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present to the Administration short- and long-range recommendations for the improvement of the Township in the areas within the functions and duties of his or her Department.

• E.Qualifications. The qualifications necessary for a person to be appointed to the position of Construction Code Official shall be as follows:
• License: Must hold NJ Construction Code Official license.
• Experience: Must have three years of municipal construction official experience.
• F.Subcode Officials. Within the Division of Construction, under the direction of the Construction Code Official there shall be subcode officials. Subcode officials shall enforce the provisions of those subcodes for which they are responsible in accordance with Part II and qualified in accordance with Part IV of the State Uniform Construction Code and for which they have been appointed. Each subcode official shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of the appropriate subcode, subject to the procedures of the enforcing agency as administered by the Construction Official. However, each subcode official shall have exclusive decision making authority with respect to the technical provisions of the subcode for which he or she has been appointed the official. The subcode official shall enforce the State Uniform Construction Code and all applicable municipal ordinances and shall:
• Review those aspects of the application, plans and specifications appropriate to his or her subcode for approval and release to the Construction Official for issuance of the permit.
• Receive and review directly from the applicant applications for minor or emergency work for approval and release to the Construction Official for issuance of the permit.
• Comply with the time limitations for review as determined by the Construction Official.
• Review requests for variations as necessary.
• Perform all required inspections within three business days of the time for which inspection has been requested.
• Issue in the name of the enforcing agency notices of violation and notify the Construction Official of the same. The subcode official may issue verbal orders at the job site and shall record such orders in his or her inspection report.
• Complete reports of all inspections performed.
• Issue stop-work orders in the name of the enforcing agency and notify the Construction Official of the same.
• Perform final inspections and notify the Construction Official of approval in order that the Construction Official may issue a certificate of occupancy.
• Make inspection, review submitted date and notify the Construction Official of approval in the case of a change of use or a request for a certificate of continued occupancy.
• Assist the Construction Official in the preparation of all reports required by the State Construction Code.
• Attend meetings and hearings as required by the state regulations.
• Issue documentation and certification, such as cut-in cards, to utilities and/or public agencies if required by state regulations.
• Carry out such other functions as are necessary and appropriate to the position of subcode official.

G. Procedure for collection of fines.

Whenever the Construction Official, or appropriate Subcode Official, issues a notice of violation of the Uniform Construction Code, the following procedural steps shall be followed. It is intended that these internal procedures supplement and be used in conjunction with state regulations and not supersede said regulations.

• A.A. Unless public health and safety demands otherwise, a notice of violation shall allow 30 days for compliance. This compliance period may be extended by the Construction Official if the violator makes a good faith effort to effectuate compliance.