[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Wharton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Sec. 4-14 of the Revised General Ordinances]
[Amended 5-4-2009 by Ord. No. O-04-09]
For violation of this article or any other ordinance of the Borough of Wharton, where no specific penalty is provided regarding the section or sections violated, the minimum penalty shall be a fine of $100 and the maximum penalty shall be one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000; imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
Except as otherwise provided, every day that a violation of any ordinance shall continue shall be deemed a separate violation.
The maximum penalty stated in the general penalty clause of this article is not intended to state an appropriate penalty for every violation. Any lesser penalty, including a nominal penalty or no penalty at all, may be appropriate for a particular case or a particular violation.
[Adopted 5-4-2009 by Ord. No. O-04-09]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Borough of Wharton of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Wharton, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Parts I and II, Chapters 1 through 330, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Borough of Wharton," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances enacted prior to the enactment of this Code, except such ordinances as are hereinafter expressly saved from repeal or continued in force.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form has been filed in the office of the Borough Clerk and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until final action is taken on this ordinance; and, if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified to by the Clerk of the Borough of Wharton by impressing thereon the Seal of the Borough, as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the Clerk of the Borough, to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements to the Code, when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the intent of the governing body to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of the Borough of Wharton" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments. Whenever such additions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the Borough of Wharton, pursuant to law, shall cause this Adopting Ordinance to be published, in the manner required, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of the Clerk for inspection by the public at all times during regular office hours. The enactment and publication of this Adopting Ordinance, coupled with availability of copies of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk or someone authorized and directed by the Clerk to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code required to be filed in his or her office for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances adopted subsequent to the effective date of this codification which shall be adopted specifically as part of the Code shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such changes or new ordinances are printed as supplements to said Code book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be purchased from the Clerk, or an authorized agent of the Clerk, upon the payment of a fee authorized by the Borough. The Clerk shall also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation of the Code.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the Borough of Wharton to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section or any part of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to one or more of the following: a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, in the discretion of the Judge imposing the same.
Each section of the Code and every part of each section is an independent section or part of a section, and the holding of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof.
Each section of this ordinance is an independent section, and the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted and in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Adopting Ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-15 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. 
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to June 23, 2008.
B. 
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
C. 
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D. 
Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending or any judgment rendered, prior to the effective date of this ordinance, brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
E. 
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred.
F. 
Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing of grade, changing of name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place or any portion thereof.
G. 
Any ordinance or resolution appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence of the Borough's indebtedness.
H. 
Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any lawful contract, agreement or obligation.
I. 
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges or the approval of the municipal budget.
J. 
The dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision plats.
K. 
All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of officers and employees.
L. 
Any ordinance adopting or amending the Zoning Map.
M. 
Any ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
A. 
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for adoption and revision as part of the Code pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, certain grammatical changes and other minor changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of the Mayor and Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances so changed had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B. 
Statutory references. Throughout the Code, statutory references have been updated to reflect the current statute (references to repealed statutes have been updated or removed, as applicable) and have been cited consistently using "N.J.S.A."
C. 
Nomenclature changes. The following nomenclature changes have been made throughout the Code:
(1) 
"State Department of Health" is changed to "State Department of Health and Senior Services."
(2) 
"Department of Environmental Protection and Energy" is changed to Department of Environmental Protection.
(3) 
Throughout Chapter 231, Property Maintenance, references to "Code Official," where referring to a specific officer, have been changed to read "Housing Officer."
D. 
The following original sections of the Revised General Ordinances were deleted during codification:
(1) 
Section 2-6, Local Assistance Board (no longer exists).
(2) 
Sections 2-12, Planning Board, and 2-13, Zoning Board of Adjustment (provisions are covered in Chapter 165, Land Use and Development).
(3) 
Section 2-15, Drug Abuse Council (no longer exists).
(4) 
Section 2-17, Joint Purchasing Agreement.
(5) 
Section 4-4.1, Removal of Grass, Weeds, Brush, etc.
(6) 
Section 4-5, Unsolicited Commercial or Business Literature.
(7) 
Section 4-8, Regulation of Bicycles.
(8) 
Section 4-13, Fire Department (impersonating, damaging, interfering).
(9) 
Sections 6-6, Dogs, and 6-7, Cats (provisions are covered in Chapter 343).
E. 
In addition, the changes, amendments or revisions as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter and section number references are to the ordinances as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)[1]
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Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-17E, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 5-4-2009 by Ord. No. O-04-09." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Borough offices.