.
[Amended 4-18-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-4]
B. No fees shall be required for any building, electrical,
plumbing, mechanical or fire subcode permit if the permit is for use
by a house of worship, public school, charitable or nonprofit organization
of any kind or for which the Township Council shall issue a certificate
of municipal purpose.
C. Waiver of building permit fees for disabled persons.
[Added 3-1-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-4]
(1) 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 public or 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 required to pay a municipal fee or charge in
order to secure a construction permit for any construction, reconstruction,
alteration or improvement which promotes accessibility to his or her
own living unit.
(3) 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 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 corrective
lens. An eye which is accompanied by a limitation in the field 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 Official shall, with the advice
of the subcode officials, prepare and submit to the Township Council,
biannually, a report recommending a fee schedule based on the operating
expenses of the agency and any other expenses of the municipality fairly attributable
to the enforcement of the State Uniform Construction Code Act.
[Amended 9-20-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-11]
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 charge, collect and submit
surcharge fees as required by the regulations.
[Adopted 10-1-1975 as Ch. 46, Art. II, of the 1975 Code]