[Adopted 2-24-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
No person shall be charged a construction permit
surcharge fee or enforcing agency fee for any construction, alteration
or improvement designed and undertaken solely to promote accessibility
by disabled persons to an existing public or private structure or
any of the facilities contained therein.
A disabled person, or a parent or sibling of
a disabled person, shall not be required to pay any municipal fee
or charge in order to secure a construction permit for any construction,
reconstruction, alteration or improvement which promotes accessibility
to his own living unit.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
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.
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 the Township of Mansfield who
is disable 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.
