Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
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2023-04-25
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The Code
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Chapter 10 Borough Personnel
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Article VIII Municipal Prosecutor
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Affordable Housing
- Ch 3 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 3A Alarm Systems
- Ch 4 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 5 Animals, Prohibited
- Ch 6 Automobile and Motorcycle Racing
- Ch 7 Background Checks
- Ch 8 Board of Health
- Ch 10 Borough Personnel
- Ch 10 Art VIII Municipal Prosecutor
- § 10-37 Position established.
- § 10-38 Qualifications.
- § 10-39 Appointment.
- § 10-40 Term of office.
- § 10-41 Duties.
- § 10-42 Compensation.
- § 10-42.1 Alternate Municipal Prosecutor.
- Ch 12 Cable Television
- Ch 13 Cats
- Ch 14 Claims Procedure
- Ch 15 Cooperative and Condominium Association Registration
- Ch 16 County Services, Contracts for
- Ch 16A Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 16B Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 17 Development Fees
- Ch 18 Dogs
- Ch 18A Dogs and Cats, Excessive Number of
- Ch 18B Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 19 Drug-Free Zone Map
- Ch 20 Entertainment, Licensed
- Ch 21 Excavations and Dredging
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 Filming
- Ch 25 Fire Department
- Ch 26 Fire Prevention
- Ch 27 Floodplain Management
- Ch 27A Curfew
- Ch 28 Hazardous Waste Materials
- Ch 29 Health Code
- Ch 31 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 31A Illicit Connections
- Ch 32 Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 32A Land Use Procedures
- Ch 32B Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review
- Ch 32C Landscaper Registration
- Ch 33 Library
- Ch 33A Lightning Warning System
- Ch 34 Littering
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 35A Mobile Telephones
- Ch 36 Municipal Court
- Ch 37 Insurance Certificate Registry
- Ch 38 Offenses, Miscellaneous
- Ch 39 Official Map
- Ch 39A Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 39B Paintball Guns and Devices
- Ch 40 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 Personnel Rules and Regulations
- Ch 43 Pet Waste
- Ch 44 Plumbing Code
- Ch 46 Police Department
- Ch 47 Property Maintenance
- Ch 47A Public Contracting Pay-To-Play Reform
- Ch 48 Public Scavengers
- Ch 49 Public Works Department
- Ch 50 Refrigeration Equipment, Water-Cooled
- Ch 51 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 51A Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 52 Recycling
- Ch 53 Salaries
- Ch 54 School Zone Map
- Ch 55 Sewage Disposal: Individual Systems
- Ch 56 Sewers
- Ch 56A Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 57 Shade Tree and Beautification Committee
- Ch 57A Short-Term Rental Property
- Ch 58 Sidewalks, Curbs and Streets
- Ch 60 (Reserved)
- Ch 61 Snow, Ice, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 62 Social Media and Public Outreach Policy
- Ch 63 Soil Movement
- Ch 63A Soil Importation
- Ch 64 Solid Waste
- Ch 65 Storage Tanks, Underground
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 66A Stormwater Control
- Ch 66B Stream Corridor Protection
- Ch 67 Swimming Pools
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 70 Taxicabs
- Ch 71 Temporary Storage Units
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Towing Services
- Ch 75A Transient Merchants
- Ch 75B Trees
- Ch 76 Trees in Highways
- Ch 76B Trees, Bamboo
- Ch 76C Trees, Protection of
- Ch 77 Uniform Construction Code Department
- Ch 79 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 80 Volunteer Incentives
- Ch 81 Water and Water Rates
- Ch 82 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Zoning
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Education for Government Officials
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-22-1997 by Ord. No. 777]
There is hereby created and established the office of Municipal Prosecutor. Pursuant to Public Law 1996, Chapter 95, Section 14,[1] the Borough may employ an attorney at law as a prosecutor
under the supervision of the Attorney General or County Prosecutor,
who may represent the state, county or municipality in any matter
within the jurisdiction of the Central Municipal Court or any other
municipal court.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 2B:12-27.
The Borough Prosecutor shall be an attorney at law of the State of New Jersey in good standing. The Municipal Prosecutor shall also have such qualifications as set forth in the job description for Prosecuting Attorney as part of Chapter 42 of this Code.
The Mayor shall nominate and, with the advice and consent of
the Council, appoint a Municipal Prosecutor, including the filling
of a vacancy in such office, which shall be for the unexpired term
only.
The term of office of the Municipal Prosecutor shall be for
one year, commencing on January 1 and terminating on December 31 of
the same year until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
The duties of Municipal Prosecutor shall include but not be
limited to prosecution of cases to be tried before the Municipal Court
alleging violations of criminal laws of the State of New Jersey, the
ordinances of the Borough, the motor vehicle statutes of the State
of New Jersey, and such other cases as may be designated by the appropriate
authority as within the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court. The Municipal
Prosecutor shall also appear before the Borough Council upon its request
to prosecute any matter which may be within its jurisdiction.
The compensation to be paid to the Municipal Prosecutor shall
be as the Borough Council shall from time to time provide for in the
annual Salary Ordinance[1] and implementing resolutions.
[Added 9-24-2002 by Ord. No. 859]
Pursuant to the authority of N.J.S.A. 2B:25-4, there is hereby
created and established the office of Alternate Municipal Prosecutor.
The qualifications, appointment, term of office and duties of the
Alternate Municipal Prosecutor shall be the same as the Municipal
Prosecutor; provided, however, that the Alternate Municipal Prosecutor
shall serve only in such circumstances where the Municipal Prosecutor
is unavailable.
