[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Lumberton 4-4-1977 by Ord. No. 1977-2 (part of Ch. XII of
the 1973 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established in the Township
a State Uniform Construction Code Enforcing Agency to be known as
"Lumberton Code Enforcement Agency," consisting of a Construction
Official, Building Subcode Official, Plumbing Subcode Official, Electrical
Subcode Official, Fire Protection Subcode Official and such other
subcode officials for such additional subcodes as the Commissioner
of the Department of Community Affairs, State of New Jersey, shall
hereafter adopt as part of the State Uniform Construction Code. The
Construction Official shall be the chief administrator of the enforcing
agency. The Fire Protection Subcode Official shall be appointed by
the Township Committee from those persons recommended by the Fire
Chief; all others shall be appointed by the Township Committee.
Each official position created in § 121-1 hereof shall be filled by the person qualified for such position pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq., or any amendments or supplements thereto, and N.J.A.C. 5:23, provided that, in lieu of any particular subcode official, an on-site inspection agency may be retained by contract pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23. More than one such official position may be held by the same person, provided that such person is qualified pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq., or any amendments or supplements thereto, and N.J.A.C. 5:23 to hold each such position.
The public shall have the right to do business
with the enforcing agency at one official location, except for emergencies
and unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances.
[Last amended 12-5-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-17]
Applicable fees are detailed in the universal fee chart located in § 18-2, reference number 17, of the Code of the Township of Lumberton.
[Amended 9-20-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-16; 12-5-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-17]
Applicable fees are detailed in the universal fee chart located in § 18-2, reference number 17, of the Code of the Township of Lumberton.
[Amended 8-3-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-6; 5-3-1993 by Ord. No.
1993-8; 9-16-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-11; 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-4-005]
In order to provide for the training, certification
and technical support programs required by the Uniform Construction
Code Act[1] and regulations, the enforcing agency shall collect, in
addition to the fees specified above, a surcharge fee for the state
in the current amounts as established by the State of New Jersey.
Such surcharge fee shall be remitted to the state at the end of each
fiscal quarter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et
seq.
The enforcing agency shall report annually at
the end of each fiscal year to the Bureau of Housing Inspector, and
not later than July 31, the total amount of the surcharge fee collected
in the fiscal year. In the fiscal year in which the regulations first
become effective, such report shall be for the third and fourth quarters
only.
[Added 7-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-11]
A.
The fees established in Chapter 121 of the Township Code are hereby waived for the reconstruction, repair or rehabilitation for properties damaged by the June 2019 disaster area as designated by the Lumberton Township Office of Emergency Management. This fee waiver shall exist for 120 days from the effective date of the resolution and is limited to projects necessitated by the floods. The Township Administrator may evaluate and authorize expanding the length of time for waiver on a case-by-case basis, considering factors such as availability of insurance claims and proceeds and individual property owners' financial conditions.
B.
The Township Committee may waive such fees by resolution for future
disaster areas on a storm-by-storm basis upon the designation of an
emergency and disaster area by the Lumberton Township Office of Emergency
Management or a federal, state or county designation.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 121-8, Rough inspections,
added 4-4-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-6, was repealed 9-20-1999 by Ord.
No. 1999-16.
