[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Northvale 10-24-1979 by Ord. No. 459 (Ch. 37 of the 1969 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alarm systems — See Ch. 61.
Alcoholic beverage licenses — See Ch. 65.
Construction fees — See Ch. 84.
Contractor's licenses — See Ch. 89.
Development fees — See Ch. 95.
Fire prevention inspections and permits — See Ch. 101.
Hunting fees — See Ch. 114.
Peddling and soliciting fees — See Ch. 140.
Poolroom fees — See Ch. 144.
Site work permit fees — See Ch. 162.
Street openings, excavations, etc., fees — See Ch. 174.
Vehicles for hire owner's license — See Ch. 190.
Licenses and fees of the Board of Health — See Ch. 213.
Sanitation fees — See Ch. 234.
This chapter may be known and may be cited and
referred to as the "Fee Ordinance of the Borough of Northvale."
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
For the purposes of the establishment of a fee pursuant to
this chapter, the gross area of all floors and usable spaces.
Moneys held by the Borough Treasurer or Borough Clerk pursuant to the provisions of this chapter when received from an applicant for development pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 200, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Northvale.
Moneys received by the administrative officer in the form
of cash, cashier's check, certified check or check as acceptable to
the administrative officer, made out to the Borough of Northvale as
required by this chapter.
That portion of the moneys paid by an applicant for development
to the administrative officer pursuant to this chapter, which amount
shall be used to offset the costs incurred by the municipality or
approving authority in the handling of the application.
The fee charged by the municipality or approving authority
for inspection of off- or on-tract improvements by the professional
consultants or staff professionals of such municipality or approving
authority.
A fee charged by the municipality or approving authority
for its review of an application for development by its professional
consultants or staff professionals.
An individual or firm which has an expert or special knowledge,
and includes but is not limited to an engineer, planner, lawyer, landscape
architect, traffic consultant or environmentalist.
A professional retained by the municipality or approving
authority pursuant to special contract or resolution.
A professional retained by the municipality or approving
authority pursuant to its regular reorganization procedure and who
is compensated by the municipality or approving authority on a regular
basis. A Borough Attorney and Borough Engineer shall be considered
to be part of the "professional staff" for the purposes of this chapter.
The purpose of this chapter is to reasonably
impose fees to cover the costs incurred by the approving authority
and/or the municipality for the administration, processing and reviewing
of applications for development, hearing their appeals and inspecting
the improvement as provided for by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-8 and 40:55D-53.
A.
The administrative officer shall be responsible for
receiving all fees and moneys pursuant to this chapter and depositing
the same with the Chief Financial Officer daily or within such time
as may be practicable. It shall be the administrative officer's duty
to keep records of all moneys received. All fees are to be placed
with the general municipal fund when initially received, except when
the same are required to be placed in the municipal escrow account
pursuant to the terms of this chapter.
[Amended 8-10-1994 by Ord. No. 675-94]
B.
The administrative officer or the Borough Clerk shall
determine the amount of the fee and deposits in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter and shall submit their method of calculations
to the applicant for development, if so requested.
A.
An interested party who requests services or materials
as set forth in the fee schedule that is a part of this chapter shall
pay for the same at the time of receipt of said services or materials.
B.
At the time of an application for development, appeal,
interpretation or request for permit or certification, the applicant
shall pay the application fee and initial deposit of the review fee
as set forth herein. No application shall be considered complete without
such payment.
C.
As a condition for any approval by the approving authority
of an application for development which includes an on-tract improvement
or off-tract improvement and which will require an inspection by a
professional, the developer shall pay the initial deposit of the inspection
fee as set forth herein.
D.
The amounts stated in the review and inspection fee
schedules are for the purposes of initial deposit only. The applicant
for development is to reimburse the municipality or approving authority
for the reasonable actual expenditures related to the review of its
application for development and the inspection of any improvements
during and after construction or during guaranty periods.
E.
The approving authority may, by resolution, waive
or reduce the application fee requirement for an applicant when hardship
exists.
F.
The application fee shall be paid for each item as
listed on the schedule hereinafter set forth in an accumulative manner
except that more than one hardship or more than one use variance will
be considered to be one for each such category.
G.
The determination of the initial deposit on a review
fee shall be based upon the new areas to be constructed and/or a reasonable
proportion related to the extent of renovation or reconstruction of
existing facilities. A partial lot may be reviewed.
[Amended 8-10-1994 by Ord. No. 675-94]
A.
The Chief Financial Officer shall maintain a single
escrow account in a recognized financial institution in the State
of New Jersey. He shall maintain an appropriate ledger book having
at least one single page for each separate escrow applicant showing
the source of all funds deposited in the account, the names of all
persons for whom the funds are or were held, the amount of such funds,
the charges or withdrawals for such amounts and the names of all persons
to whom such funds were disbursed. It shall also be the duty of the
Chief Financial Officer to identify the lot and block number for each
deposit or withdrawal.
B.
The applicant for development shall at all times maintain
a positive balance in the escrow account. When the Chief Financial
Officer receives approved vouchers which, if paid, will cause a negative
balance, he shall then inform the applicant for development who shall,
within 10 calendar days, add sufficient moneys to the escrow account
for payment of the approved vouchers.
C.
The Chief Financial Officer shall return all remaining
funds in the escrow account for a particular developer to the applicant
for development after approval by resolution duly passed and adopted
by the Mayor and Council.
All regular and special meetings shall be recorded
electronically. Any interested party may request a certified transcript
at his own cost and expense.
The municipal authority shall provide for publication
of any of its decisions, and the applicant shall pay for the cost
of the same pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 97-9, Appeals, amended 8-10-1994
by Ord. No. 675-94, was repealed 2-10-2021 by Ord. No. 1031-2021.
Any interested party may obtain a copy of a
decision of the governing body on an appeal on payment of the prescribed
fee. The appellant shall be mailed a copy of the decision without
charge.
In any case in which the appellant requests
the Planning Board to use its ancillary powers pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-60, the application shall be accompanied by the fees which
would be charged by the Board of Adjustment. Such fees shall be in
addition to the fees provided for the principal relief requested in
the application.
The fee for an application to the Board of Adjustment
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-76b shall be the same as the fees which
would be charged by the Planning Board. Such fees shall be in addition
to the fees for the principal relief requested in the application.
[Amended 2-11-1987 by Ord. No. 569-87; 2-13-1991 by Ord. No.
625-91; 10-13-2004 by Ord. No. 798-2004]
A.
The General Fee Schedule shall be as follows:
|
Type
|
Fee
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Copies of any minutes or other file material
of a regular or special meeting, 8 1/2 x 14 inches maximum size
| |||
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1st to 10th page, per page
|
$0.75
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|
11th to 20th page, per page
|
$0.50
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|
All pages over 20, per page
|
$0.25
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|
Copies of any maps, prints or photographs
|
At cost
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|
Copies of any decisions of the approving authority
or governing body
| |||
|
1st to 10th page, per page
|
$0.50
| ||
|
11th to 20th page, per page
|
$0.25
| ||
|
All pages over 20, per page
|
$0.10
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|
Publications and newspapers
|
At cost
| ||
|
Certificates of approval pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-56
|
$25.00
| ||
|
Copy of Zoning Ordinance
|
$10.00
| ||
|
Copy of Master Plan, per page
|
$1.00
| ||
|
Copy of Subdivision Ordinance
|
$10.00
| ||
|
Copy of Site Plan Ordinance
|
$5.00
| ||
B.
If the custodian of any such records shall find that
there is no risk of damage or mutilation of such records and that
it would not be incompatible with the economic and efficient operation
of the office and the transaction of public business therein, he may
permit any citizen who is seeking to copy more than 100 pages of records
to use his own photographic process, approved by the custodian, upon
the payment of a reasonable fee, considering the equipment and the
time involved, to be fixed by the custodian of not less than $5 or
more than $25 per day.
[Amended 6-13-1984 by Ord. No. 527-84]
A.
The Application
Fee Schedule shall be as follows:
|
Statutory Reference
|
Type
|
Fee
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-46
|
Preliminary site plan
|
$200.00 per lot
| |
|
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-46.1
|
Minor site plan approval
|
$100.00 per lot
| |
|
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-47
|
Minor subdivision
|
$75.00 per lot, plus $25.00 for each new lot
proposed
| |
|
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-48
|
Preliminary major subdivision
|
$100.00 per lot, plus $25.00 for each new lot
proposed
| |
|
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-50
|
Final approval of major subdivision
|
$25.00 per lot
| |
|
Final approval of site plan when no preliminary
site plan
|
$300.00 per lot
| ||
|
Final site plan approval after preliminary
|
$50.00 per lot
| ||
|
N.J.S.A 40:55D-67
|
Conditional uses
|
$200.00
| |
|
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70
|
Appeal of administrative officer
|
$100.00
| |
|
Interpretation
|
$100.00
| ||
|
Bulk or hardship variance
|
$150.00, plus $50.00 per lot or variance requested
| ||
|
Use variance
|
$250.00
| ||
|
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34
|
Building, structure in street, drainway flood
control basin or reserved area permit
|
$100.00
| |
|
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-35
|
Building lot to abut street, certification
|
$100.00
| |
|
N.J.S.A 40:55D-36
|
Appeal of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-35
|
$100.00
| |
|
Applications for 1 single-family residence or
1 single-family residential lot shall be 50% of schedule in a residential
zone.
| |||
|
Zoning permit (temporary and final)
|
$50.00
| ||
|
Renewal of temporary zoning permit (nonrefundable)
|
$50.00
| ||
B.
Mini-review fee.
[Added 9-14-2011 by Ord. No. 898-2011]
(1)
Purpose. This subsection establishes a fee for application, submission,
review and recommendation by the Planning Board commercial tenancy
review subcommittee, to be collected upon submission of a commercial
tenancy application. Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall
be used for the sole purpose of offsetting the administrative costs
of such applications and reviews.
(2)
Basic requirements. Upon submission of an application for review of a commercial tenancy, the applicant shall submit a nonrefundable fee, as set forth herein, to the Board Secretary, to be deposited in the Borough's general fund, to be treated as any other fee in Chapter 97 of the Borough Code.
(3)
Commercial tenancy ("mini-review") fees. Each landlord or tenant
seeking to occupy commercial space within the Borough for a business
purpose, whether for profit or a nonprofit entity, shall submit, prior
to review by the Planning Board subcommittee or the full Planning
Board, a fee of $150, payable by the applicant, to defray the Board's
cost incurred in the processing and review of the tenancy application.
This fee may be increased, decreased or eliminated only by further
action of the Mayor and Council in the form of a duly adopted ordinance.
The Review Fee Schedule (Escrow Account) and
Inspection Fee Schedule (Escrow Account) shall be as follows:
A.
Review Fee Schedule (Escrow Account). The developer
is to pay the actual cost of review. This schedule shows initial deposits
with application.
|
Area
|
Initial Deposit
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Land area (acres):
| |||
|
Up to 1/2
|
$150.00
| ||
|
1/2 to 1
|
$250.00
| ||
|
1 to 5
|
$750.00
| ||
|
5 to 25
|
$1,500.00
| ||
|
Over 25
|
$2,500.00
| ||
|
In addition, building area (square feet):
| |||
|
Up to 5,000
|
$100.00
| ||
|
Over 5,000
|
$100.00, plus $0.02 per square foot of excess
over 5,000 square feet
| ||
B.
Inspection Fee Schedule (Escrow Account). The developer
is to pay the actual cost of inspection. This schedule shows initial
deposit as a condition to approval for any on-tract improvements.
|
Cost of On-Tract Improvements
|
Initial Deposit
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Less than $5,000
|
$400 minimum fee
| |
|
$ 5,000 to $10,000
|
$400, plus 7% of excess over $5,000
| |
|
$10,000 to $25,000
|
$750, plus 5% of excess over $10,000
| |
|
$25,000 to $50,000
|
$1,500, plus 3% of excess over $25,000
| |
|
$50,000 to $100,000
|
$2,500, plus 2% of excess over $50,000
| |
|
Over $ 100,000
|
$3,250, plus 1% of excess over $100,000
|
[Added 6-13-1984 by Ord. No. 522-84]
Any party who requests a special meeting of
any municipal body shall, prior to the scheduling of said meeting,
pay the sum of $300 to defray the costs of said meeting and shall
further pay for the actual cost to the municipality for providing
public notice of said meeting in any of the legal newspapers of the
municipality.
[Added 10-13-2004 by Ord. No. 798-2004]
The OPRA fees for Municipal Court and Police
Department shall be as follows.
[Added 10-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 981-2017]
|
SPORT
|
FEE
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Baseball/softball
|
T-ball (includes shirt/hat)
|
$45 to $65
|
|
Pee wee and freshman
|
$70 to $90
| |
|
Minor/major
|
$70 to $90
| |
|
Sophomore/junior
|
$70 to $90
| |
|
Knickerbockers/senior
|
$75 to $130
| |
|
Clinic
|
$25 to $75
| |
|
Soccer
|
Outdoor/indoor
| |
|
K/1st/2nd (includes shirt)
|
$60 to $100
| |
|
3rd through 8th grade
|
$60 to $100
| |
|
Basketball (winter)
| ||
|
1st/2nd (includes shirt)
|
$50 to $70
| |
|
3rd through 6th grade
|
$75 to $90
| |
|
7th/8th grade
|
$75 to 100
| |
|
Basketball (summer)
| ||
|
3rd through 8th grade
|
$90 to $110
| |
|
Rifle
| ||
|
6th grade and higher
|
$65 to $110
| |
|
Volleyball clinic
| ||
|
3rd through 6th grade girls
|
$75 to $125
|
