[Amended 6-7-1984 by Ord.
No. 84-4]
The Construction Official shall, with the advice of the subcode
officials, prepare, once every two years, a report indicating his
recommendations for a fee schedule, based on the operating expense
of the agency. The report shall be structured in accordance with such
guidelines as shall be issued from time to time by the Commissioner
so as to accurately portray true enforcing agency expenses in general
and for structures of different use groups. This report shall serve
as the basis for the ordinance to be enacted by the municipality,
as it may deem appropriate, establishing the fee schedule.
[Amended 3-10-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-01]
In order to provide for 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 as set forth in Chapter 11 per cubic foot of volume of new construction. Said surcharge fee shall be remitted to the Bureau of Housing Inspections, Department of Community Affairs, on a quarterly basis for the fiscal quarter 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, said 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 Inspections, 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,
said report shall be for the third and fourth quarters only.
[Amended 6-7-1984 by Ord.
No. 84-4; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1,
General Provisions, Art. I)]
The fire limits of the Township of West Deptford are hereby established to be the same as the limits established for the S-C Shopping Center Districts as established in Chapter 166, Zoning, and any changes in the limits or districts as they now exist by amendments to Chapter 166 shall be deemed to amend the provision of this section.
The Construction Official shall prepare and submit to the Township
Committee 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, with the reasons therefor.
Three copies of the subcodes and rules and regulations promulgated
by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 217,[1] are filed in the office of the Department of Inspections
of the Township of West Deptford.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.
No permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
shall be valid unless and until the fees prescribed within shall have
been paid and a stamp indicating payment has been affixed thereto.
A permit appropriately stamped shall be prima facie evidence of payment.
[Added 8-5-1999 by Ord.
No. 99-7]
A.
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 disabled persons to an existing public or private structure or
any of the facilities contained therein.
B.
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.
C.
A disabled person 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
the state who is disabled pursuant to the federal Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. § 416) or any federal retirement act of 1974
(45 U.S.C. § 231 et seq.) or is rated 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 activity 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 as the widest diameter of a visual field
subtends an angle no greater than 20° shall be considered as having
a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less.
[Added 9-4-2008 by Ord.
No. 2008-10]
A.
APCO
CAS
FCC
GCEMS
GCER
NABER
NPSPAC
PCIA
Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the purposes
of this section and as used elsewhere in this article, have the meanings
shown herein.
Association of Public Safety Communications Officers International.
Communication amplification system.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloucester County Emergency Medical Services.
Gloucester County Emergency Response.
National Association of Business and Education Radio.
National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (frequencies
designed for national radio interoperability).
Personal Communications Industry Association.
B.
General provisions. Except as otherwise provided, no person shall
erect, construct, alter, refit, change the use of, or provide an addition
of more than 20% of the existing floor area to, any building or structure
of any part thereof, or cause the same to be done, which fails to
support adequate radio coverage for GCER, GCEMS and the West Deptford
Police, Fire and Gloucester County Ambulance Departments. For the
purposes of this section, "adequate radio coverage" shall include
all of the following:
(1)
A minimum signal strength of -100 dBm available in 90% of the area
of each floor of the building when transmitted from the closest GCER
radio communications system site;
(2)
A minimum signal strength of -100 dBm received at the closest GCER
radio communications site when transmitted from 90% of the area of
each floor of the building;
(3)
As the CAS is part of the public safety radio system, the owner must
adapt according to any growth changes or modifications as instructed
by local authorities.
(4)
The frequency range which must be supported shall be compatible to
the current public safety radio system in use by the Township of West
Deptford;
(5)
A 90% reliability factor;
(6)
Signal strength measurements, for the purpose of measuring the performance
of a bidirectional amplifier, shall be based on one input signal adequate
to obtain a maximum continuous operating output level.
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The provisions of this section shall become applicable upon
notification to the property owner that unacceptable performance levels
exist. The property owner shall have 90 days from date of notification
to enhance radio coverage and bring it within the acceptable limits
of these provisions.
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C.
Amplification systems allowed. Buildings and structures which cannot
support the required level of radio coverage shall be equipped with
either a radiating cable system or an internal multiple antenna system
with or without FCC-type accepted bidirectional amplifiers as needed.
If any part of the installed system or systems contains an electrically
powered component, the system shall be capable of operating on an
independent battery and/or generator system for a period of at least
12 hours without external power input. The battery system shall charge
in the presence of an external power input. If used, bidirectional
amplifiers shall include filters to reduce adjacent frequency interference
at 36 dB below the NPSPAC band. Settings used should not attenuate
the NPSPAC frequencies and further provided that they are not more
than one MHz from the NPSPAC frequencies.
D.
Testing procedures. When an in-building radio system is required,
and upon completion of installation, it will be the building owner's
responsibility to have the radio system tested to ensure that two-way
coverage on each floor of the building is a minimum of 90%. Each floor
of the building shall be divided into a grid of approximately 20 equal
areas. A maximum of two nonadjacent areas will be allowed to fail
the test. In the event that three of the areas fail the test, in order
to be more statistically accurate, the floor may be divided in 40
equal areas. In such event, a maximum of four nonadjacent areas will
be allowed to fail the test. After the 40 area test, if the system
continues to fail, the building owners shall have the system altered
to meet the 90% coverage requirement. The test shall be conducted
using the most current Motorola portable radio or its equivalent talking
through the GCER as specified by the authority having jurisdiction.
A spot located approximately in the center of a grid area will be
selected for the test, then the radio will be keyed to verify two-way
communications to and from the outside of the building through the
GCER. Once the spot has been selected, prospecting for a better spot
within the grid area will not be permitted.
The gain values of all amplifiers shall be measured and the
test measurement results shall be kept on file with the building owner
so that the measurements can be verified each year during the annual
tests. In the event that the measurement results become lost, the
building owner will be required to rerun the acceptance test to reestablish
the gain values.
Tests shall be made using the following guidelines:
(1)
With a service monitor or signal meter using a unity gain antenna
on a small ground plane;
(2)
Measurements shall be made with the antenna held in a vertical position
at three feet to four feet above the floor;
(3)
A calibrated service monitor or signal meter (with a factory calibration
dated within 24 months) may be used to do the test;
(4)
The GCER representative may also make simultaneous measurements to
verify that the equipment is making accurate measurements. A variance
of 3 db between the instruments will be allowed; and
(5)
If measurements in one location are varying, then average measurements
shall be used.
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Tests shall be made using the designated frequencies used by
emergency response personnel. All tests shall be made in concert with
GCER. If interference problems are noted, it is the owner's responsibility
to insure action is taken to reduce them.
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E.
Annual tests. When an in-building radio system is required, the building
owner shall test all active components of the system, including but
not limited to amplifiers, power supplies and backup batteries, a
minimum of once every 12 months. Amplifiers shall be tested to ensure
that the gain is the same as it was upon initial installation and
acceptance. Backup batteries and power supplies shall be tested under
load for a period of one hour to verify that they will properly operate
during an actual power outage. If within the one hour test period,
in the opinion of the testing technician, the battery exhibits symptoms
of failure, the test shall be extended for additional one hour periods
until the testing technician confirms the integrity of the battery.
All other active components shall be checked to determine that they
are operating with the manufacturer's specifications for the intended
purpose.
F.
Five-year tests. In addition to the annual test, the building owner
shall perform a radio coverage test a minimum of once every five years
to insure that the radio system continues to meet the requirements
of the original acceptance test. The procedure set forth above shall
apply to such tests. A copy of accepted tests shall be provided to
the GCER.
G.
Qualifications of testing personnel. All tests shall be conducted,
documented and signed by a person in possession of a current FCC technician
license, or a current technician certification issued by APCO, NABER,
or the PCIA. All test records shall be retained on the inspected premises
by the building owner and a copy submitted to municipal officials.
All tests will be performed in conjunction with GCER.
H.
Field testing. Police and fire personnel, after providing reasonable
notice to the owner or his representative, shall have the right to
enter onto the property to conduct field testing to be certain that
the required level of radio coverage is present.
I.
Exemptions. Structures in all R use groups unless the construction
is concrete and/or steel and more than 30 feet in height are exempt.
J.
Existing buildings and structures. Any nonexempt building or structure,
under construction, or for which a building permit application is
pending or has been approved as of the effective date of this section
shall comply with the requirements of this section if GECER, Township
of West Deptford Fire Department and/or Police Department determines
that adequate radio coverage as defined does not exist in the building
or structure. The owner of the building or structure shall be notified
in writing of the inadequacy of the coverage and shall have a period
of 90 consecutive calendar days from the date of the notice to comply
with this section; including, but not limited to enhancing radio coverage
and bringing it within the acceptable limits of this section.
K.
Severability. If any term, condition or provision of this section
shall, to any extent, be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the
remainder hereof shall be valid in all other respects and continue
to be effective.
L.
When effective. This section shall become effective five days from
the date of enactment.
