[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Northvale
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-13-1985 by Ord. No. 528-85]
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Northvale do find that on occasion
residents have been subjected to unscrupulous practices by certain contractors
who allege to offer workmanlike services for home improvements such as room
renovations, additions to existing structures, construction, driveway installation
or refinishing and similar services. The result of this has been the existence
of unsafe workmanship and unnecessary cost and expense to residents of the
borough, as well as noncompliance with the laws of the state and ordinances
and regulations applicable to the borough for the construction of approved
projects. The Mayor and Council do further find that certain contractors have
failed to provide workers' compensation insurance as required by law
and have further failed to provide proper liability insurance coverage for
their negligence or other acts of commission or omission which have caused
injury and property damage to others. The Mayor and Council do perceive that
in the event said practices are permitted to go unchecked, there will be substantial
danger to the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the Borough
of Northvale.
A.
This article shall apply to all persons, partnerships
or other entities who shall undertake any services in the Borough of Northvale
for a fee, the purpose of which is to add or remove rooms, dormers or other
structures or to improve, modernize or modify existing rooms or structures
or to install, resurface or improve driveways or sidewalks, electrical and
plumbing or any other improvements for which a construction or zoning permit
is required, provided further that such work shall be accomplished upon any
structure in the Borough of Northvale where persons, chattels or other property
exist or will exist upon completion of the work.
[Amended 4-12-2000 by Ord. No. 751-2000]
B.
The owner or occupant of a building or structure who
performs any of the activities regulated in this article shall not be required
to be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this article, provided
that such owner or occupant performs and supervises his own work.
[Amended 4-12-2000 by Ord. No. 751-2000]
Any person, firm or corporation to whom this article applies as set forth in § 89-2 above shall, prior to commencing any work or service in the Borough of Northvale, make application to the Construction Code Official for a local contractor's registration. The failure to obtain such registration prior to commencement of work or services shall constitute a violation of this article, and each consecutive day that such work or services are performed without a proper local contractor's registration having been issued shall constitute a separate violation of this article.
Applications for licensing as required by this article shall be made
to the Construction Official under oath on a form furnished by him. Such application
shall provide the following information:
A.
The name and address of the applicant; if a partnership,
the names and addresses of all partners, and if a corporation, the names and
addresses of all officers, directors and persons holding 10% or more of the
issued and outstanding stock of said corporation.
B.
The type or types of work customarily performed by the
applicant.
C.
A statement as to whether the applicant or any other
person named in the application has ever been convicted of violating any construction
code and if so, the date and place of the conviction and the nature of the
violation and the punishment imposed thereon.
D.
If the applicant is an individual, the applicant's
permanent residence addressed shall be provided.
E.
The calendar years the applicant has been in business
at its present business address and at any prior business addresses for five
years preceding the date of the application.
F.
Accurate information as to the applicant's skill
and experience in the particular field for the work or service to be performed.
[Amended 7-10-1985 by Ord. No. 542-85; 5-12-1999
by Ord. No. 740-99; 4-12-2000 by Ord.
No. 751-2000]
[Amended 4-12-2000 by Ord. No. 751-2000]
A.
The Construction Official shall deny any initial application
for registration or revoke an existing registration of any contractor in any
case where the applicant has made materially false statements on the application
for registration or if it appears that the applicant or any person mentioned
in the application as a principal in the applicant's business has been
guilty of repeated or continuous violations of any building code in the State
of New Jersey. The Construction Official shall further have the power to deny
or revoke a registration application, as the case may be, if the applicant
fails to carry workers' compensation insurance pursuant to law or fails
to comply with the lawful instructions of the Construction Code Official that
are rendered pursuant to his authority under the Uniform Construction Code
Act.[1] A registration can be denied at its initial application or revoked
after issuance in the event that the fees set forth in this article have not
been paid.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-123a et seq.
B.
In the event that the Construction Official shall deny
the registration of any applicant or revoke an existing registration, said
applicant may appeal the decision of denial or revocation to the Mayor and
Council within 15 days of the date of receipt of notice of the action of the
Construction Official. Upon receipt of notice of said appeal, the Mayor and
Council shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon not less than
10 days nor more than 30 days from the date of the receipt of the notice of
appeal. The applicant shall publish a notice of the time and place of such
hearing in an official newspaper of the Borough of Northvale at least five
days prior to the hearing specifying that he is applying for or has been denied
a registration as a building contractor. The Mayor and Council shall take
action on said appeal as soon as practicable after the public hearing has
been concluded.
C.
Denial or revocation of a registration shall be in addition
to any other penalty which may be imposed by law for violation of any building
code or other code of the borough, including this article.
[Amended 4-12-2000 by Ord. No. 751-2000]
All applications for local contractors' registrations are deemed
to be public documents and are to be made available for inspection and copying
by any interested person.
[Amended 8-10-1994 by Ord. No. 675-94; 4-12-2000
by Ord. No. 751-2000]
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who or which fails to obtain a local contractor's registration pursuant to this article or who or which shall be found to be in violation of the terms of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, General Penalties.
[Adopted 3-12-1986 by Ord. No. 555-86]
Any builder or contractor performing work within the borough shall be
responsible for the prompt removal of debris and other materials resulting
from the construction of any new structures, buildings or homes or the alteration
of existing structures, buildings or homes. No such materials shall be collected
by the Department of Public Works of the Borough of Northvale.
Any commercial landscaper, tree surgeon, arborist, gardener or horticulturist
performing services within the borough shall promptly remove all trimmings,
branches, tree stumps, clippings and other waste materials and debris resulting
from the services performed by them from the premises which they service.
The enforcing officer for this article shall be any of the following:
Construction Official or Zoning Official or Police Department.
