[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Chesterfield 11-12-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-5. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
There is hereby established in the Township of Chesterfield
a State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as
the "Construction 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 aforesaid officials shall be appointed by the Township
Committee.
B.
Each official position created in Subsection A hereof shall be filled by a person qualified for such position pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 217, as amended,[1] 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 P.L. 1975, c. 217, and N.J.A.C. 5:23, to hold such position.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et
seq.
C.
The public shall have the right to do business with
the enforcing agency at one office location except for emergencies
and unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances.
[Last amended 3-25-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-4[1]]
A.
The Township Committee hereby establishes fees for a construction permit as set forth in § 110-94.
B.
Waiver of fees for construction permits.
[Added 3-9-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-1]
(1)
No person shall be charged a construction permit surcharge fee, enforcing agency fee or subcode fee for any construction, reconstruction, alteration or improvement designed and undertaken solely to promote accessibility by disabled persons to an existing private structure or any of the facilities contained therein except as otherwise provided in Subsection B(4) below.
(2)
A disabled person, or a parent or sibling of a disabled person, shall not be charged for a building permit for any construction, reconstruction, alteration or improvement which promotes accessibility to his or her own living unit except as otherwise provided in Subsection B(4) below.
(3)
"Disabled person," in accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:27D-126e,
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 be 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 correcting
lens. An eye which is accompanied by a limitation in the fields 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.
(4)
Notwithstanding the foregoing authorization to waive
fees for the construction permits described herein, said waiver shall
apply only to those in-house fees which will be charged by and received
by the Township of Chesterfield. Any fees charged by the Township
by third party inspection agencies, or by other agencies, for which
the Township is responsible, shall not be waived, and the applicant
shall be required to pay said third party fees.
[1]
Editor's Note: Subsequent amendments to this section are noted
where applicable.
The Construction Official shall, with the advice
of the subcode officials, prepare and submit to the Township Committee
biannually, a report recommending a fee schedule based on the operating
expenses of the agency and any other expenses of the agency and any
other expenses of the municipality fairly attributable to the enforcement
of the State Uniform Construction Code Act.
The enforcing agency shall report annually at
the end of each fiscal year to the Bureau of Housing Inspection, and
not later than July 31, the total amount of the surcharge fee collected
in the fiscal year.
A copy of this chapter shall be filed with the
Bureau of Housing Inspection, Department of Community Affairs.
All appeals from decisions by the enforcing
agency shall be to the Burlington County Construction Board of Appeals.
