[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Glassboro as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-27-1996 by Ord. No. 96-7]
[Amended 5-26-1998 by Ord. No. 98-11; 12-9-2003 by Ord. No.
03-34; 2-10-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03; 9-13-2005 by Ord. No. 05-37]
The following departments and offices shall
charge and collect fees for services and materials extended and furnished
as hereinafter provided:
A.
Clerk's office.
(1)
Official Borough Map: $1.
(2)
Assessment for Municipal Improvement Searches: $10.
(3)
Borough Code Book: actual cost to photocopy or print.
[Amended 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 06-25]
(4)
Biodegradable trash bags: five bags for $2, 10 bags
for $4, 15 bags for $6, etc.
(5)
Public records.
[Amended 2-27-2007 by Ord. No. 07-06; 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 10-31]
(a)
Copy fee of $0.05 per page for letter-sized
pages and smaller;
(b)
Copy fee of $0.07 per page for legal-sized pages
and larger;
(c)
In the event the actual costs to produce paper
copies exceed the $0.05 and $0.07 rates, then the charge will be the
actual cost of duplication;
(d)
Electronic records will be provided free of charge (i.e., email);
(e)
Records provided in another medium (i.e., computer disc, CD-ROM,
DVD) will be at actual cost.
(6)
Notarization (per signature): $2.50.
[Amended 8-25-2009 by Ord. No. 09-41]
(7)
Transcripts. Whenever an applicant requests a verbatim
transcript of a recorded proceedings, he shall arrange through the
Municipal Clerk or Solicitor the transcription of the recording by
anyone of his own selection, the cost of which is to be paid by the
applicant; or the Borough will, through the Municipal Clerk or Solicitor,
arrange for the transcription, the cost of which will be paid by the
applicant.
(8)
Color copies: actual cost charged to Borough.
(9)
Special service charge. Whenever the nature, format,
manner of collation, or volume of a government record embodied in
the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined, or copied pursuant
to this section is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary
document copying equipment in ordinary business size or involving
an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort to accommodate the
request, the public agency may charge, in addition to the actual cost
of duplicating the record, a special service charge that shall be
reasonable and shall be based upon the actual direct cost of providing
the copy or copies; provided, however, that in the case of a municipality,
rates for the duplication of particular records when the actual cost
of copying exceeds the foregoing rate shall be established in advance
by ordinance. The requestor shall have the opportunity to review and
object to the charge prior to it being incurred.
(10)
Photographs: actual cost charged to Borough.
(11)
Legalized games of chance.
[Added 9-23-2014 by Ord. No. 14-30]
(a)
Applications. Any and all applications for a State of New Jersey
legalized game of chance shall require timely completion of the appropriate
application for submission to the state.
(b)
Fees. Any and all applications for a State of New Jersey legalized
game of chance shall require payment of the fees established by the
State of New Jersey and payment of the same state fee(s) for each
application to the Borough of Glassboro. Payment shall be made by
two separate checks. One check shall be payable to LGCCC, and one
check shall be payable to the Borough of Glassboro for the same amount
as the state fee(s).
(c)
Issuing authority.
[Added 12-28-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-43]
[1]
Designated person. The Municipal Clerk, also known as the "Borough
Clerk," is hereby delegated the authority to act as the issuing authority
to approve the granting of bingo and raffle licenses within the Borough
of Glassboro pursuant to state statutes for same.
B.
Vital statistics office.
(1)
Certified copies of an original:
[Amended 3-28-2006 by Ord. No. 06-15; 7-22-2008 by Ord. No.
08-46; 12-29-2009 by Ord. No. 09-63]
(2)
Certified copies of an amended:
[Amended 3-28-2006 by Ord. No. 06-15; 7-22-2008 by Ord. No.
08-46]
(3)
Fee for the Mayor to officiate a marriage or civil
union ceremony: $100.
[Added 3-27-2007 by Ord. No. 07-13]
C.
Tax Department.
(1)
First duplicate tax bill: $5; subsequent duplicate
tax bill: $25 for each one in the same fiscal year.
[Amended 5-25-2010 by Ord. No. 10-17]
(2)
Duplicate water and sewer bill: $2.
(3)
Duplicate
tax sale certificate: $100.
[Amended 2-27-2007 by Ord. No. 07-06; 6-26-2018 by Ord. No. 18-29; 6-22-2021 by Ord. No. 21-11]
(4)
Redemption certificates and calculation.
[Added 12-28-2010 by Ord. No. 10-42]
(a)
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-54, the Tax Collector shall provide
to any party entitled to redeem a certificate pursuant to this section
(N.J.S.A. 54:5-54) two calculations of the amount required for redemption
within a calendar year at no cost. For each subsequent calculation
requested from the Tax Collector, there shall be a fee of $50. A request
for a redemption certificate shall be made in writing to the Tax Collector.
(b)
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-97.1, the Tax Collector may charge
a lienholder of a tax lien $50 for the calculation of the amount due
to redeem the tax lien as required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-97.1.
Any request for a redemption calculation shall specify the date to
be used for the calculation, which shall be the date of the notice.
Neither the Tax Collector nor the municipality shall be liable for
an incorrect calculation. The fee paid to the municipality shall not
become part of the lien and shall not be passed on to any party entitled
to redeem pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-54.
(5)
Tax sale mailing costs. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-26, copies of the
notice of a tax sale shall be set up in five of the most public places
in the municipality, and a copy of the notice shall be published in
a newspaper circulating in the municipality, once in each of the four
calendar weeks preceding the calendar week containing the day appointed
for the sale. In lieu of any two publications, notice to the property
owner and to any person or entity entitled to notice of foreclosure
pursuant to Section 20 of P.L. 1948, c. 96 (N.J.S.A. 54:5-104.48)
may be given by regular or certified mail, the costs of which shall
be added to the cost of the sale in addition to those provided in
N.J.S.A. 54:5-38, not to exceed $25 for each notice for a particular
property.
[Added 8-24-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-17]
D.
Tax search: $10.
E.
Police Department.
[Amended 8-28-2018 by Ord. No. 18-41; 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 19-18]
(1)
Copies of police reports:
(a)
Copy fee of $0.05 per page for letter-sized pages and smaller;
(b)
Copy fee of $0.07 per page for legal-sized pages and larger;
(c)
In the event the actual costs to produce paper copies exceed
the rates of $0.05 and $0.07, then the charge will be the actual cost
of duplication;
(d)
Electronic records (other than crash investigation reports)
will be provided free of charge (i.e., email or fax);
(e)
Records (other than crash investigation reports) provided in
another medium (i.e., computer disc, CD-ROM, DVD) will be at actual
cost;
(f)
Crash investigation report requested other than in person: $5
each.
(2)
Transcripts. Whenever an applicant requests a verbatim transcript
of a recorded proceedings, he shall arrange through the Court Administrator
or Solicitor the transcription of the recording by anyone of his own
selection, the cost of which is to be paid by the applicant; or the
Borough will, through the Court Administrator or Solicitor, arrange
for the transcription, the cost of which will be paid by the applicant.
(3)
Firearms permit (handgun): $2.
(4)
ID card: $5.
F.
Municipal Court discovery.
(1)
All requests for discovery in matters pending in the
Glassboro Municipal Court shall be submitted through the Municipal
Prosecutor.
(2)
The following fees shall be payable by the requestor
to the Borough of Glassboro for the discovery provided:
[Amended 12-28-2010 by Ord. No. 10-49]
(a)
General
discovery request, photocopied: $5;
(b)
Driving
while intoxicated (DWI) discovery request, photocopied: $20;
(c)
Photographs
will be photocopied at the rates established herein. If requests are
made for duplicate photographs, the actual cost of making the photographs
shall be charged;
(d)
Duplication
of videotapes constitutes an extraordinary duplication process and
will be charged at the rate of $5 per videotape;
(e)
On
any item that cannot be photocopied on the Borough copy machine or
not otherwise provided for in this schedule, the actual cost incurred
in making the copy shall be charged.
(3)
Where the discovery must be obtained from an entity
other than the Borough of Glassboro, e.g., another police department,
the actual costs paid to the other entity shall be paid by the requestor.
I.
Interpreter
services.
[Added 3-25-2014 by Ord. No. 14-06]
(1)
The
Borough may utilize the services of an outside entity to provide interpreter
services to the Borough when needed by anyone requiring such services.
(2)
Anyone
requiring interpreter services will be charged the actual cost charged
by such outside entity to provide said services.
(3)
Payment
in advance will be required for use of said services. If actual cost
is not known, then a reasonable deposit will be required to be paid
up front with any unused funds to be refunded to the person using
said services.
The fees listed in this article shall be charged
as of the effective date of this article for the specific services
listed. Any fees changed by virtue of change in statute or law or
new fees instituted by new statute, law or ordinance shall be automatically
charged without amendment to this article. Any fees not listed in
this article shall remain as previously established by ordinance,
resolution or practice of the Borough.
