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for each subcode (building, fire, plumbing, electrical and elevator).

  1. There shall be an additional fee of $57 per hour for review of any amendment or change to a plan that has already been released.
  2. In any case where the Department of Community Affairs conducts plan review for a Local enforcing agency, the fee charged by the local enforcing agency for inspection services shall be the percentage (%) balance based on the amount charged for the review of the fee that would otherwise be determined under the local fee schedule; (i.e. State review fee 20%, Township’s fee 80%, State review fee 22%, Township’s fee 78%, etc.).
  3. Hourly charges and fees for development-wide inspection of homes after issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall be in such amount as reasonable and necessary in order to ascertain whether a violation exists or verify that any work performed has abated the violation.
  4. The hourly charge shall be the amount as the hourly charge set forth at Subsection J(3), Administrative fees, times the number of hours spent by the code official in determining whether a violation exists or verifying that any work performed has abated the violation.
  5. Any appeal of a charge levied by the local enforcing agency may be made to the County Board of Appeals.
  6. Penalties may be levied by the enforcing agency as follows:
  7. Up to $1,000 per violation for failure or refusal to comply with any lawful order unless the failure to comply is done with knowledge that will endanger the life or safety of any person, in which case the penalty shall be up to $2,000 per violation.
  8. Up to $2,000 per violation for failure to obtain a required permit prior to commencing construction or for allowing a building to be occupied without a certificate of occupancy.
  9. Up to $2,000 per violation for failure to comply with a stop-work order.
  10. Up to $2,000 per violation for willfully making a false or misleading written statement, or willfully omitting any required information or statement in any application or request for approval.
  11. Up to $500 per violation for any violation not covered under Subsection J(6)(a) through (d) above.
  12. Notary fees. There shall be no fee for the first item. For each additional item over the first, a fee will be charged:
  13. Administering an oath or taking an affidavit shall be $0.50.
  14. Taking proof of a deed shall be $1.
  15. Taking all acknowledgments shall be $1.
  16. Annual Report. The Construction Official shall, with the advice of the subcode officials, prepare and submit to the Township Council, no later than November 30, an annual report recommending 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, P.L. 1975, c. 217, as amended. Editor's Note: Original Section 42-5, Fee for demolition permit, of the 1972 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 9-8-1985 by Ord. No. 29A-85.

SECTION 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.

SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law.