[Adopted 1-3-1977 as Ord. No. 1052[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 1201, adopted
9-13-1982, reassigned the numbering and readopted this article (formerly
Ch. 21A, Construction Codes, Uniform).
A.
There is hereby established in the Borough of Ridgefield
a State Uniform Construction Code[1] enforcing agency, to be known as the "Department of Building
Inspection," consisting of a Construction Official, Building Subcode
Official, Plumbing 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et
seq.
B.
The Construction Official shall be the chief administrator
of the enforcing agency.
C.
All personnel shall be appointed to the Department
of Building Inspection by the Mayor and Council with the advice and
consent of the Council; provided, however, that the office of Fire
Inspector shall be held by a former Chief of the Ridgefield Volunteer
Fire Department, who shall be recommended, in writing, by the three
chief officers of the Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department.
D.
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,[2] 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.
[2]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et
seq.
E.
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.
A.
There is hereby established a Construction Board of
Appeals to hear appeals from decisions by the enforcing agency. Such
Board shall consist of five members. At least one Board member shall
be a registered architect or licensed professional engineer of building
construction experience, and at least one Board member shall be as
qualified as a Plumbing Subcode Official and one as qualified as an
Electrical Subcode Official. No more than two Board members shall
be selected from the same business or profession. Each Board member
shall have had at least three years' experience in construction, design
or supervision as a licensed engineer or registered architect or,
in the alternative, five years' experience in construction, design
or supervision as an architect or engineer with a bachelor's degree
in architecture or engineering, respectively, from an accredited institution
of higher education or, as a further alternative, 10 years' experience
in construction, design or supervision as a journeyman in a construction
trade or as a construction contractor, subcontractor or inspector.
B.
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council,
shall appoint the Board members and any alternate members. For the
members first appointed, the Mayor shall designate the appointees'
terms so that one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for
a term of two years, one for a term of three years and two for terms
of four years. At the expiration of such terms and thereafter, appointments
shall be made for terms of four years. Vacancies shall be filled for
the unexpired term.
C.
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council,
shall appoint such number of alternates as may be appropriate for
terms not to exceed four years or may, in the alternative, appoint
alternates on a case-by-case basis.
B.
The Construction Official shall, after consultation
and with the advice of the subcode officers, prepare and submit to
the Mayor and Council, biannually, a report regarding a fee schedule
based on 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.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et
seq.
C.
Surcharge fee.
(1)
In order to provide for the training, certificates
and technical support programs required by the Uniform Construction
Code Act and the regulations,[4] 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. Said 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, said fee shall
be collected and remitted for the third and fourth quarters only.
[4]
Editor's Note: "The regulations" refers to
the regulations established by the Commissioner of the Department
of Community Affairs.
(2)
The enforcing agency shall report annually, at the
end of each fiscal year and not later than July 31, to the Bureau
of Housing Inspection the total amount of the surcharge fee collected
in the fiscal year. In the fiscal year in which the regulations become
effective, said fee shall be collected and remitted for the third
and fourth quarters only.
All rules and regulations of the Uniform Construction
Code and all regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Community
Affairs adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-123 be and are hereby
made a part of this Part 6, and all internal rules and regulations
promulgated by code officials under this Act shall be in accordance
with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of
Community Affairs.
