Township of Lower, NJ
chevron_right
2023-10-02
info
chevron_right
Part I: Administrative Legislation
chevron_right
Chapter 56 Local Defense/Emergency Management Council
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Traffic
- Ch 10 Illicit Connections
- Ch 14 Civil Service
- Ch 18 Claims, Payment of; Purchasing; Payroll
- Ch 25 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 33 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 39 Fire Department
- Ch 52 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 56 Local Defense/Emergency Management Council
- § 56-1 Establishment of Local Defense/Emergency Management Council.
- § 56-2 Membership; appointments; representation.
- § 56-3 Membership in other emergency agencies.
- Ch 67 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 73 Mutual Aid
- Ch 90 Police Department
- Ch 94 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 95 Professional Service Contracts, Regulation of
- Ch 101 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 106 Recreation Advisory Board
- Ch 110 Recreational Activities, Promotion of
- Ch 115 Rescue Squads
- Ch 118 Retirement
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 148 Alarms, False
- Ch 153 Alarm Systems
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 162 Amusement Devices and Games
- Ch 166 Animals
- Ch 167 Pet Waste
- Ch 178 Beaches
- Ch 185 Brush, Grass and Debris
- Ch 191 Builders and Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 199 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 206 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 213 Campgrounds, Private
- Ch 221 Checks, Insufficient Funds for
- Ch 230 Conduct
- Ch 235 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 242 Construction Equipment and Sites
- Ch 247 Construction of Factories and Plants
- Ch 254 Construction Permits
- Ch 260 Curfew
- Ch 273 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 278 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 279 (Reserved)
- Ch 285 Dumping
- Ch 291 Electrical Standards
- Ch 297 Excavations, Commercial
- Ch 302 Farm, Right to
- Ch 313 Fire Control Measures
- Ch 318 Fire Districts
- Ch 324 Fire-Fighting Equipment, Tampering With
- Ch 330 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 333 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 340 Fire Prevention
- Ch 345 Fire Zones, Lanes and Areas
- Ch 351 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 359 Garage and Other Sales
- Ch 374 Historic Preservation
- Ch 380 Housing Standards
- Ch 386 Ice Cream Vendors
- Ch 387 Hawkers and Peddlers
- Ch 392 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 400 Land Development
- Ch 408 Landfills
- Ch 409 Dredge Materials
- Ch 413 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 419 Littering
- Ch 420 Yard Waste Collection Program
- Ch 427 Manufactured Homes
- Ch 432 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 441 Noise
- Ch 448 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 459 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 467 Parking, Handicapped
- Ch 475 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 486 Pornography
- Ch 493 Printed Matters, Unsolicited
- Ch 500 Property Maintenance
- Ch 512 Raffles and Bingo
- Ch 523 Rental Properties
- Ch 529 Secondhand Merchants and Dealers of Precious Metals
- Ch 535 (Reserved)
- Ch 541 Shopping Carts
- Ch 552 Smoking
- Ch 557 Soil Removal
- Ch 564 Solicitation
- Ch 570 Solid Waste
- Ch 571 Refuse Containers/Dumpsters
- Ch 575 Stormwater Management
- Ch 576 Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 577 Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting
- Ch 583 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 591 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 592 Taxation
- Ch 600 Towing and Storage
- Ch 607 Traffic Regulations in Semipublic and Private Areas
- Ch 612 Trailer Camps
- Ch 617 Trailers
- Ch 625 Transient Merchants
- Ch 633 Vehicles, Inoperable or Unlicensed
- Ch 640 Vehicles, Leasing of
- Ch 647 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 658 Water Charges, Unpaid
- Ch 660 Water Connections
- Ch 662 Water Conservation
- Ch 665 Weddings and Civil Unions
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Lower by Ord. No. 88-6 (Sec. 2A-14 of the 1975
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Administration of government — See Ch. 3.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. App.
A:9-41, the Township of Lower does hereby create a Local Defense/Emergency
Management Council which shall establish an adequate organization
to assist in supervising and conducting the civil defense and disaster
control activities of the Township. The Local Defense/Emergency Management
Council shall assist the Township of Lower in establishing the various
local volunteer agencies needed to meet the requirements of all local
civilian defense and disaster control activities in accordance with
the rules and regulations established by the Governor of the State
of New Jersey.
[Amended 3-18-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-04]
A.
Emergency
Management Coordinator. The Mayor shall appoint a Municipal Emergency
Management Coordinator from among the residents of the Township. The
Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve for a term of three years.
As a condition of appointment, and the right to continue for the full
term of appointment, each Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator
shall have successfully completed at the time of his/her appointment,
or within one year immediately following his/her appointment, the
current approved home study course and the basic emergency management
workshop. The failure of any Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator
to fulfill such requirement within the period prescribed shall disqualify
the Coordinator from continuing in the office of Coordinator and thereupon
a vacancy in said office shall be deemed to have been created.
B.
Members
of the Emergency Management Council. The Local Defense/Emergency Management
Council shall be composed of seven members, including the Emergency
Management Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall
hold office at the will and pleasure of Council. The Emergency Management
Coordinator shall be a member and shall serve as Chairman of the Local
Defense/Emergency Management Council. At least one of the seven members
of the Local Defense/Emergency Management Council shall represent
each of the following five groups:
(1)
Elected
officials.
(2)
Police,
fire, emergency management, first-aid, health, environmental, hospital
or public works.
(3)
Broadcast
or print media.
(4)
Community
group.
(5)
Owners/operators
of facilities subject to the requirements of the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA Title III).
It shall be lawful for the members of the Local
Defense/Emergency Management Council to also be members of other agencies
created because of any emergency.
