This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "Montville Township Charter, 1974."
Upon the adoption of this Charter by the voters as hereinafter provided, the inhabitants of the Township of Montville, in the County of Morris, within the territorial limits of the Township as heretofore prescribed by law, and any amendments thereof, shall constitute a body politic and corporate with perpetual succession under the name of Montville Township. The corporation shall then be governed by the provisions of this Charter, as defined by §
C-3.
For the purpose of this act, and for the interpretation
of any law, ordinance or resolution applicable to the Township, unless
the context otherwise requires:
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE shall mean an ordinance
providing, subject to the Charter, for the organization or administration
of the Township government, for the exercise or discharge of its functions,
powers and duties, and for the management or control of its property,
affairs or government.
ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the Township Administrator
duly appointed pursuant to the Charter.
CHARTER shall mean this act and all statutory
provisions of the State of New Jersey which are now or may hereafter
be applicable specifically to the Township of Montville.
COMMITTEE shall mean the governing body of the
Township, constituted and elected pursuant to the Charter.
DEPARTMENT shall mean an administrative organization
unit for the Township government established or designated by or pursuant
to the Charter as a department.
TOWNSHIP shall mean the Township of Montville
within the boundaries now existing or which may be hereafter established
pursuant to law.
In addition to such powers as may otherwise
be conferred by the Charter, the Township may:
A. Organize and regulate its internal affairs, and establish,
alter and abolish offices, positions and employments and define the
functions, powers and duties thereof and fix their term, tenure and
compensation.
B. Adopt and enforce ordinances and impose penalties
for violation thereof, by fine or imprisonment or both as such sanctions
are authorized by general law.
C. Construct, acquire, operate or maintain any and all
public improvements, projects or enterprises for any public purpose,
subject to referendum requirements otherwise imposed by law.
D. Sue and be sued; have a corporate seal; contract and
be contracted with; buy, sell, lease, hold and dispose of real and
personal property; appropriate and expend moneys; and adopt, amend
and repeal such ordinances and resolutions as may be required for
the management of the Township and the good government thereof.
E. Exercise all powers of condemnation, borrowing and
taxation in the manner provided by general law.
F. Exercise all powers of local government in such manner
as its governing body may determine.
The general grant of municipal power contained
in this Charter is intended to confer the greatest powers of local
self-government consistent with the Constitution of this state. No
specific enumeration of municipal powers contained in the Charter
shall be construed in any way to limit the general description of
power contained in this article, and any such specifically enumerated
municipal powers shall be construed as in addition and supplementary
to the powers conferred in general terms by this article. All grants
of power to the Township, whether in the form of specific enumeration
or general terms, shall be liberally construed, as required by the
Constitution of this state, in favor of the Township.