[HISTORY: Derived from Ch. X, Secs. 10-1
and 10-24, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Borough of Fort
Lee, 1978, adopted 3-1-1979. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Historic Site, Structure, Culture and Landmark Committee — See Ch. 64.
Asbestos — See Ch. 149.
Builders and contractors — See Ch. 159.
Building construction — See Ch. 163.
Demolition of buildings — See Ch. 166.
Numbering of buildings — See Ch. 169.
Certificate of continuing occupancy — See Ch. 182.
Conversion Appeals Board — See Ch. 196.
Elevators — See Ch. 205.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 216.
Housing standards — See Ch. 246.
Land use procedures — See Ch. 261.
Prior notice of utility work — See Ch. 310.
Redevelopment — See Ch. 319.
Sewers — See Ch. 336.
Site plan review — See Ch. 345.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 360.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 365.
Swimming pools — See Ch. 368.
Zoning — See Ch. 410.
A.
There is hereby established in the borough a State
Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as the "Fort
Lee Construction Code Agency," consisting of a Construction Official,
Building Subcode Official, Plumbing Subcode Official, Electrical Subcode
Official, Fire Prevention Official and such other subcode officials
for such additional subcodes as the Commissioner 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.
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 each 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.
[Amended 7-19-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-28; 2-12-2009 by Ord. No.
2009-10; 2-10-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-3]
A.
The following fees for a construction permit shall be the sum of
the subcode fees listed in Schedules A through D hereof and shall
be paid before the permit is issued.
(1)
Schedule A: Building Subcode Fees.
[Amended 3-3-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-4]
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New Construction:
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Based on cubic footage or structural volume
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$0.045
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Renovations, alterations and repairs:
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1.
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Renovations, alterations and repairs (commercial)
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Per the first $1,000 of estimated cost
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$75
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For each $1,000 of estimated cost thereafter
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$50
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2.
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Renovations, alterations (residential)
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First $1,000
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$50
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Each $1,000 thereafter
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$25
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3.
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Additions, per cubic foot of volume
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$0.025
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Lead hazard abatement work
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Permit fee
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$176
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Lead abatement clearance certificate
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$35
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Demolition:
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One- and two-family dwellings
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$500
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Multifamily
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$1,000
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For each unit more than 3, add
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$50
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Residential detached garages, each
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$100
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Commercial and industrial buildings up to 10,000 square feet
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$500
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All other commercial and industrial buildings
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$1,200
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Certificate of Occupancy:
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One- and two-family dwellings
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$100
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Other residential units, per unit
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$100
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Retail
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$150
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Temporary certificate of occupancy
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$150
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Other:
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Continual certificate of occupancy (residential)
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$100
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Continual certificate of occupancy (retail use)
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$150
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Offices, existing
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$150
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The fee for an application for a variation in accordance with
N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.10 shall be $748 for Class I structures and $151 for
Class II and Class III structures. The fee for resubmission of an
application for a variation shall be $289 for Class I structures and
$82 for Class II and Class III structures.
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If a purchaser of property in the Borough of Fort Lee fails
to obtain a continual certificate of occupancy, the Construction Code
Official shall notify the property owner of the violation by posting
a notice of violation at the premises. If the property owner fails
thereafter to obtain a continual certificate of occupancy, the property
owner shall be subject to a fine of not less than $250 for the first
offense, not less than $350 for the second offense, not less than
$500 for the third, and $1,000 for each subsequent offense. Each day
a violation continues and a summons is issued beyond the date fixed
for compliance in the notice provided shall constitute a separate
offense.
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Commercial or Industrial:
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First 50,000 square feet
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$100
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Each 1,000 square feet over 50,000
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$100
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Change in Use:
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Fence
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Up to 4 feet in height
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No fee
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Up to 6 feet in height
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$65
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Air Conditioners:
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Residential
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Same as alteration fee
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Commercial
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Same as alteration fee
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In-ground swimming pool
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$250
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Above-ground swimming pool
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$150
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(2)
Schedule B: Fire Subcode Fees.
[Amended 10-11-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-32]
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New Construction:
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Commercial use up to 5,000 square feet
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Review/inspection fee of $500, plus $2 per fire protection/detection
device, plus additional fees listed below
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Commercial use over 5,000 square feet
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Review/inspection fee of $1,000, plus $2 per fire protection/detection
device, plus additional fees listed below
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Residential
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Base fee of $100, plus review/inspection fee of $100 for each
unit, plus $2 per fire protection/detection device, plus additional
fees listed below
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Hotel/motel
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Base fee of $100, plus review/inspection fee of $100 for each
unit, plus $2 per fire protection/detection device, plus additional
fees listed below
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Renovation:
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Commercial use
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Review/inspection fee of $200, plus $2 per fire protection/detection
device, plus additional fees listed below
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Additional Fees:
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Fire alarm control panel
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$500
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Fire pump
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$500
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Flexible chimney pipe
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$100
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Fuel storage tanks, residential:
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One- and two-family, owner-occupied multiple dwellings (same
as commercial below)
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$100
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Fuel storage tanks, commercial:
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Up to 999 gallons
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$100
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1,000 to 2,999 gallons
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$200
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3,000 to 4,999 gallons
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$300
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Over 5,000 gallons
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$400
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Gas/oil appliance (per appliance)
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$100
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Kitchen hood system, commercial
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$200
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Kitchen hood suppression systems
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$100
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Dry chemical, CO2, halon, foam, etc.
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$300
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Stand pipes (per riser)
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$250
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Stairwell pressurization/smoke removal systems
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$1,000
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(3)
Schedule C: Plumbing Subcode Fees.
[Amended 12-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-31; 3-3-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-4]
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Installation/Replacement:
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Each fixture or vent stack
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$25
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Water Service/Gas Service
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$25
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Water Heater:
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0 to 50 gallons
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$50
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Over 50 gallons
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$100
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Sewer connection (initial or replacement)
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$250
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Gas-Burning Equipment, Installation and Conversion:
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Residential Buildings:
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1 to 3 families
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$50
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4 to 60 families
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$100
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61 to 160 families
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$150
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161 families and up
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$200
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Commercial Buildings:
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To 2,500 square feet of floor area
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$50
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From 2,501 square feet to 5,000 square feet
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$100
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From 5,001 square feet to 10,000 square feet
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$150
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From 10,001 square feet to 20,000 square feet
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$200
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From 20,001 square feet to 40,000 square feet
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$250
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From 40,001 square feet to 80,000 square feet
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$300
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All buildings greater than 80,000 square feet
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$350
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Special Devices:
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Grease traps, oil separators, utility service connections, refrigeration
units, backflow preventers equipped with test ports (double check
valve assembly, reduced pressure zone and pressure vacuum breaker
backflow preventers), steam boilers, hot water boilers (excluding
those for domestic water heating), active solar systems, sewer pumps
and interceptors
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$100 each
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Minimum inspection fee:
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$65
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(4)
Schedule D: Electrical Subcode Fees.
(a)
Electrical fixtures and devices: receptacles, fixtures and devices,
including smoke and heat detectors, alarm devices, communications
outlets, light standards eight feet or less, emergency lights, exit
lights, or similar electric fixtures and devices rated 20 amperes
or less, including motors or equipment rated less than one horsepower
or one kilowatt:
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1 to 50
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$65
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Each additional block up to 25
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$20
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(b)
Motors, electrical devices, transformers and generators:
[1]
For each motor or electrical device rate from 1 hp or 1 kw;
for each transformer or generator rated from 1 kw or 10 kva; for each
replacement of wiring involving one branch circuit or part thereof;
for each underwater lighting fixture; for each household electric
cooling equipment rated up to 16 kw; for each security or burglar
alarm control unit; for each receptacle rated from 30 amperes to 50
amperes; for each light standard greater than eight feet in height
and for each communication closet: $40.
[2]
For each motor or electrical device rated from greater than
10 hp or 10 kw to 50 hp or 50 kw and for each transformer or generator
rated from greater than 10 kw or 10 kva to 45 kw or 45 kva; for electric
signs rated from greater than 20 amperes to 225 amperes, including
associated disconnecting means; for each receptacle rated greater
than 50 amperes and for each utility load management device: $65.
[3]
For each motor or electrical device rated from greater than
50 hp or 50 kw to 100 hp or 100 kw and for each transformer or generator
rated from greater than 45 kw or 45 kva to 112.5 kw or 112.5 kva:
$150.
[4]
For each motor or electrical device rated greater than 100 hp
or 100 kw and for each transformer or generator rated greater than
112.5 kw or 112.5 kva: $500.
(c)
Service equipment, panel board, switchboard, switchgear, motor-control
center or disconnecting means:
[Amended 3-3-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-4]
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0 to 200 amperes
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$80
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201 to 400 amperes
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$120
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401 to 800 amperes
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$150
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801 to 999 amperes
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$300
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1,000 amperes and above
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$1,000
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(d)
Swimming pool bonding (permanently installed private pools):
Outlets, feeders and motors (excluding panel boards and underwater
lighting):
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Aboveground pools
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$75
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In-ground pools
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$125
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For photovoltaic systems, the fee shall be based on the designated
kilowatt rating of the solar photovoltaic system as follows:
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1 to 50 kilowatts
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$75
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51 to 100 kilowatts
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$100
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(e)
Annual visual pool inspection: $100.
(f)
Minimum electrical fee: $65.
(5)
Schedule E: Elevator Subcode Fees.
[Amended 6-9-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-12]
(a)
The fees for witnessing acceptance tests and performing inspections
on new and altered elevator devises shall be as follows:
[1]
The basis fees for elevator devices in structures not of Group
R-3, R-4, or R-5, or in an exempted structure of Group R-2, shall
be as follows:
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Traction and winding drum elevators:
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One to 10 floors
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$306
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Over 10 floors
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$510
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Hydraulic elevators
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$272
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Roped hydraulic elevators
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$306
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Escalators, moving walks
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$272
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Dumbwaiters
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$68
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Stairway chairlifts, inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts
and manlifts
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$68
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[2]
Additional charges for devices equipped with the following features
shall be as follows:
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Oil buffers (charge per oil buffer)
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$54
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Counterweight governor and safeties
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$136
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Auxiliary power generator
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$102
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[3]
The fee for elevator devices in structures of Group R-3, R-4,
or R-5, or otherwise exempt devices in structures of Group R-2, shall
be $204. This fee shall be waived when signed statements and supportive
inspection and acceptance test reports are filed by an approved qualified
agent or agency in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.19 and 2.20.
[4]
The fee for performing inspections of minor work shall be $68.
(b)
The fees for routine and periodic tests and inspections for
elevator devices in structures not of Group R-3, R-4, or R-5, or otherwise
exempt devices in structures of Group R-2, shall be as follows:
[1]
The fee for the six-month routine inspection of elevator devices
shall be as follows:
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Traction and winding drum elevators:
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One to 10 floors
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$190
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Over 10 floors
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$244
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Hydraulic elevators
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$136
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Roped hydraulic elevators
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$190
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Escalators, moving walks
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$190
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[2]
The fee for the one-year periodic inspection and witnessing
of tests of elevator devices, which shall include a six-month routine
inspection, shall be as follows:
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Traction and winding drum elevators:
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One to 10 floors
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$272
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Over 10 floors
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$326
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Hydraulic elevators
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$204
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Roped hydraulic elevators
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$272
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Escalators, moving walks
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$436
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Dumbwaiters
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$108
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Manlifts, stairway chairlifts, inclined and vertical wheelchair
lifts
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$164
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[3]
Additional yearly periodic inspection charges for elevator devices
equipped with the following features shall be as follows:
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Oil buffers (charge per oil buffer)
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$54
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Counterweight governor and safeties
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$108
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Auxiliary power generator
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$68
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[4]
The fee for the three-year or five-year inspection of elevator
devices shall be as follows:
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Traction and winding drum elevators:
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One to 10 floors (five-year inspection)
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$462
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Over 10 floors (five-year inspection)
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$582
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Hydraulic and roped hydraulic elevators:
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Three-year inspection
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$340
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Five-year inspection
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$204
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(c)
The fees set forth in Subsection A(5)(b) above shall be paid annually in accordance with the following schedule, which is based on the average of the fees to be collected over a five-year period:
[1]
Basic annual fee as follows:
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Traction and winding drum elevators:
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One to 10 floors
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$504
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Over 10 floors
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$612
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Hydraulic elevators
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$368
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Roped hydraulic elevators
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$408
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Escalators, moving walks
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$626
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Dumbwaiters
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$108
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Stairway chairlifts, inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts,
manlifts
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$164
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[2]
Additional charges for devices equipped with the following features
as follows:
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Oil buffers (charge per oil buffer)
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$54
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Counterweight governor and safeties
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$108
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Auxiliary power generator
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$68
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[3]
Annual fee for inspections at seasonal facilities shall be as
follows:
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Traction and winding drum elevators:
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One to 10 floors
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$310
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Over 10 floors
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$364
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Hydraulic elevators
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$232
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Roped hydraulic elevators
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$272
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Escalators, moving walks
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$436
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Dumbwaiters
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$108
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Stairway chairlifts, inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts,
manlifts
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$164
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[4]
Additional charges for devices equipped with the following features
as follows:
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Oil buffers (charge per oil buffer)
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$54
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Counterweight governor and safeties $108
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Auxiliary power generator
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$68
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B.
The Construction Official shall, with the advice of the subcode officials,
prepare and submit to the governing body, biannually, a report recommending
a fee schedule based upon the operating expenses of the agency, and
any other expenses of the municipality fairly attributable to the
enforcement of the State Uniform Construction Code Act. See N.J.S.A.
52:27D-119 et seq.
C.
In order to provide the training, certification and technical support
programs required by the Uniform Construction Code Act and the Regulations,
the enforcing agency shall collect, in addition to the fees specified
above, a surcharge fee of $0.0006 per cubic foot of volume of new
construction. The surcharge fee shall be remitted to the Bureau of
Housing Inspection, Department of Community Affairs, on a quarterly
basis for the fiscal quarters ending September 30, December 31, March
31 and June 30, and not later than one month next succeeding the end
of the quarter for which it is due. In the fiscal year in which the
Regulations first become effective, the fee shall be collected and
remitted for the third and fourth quarters only. 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. In the fiscal year
in which the Regulations first become effective, the report shall
be for the third and fourth quarters only.
D.
No person shall be charged a construction permit surcharge fee or
enforcing agency fee for any construction, reconstruction, alteration
or improvement designed and undertaken solely to promote accessibility
by people with disabilities to an existing public or private structure
or any of the facilities contained therein.
E.
Hourly charges and fees for development-wide inspection of homes
after issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall be in such amount
as may be reasonable and necessary in order to ascertain whether a
violation exists or to verify that any work performed has abated the
violation.
F.
There shall be an additional fee of $75 per hour per inspector for
review of any amendment or change to a plan that has already been
released.
G.
There shall
be a fee of $100 when a request for a change of contractor is submitted
to the Building Department. This applies to each respective subcode
(i.e., Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire).
[Added 9-23-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-19]
A.
The fire limits required to be established by N.J.A.C.
4:23 shall be established not later than July 1, 1977. The Construction
Official shall, not later than May 1, 1977, prepare and submit to
the Borough Council a report recommending the delineation of specific
fire zones. Thereafter he shall prepare and submit to the Borough
Council biannually a report reevaluating the delineation of the fire
limits. This report shall indicate the recommendations of the Construction
Official, the Building Subcode Official and the Fire Subcode Official
regarding those areas which should be designated as within fire limits,
and the reasons therefor.
B.
It is hereby established pursuant to the foregoing
that the following areas are established as fire limits:
(1)
The westerly side line of Abbott Boulevard running
from its intersection with Columbia Avenue, southerly to the borough
line between Fort Lee and Cliffside Park, running along to the rear
of Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, together with Lot 5 in Block 401.
(2)
The southerly side of Main Street, commencing at the
intersection of the south side of Main Street, with the westerly side
of Kaufers Lane, running westerly along the south side of Main Street,
to its intersection with the easterly side of New Jersey Routes 1
and 46, commonly known as Bergen Boulevard, more particularly referred
to as Lots 1 thru 11 and Lot 29 in Block 4302, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and
part of 5 in Block 4301 ......, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
and 39 in Block 4202 ......, Lot 5 in Block 4204 ......, Lot 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13 in Block 4203 ......, Lot 12, 1/2 of 11, 8, 9, and
10, in Block 4102 ......, Lot 36, 37, 34, 32 and 100 feet in depth
of Lots 12, 33 and 35, in Block 4101 ......, Lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11 part of 12, and 100 feet in depth of Lot 4 in Block 4007
......, Lots 1 thru 10 in Block 4006 ......, Lot 21, 22, 23 and approximately
132 feet in depth from Main Street, Lot 24, in Block 3510 ......,
Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, in Block 3509.
(3)
The northerly side of Main Street, commences with
its intersection with the westerly side of Hudson Terrace, westerly
to its intersection again to the easterly side of New Jersey Highway
1 and 46, known also as Bergen Boulevard, more particularly described
as Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Block 4806 ......, Lot 17 through Lot
30 and approximately 150 feet in depth and parallel with the northerly
side of Main Street, in Block 4701 ......, Lots 3 through 7 in Block
4501 ......, Lots 20 - 47 in Block 4404 ......, approximately 100
feet in depth and parallel with Main Street, in Block 3512.
The Construction Official's office be and is
hereby authorized to charge the sum of $25 for letters of information,
including but not limited to flood letters, duplicate certificates
of occupancy, bank certifications, confirmation of zoning, etc. Such
fee shall be in addition to any and all other fees properly chargeable
pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code as set forth in schedules
governing subcode fees.
