Township of Jefferson, NJ
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2023-12-13
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 82 Library
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 14 Adopt-A-Park Program
- Ch 21 Bids, Receipt and Opening of
- Ch 22 Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 34 Economic Advisory Board
- Ch 40 Environmental Commission
- Ch 47 Fire Department
- Ch 54 Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 62 Indemnification of Officials and Employees
- Ch 66 Lake Hopatcong Region Sewer Advisory Board
- Ch 70 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 75 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 82 Library
- § 82-1 Establishment of free public library.
- § 82-2 Facilities continued; control and management.
- § 82-3 Trustees created.
- § 82-4 Membership of Board of Trustees; terms; alternates.
- § 82-5 Officers; terms.
- § 82-6 Powers and duties.
- Ch 96 Open Space Advisory Committee
- Ch 99 Personnel
- Ch 103 (Reserved)
- Ch 108 Purchasing, Joint
- Ch 114 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 120 Senior Citizen Advisory Board
- Ch 122 Trails Committee
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 125 False Emergency Calls
- Ch 130 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 138 Alarm Systems
- Ch 142 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 146 Animals
- Ch 154 Bicycles, Skates, Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 169 Campgrounds
- Ch 170 Cannabis License Requirements
- Ch 175 Checks, Insufficient Funds for
- Ch 182 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 183 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 186 Curfew
- Ch 193 Development Fees
- Ch 198 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 199 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 207 Driveways
- Ch 211 Drug-Free Areas
- Ch 216 Dumping; Abandoned Vehicles
- Ch 222 Environmental Impact Statement
- Ch 229 Farm, Right to
- Ch 235 Fees, General
- Ch 240 Fertilizers, Application of
- Ch 247 Firearms
- Ch 251 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 256 Fire Prevention
- Ch 262 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 267 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 273 Forest, Tree and Soil Preservation and Mitigation
- Ch 279 Games of Chance
- Ch 288 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 294 Ice-Retardant Systems
- Ch 300 Junk Dealers
- Ch 309 Limousines
- Ch 313 Littering; Handbills
- Ch 320 Mailboxes
- Ch 321 Noise
- Ch 326 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 330 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 331 Obscene Material
- Ch 337 Open Pits, Trenches and Wells
- Ch 342 Outdoor Gatherings
- Ch 344 Outdoor Heating Furnaces and Boilers
- Ch 348 Parking Area Maintenance
- Ch 353 Parks
- Ch 359 Canvassing, Soliciting and Peddling
- Ch 367 Property Maintenance
- Ch 368 Recreation Fees
- Ch 369 Registration of Vacant and Abandoned Properties
- Ch 370 Riparian Zones
- Ch 380 Sales, Special
- Ch 384 Sanitary Regulations
- Ch 390 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 391 Sewage Systems
- Ch 395 Sewers
- Ch 403 Smoking; Sale of Tobacco Products
- Ch 407 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 412 Solid Waste
- Ch 416 Solid Waste Code
- Ch 417 Steep Slopes
- Ch 420 Stormwater Connections and Discharges
- Ch 424 Street Naming Map
- Ch 429 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 435 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 436 Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Management
- Ch 439 Stormwater Control
- Ch 443 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 445 Tattooing
- Ch 446 Taxation
- Ch 447 Taxicabs
- Ch 456 Towing
- Ch 460 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 472 (Reserved)
- Ch 481 Water
- Ch 490 Zoning
- Ch 491 Housing and Rental Property Standards
- Appendix
- Ch A500 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Jefferson 4-10-2002
by Ord. No. 16-02 (Ch. 58B of the 1967 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established a free public library in the Township of
Jefferson pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:54-1 et seq.
The public library and reading room previously established and maintained
for the use and benefit of the residents of the Township of Jefferson are
hereby continued, and the control and management thereof are hereby transferred
and conveyed to the Trustees of the free public library of the Township of
Jefferson hereby created.
There is hereby created a body corporate under the name of the "Trustees
of the Free Public Library of the Township of Jefferson," which body corporate
shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities provided to such Board
under and in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:54-1 to 40:54-29.
A.Â
The Board of Trustees of the free public library of the
Township of Jefferson shall consist of nine members, one of whom shall be
the Mayor and one of whom shall be the Jefferson Township Superintendent of
Schools. The Mayor and Superintendent of Schools may appoint an alternate
to act in their place with full authority to attend all meetings of the Board
and to vote on all questions before the Board.
B.Â
The additional members of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of seven citizens to be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and
consent of Township Council, at least four of whom shall be residents of the
Township of Jefferson. The appointments of the first five citizen members
shall be for terms of one, two, three, four and five years. The other two
remaining citizen members shall have initial terms of five years. All subsequent
terms of citizen members shall be for periods of five years. If a vacant seat
shall occur before the expiration of any member's term, any replacement of
that member shall serve for the unexpired term.
The Board of Trustees shall elect from its members a President, Vice
President, Treasurer and Secretary who shall hold office for one year and
until their successors are elected.
The Board of Trustees of the Jefferson Township Free Public Library
shall hold in trust to manage all property of the library. It may rent rooms
or, when proper, construct buildings for the use of the library; purchase
books, pamphlets, documents, papers and other reading matter; hire librarians
and other necessary personnel and fix their compensation; make proper rules
and regulations for the governing of the library; and generally do all things
necessary to properly establish the maintenance of the Jefferson Township
free public library.
