Township of Clark, NJ
Union County
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[Derived from Sec. 2-65 of the 2002 Revised General Ordinances, adopted 12-16-2002 by Ord. No. 02-27]
This article is adopted in order to advise the citizens of the Township and any and all persons doing business with the Township of the various fees charged for services rendered by the departments of municipal government which are not listed in specific chapters and specific sections.
[Amended by Ord. No. 04-14; 1-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-01]
A. 
Copies of documents: $0.05 per letter-size page or smaller; $0.07 per legal-size page.
B. 
Zoning Map: actual cost.
C. 
Tax Map, per sheet: actual cost.
[Amended 6-16-2003 by Ord. No. 03-22; 8-18-2003 by Ord. No. 03-23; by Ord. No. 04-14; 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 08-01; 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. 09-02; 1-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-01]
A. 
Firearms:
(1) 
Application for firearms ID card (in addition to all state and federal fees and requirements): $25.
(2) 
Application for permit to carry handgun, each (in addition to all state and federal fees and requirements): $25.
B. 
Escort service, per round trip: $25.
C. 
Fingerprints: $10.
D. 
Alarms: See § 70-5D and E.
E. 
Charges for outside police details undertaken by police.
(1) 
Traffic work not paid by Township; use of police vehicle.
[Amended 2-4-2013 by Ord. No. 13-01; 8-18-2014 by Ord. No. 14-21]
(a) 
All requests for outside police details shall give at least three hours' advance notice. Failure to provide such advance notice shall result in the increase of the hourly fee for such detail from $60 per hour to $90 per hour. Employing entity shall file a certificate attesting the existence of worker's compensation coverage for all off-duty police officers so employed.
(b) 
All traffic work not paid by the Township of Clark shall be at the rate of $60 per hour, with a minimum of four hours, with the rate increasing to $90 per hour after eight hours, together with a fifteen-percent administrative fee.
(c) 
Use of a police vehicle (local use only) shall be at the rate of $25 per hour, with a three-hour minimum. All time after three hours will be rounded to the next half hour. These fees shall be placed in a separate account dedicated for police vehicle maintenance and repair.
(d) 
Future changes in fees shall be by resolution of the governing body.
(2) 
Indoor/outdoor details.
(a) 
Traffic work for Township vendors and all other indoor/outdoor details not requiring traffic control will be $40 per hour, plus a fifteen-percent administrative fee.
(b) 
Detail minimums:
[1] 
Funeral homes: 2 hours.
[2] 
Board of Education: 3 hours.
[3] 
All others: 4 hours.
(c) 
Contractors/employers must provide at least one hour's notice in advance to cancel a detail. Officers shall be entitled to the minimum payment should this notice not be provided.
[Added 2-22-2011 by Ord. No. 11-05]
The following fees are established for the Department of Finance:
A. 
The fee to be charged for a duplicate tax bill by the Tax Collector of the Township of Clark shall be the sum of $5 for the first duplicate and $25 for each subsequent duplicate copy of the same bill in the same fiscal year.
B. 
The sum of $20 shall be charged to any taxpayer for any returned check for insufficient funds. Upon notification from the bank that a check has been returned, the Tax Collector is hereby authorized to debit the account of the taxpayer, reference the tax payment, along with interest, and note the insufficiency in the records of the municipality. Thereafter, the Tax Collector shall notify the taxpayer and require the outstanding taxes be paid in cash, certified check or money order, together with the fee for the insufficiency.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 10-2, Pool Registration Fee, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 1-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-01.