[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Washington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 34-73]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Borough of Washington of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Washington, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp. and consisting of Chapters
1 through
94, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Borough of Washington," 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.
All provisions of this ordinance and the Code shall be in full
force and effect on and after January 8, 1974.
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 Washington 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 the 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 Washington" 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 the said Code, as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the Borough of Washington, pursuant to law, shall
cause to be published in the manner required, a copy of this adopting
ordinance 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 him, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book
containing the Code required to be filed in his 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 book containing the Code may be purchased
from the Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of
the Borough Council, who may also arrange, by resolution, for procedures
for the periodic supplementation thereof.
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 Washington to be misrepresented thereby.
Anyone violating this section of this ordinance shall be subject,
upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for
not more than 90 days, or both, 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 §
1-12 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 July 24, 1973.
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 grade, changing 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 or obligation.
I. The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
J. The dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision
plats.
K. Ordinances establishing the amount and manner of payment of salaries
or compensation of officers and employees; establishing workdays and
working hours of certain employees, and providing for holidays and
vacations for employees and keeping of employment records.
L. Any ordinance making any change or revision in the Zoning Map.
M. Any ordinance regulating traffic or parking.
N. An ordinance adopted 4-20-1965 excluding tangible household property
from taxation.
O. An ordinance adopted 7-24-1973 (Ord. No. 20-73) authorizing the Borough
to enter into a sewerage agreement with the Township of Washington.
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 Borough 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. In addition, the following changes, amendments or revisions 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) In Chapter
3, Administration of Government:
(a)
Section
3-6 is amended to change the words "no compensation or salary except, that" to "such compensation as may be provided in the Salary Ordinance, and in addition."
(b)
Section
3-9A is amended to change the date of the organizational meeting of the newly elected Council from January 2 to January 1.
(c)
Section
3-39A is amended to add at the end thereof the words: "The Municipal Judge shall hold court in the Municipal Building of the Borough of Washington."
(d)
Section
3-40A is amended to add provisions for the appointment of a Prosecutor of the Municipal Court and for the powers and the duties of the Prosecutor.
(e)
Section
3-46 is amended to provide that the Municipal Assessor be appointed by the Manager for a term of four years.
(f)
Sections
3-47 and
3-48 are amended to provide that the office of Collector-Treasurer be separated into two positions and that the Collector serve for a term of four years.
(g)
Section
3-52 is amended to provide that the Engineer serve for a term of three years.
(h)
Section
3-62B is amended to provide that the Mayor appoint the members of the Civil Defense-Disaster Control Committee.
(i)
Section
3-67 is amended to change the words "Planning Commission" to "Planning Board" and "Industrial Development Committee" to "Economic Development Committee."
(j)
Section
3-68 is amended to change the words "Planning Commission" to "Planning Board" and to provide that alternate members be appointed in Classes II, III and IV, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55-1.4, as amended.
(k)
Section
3-69 is amended to change the words "Planning Commission" to "Planning Board."
(l)
Section
3-71 is amended to change the words "Industrial Development Committee" to "Economic Development Committee" throughout and § 3-71A is amended to provide that the members thereof shall serve without compensation.
(2) Chapter
10, Fire Department, is amended to change the words "Fire Committee" or "Chairman of the Fire Committee" to "Borough Manager" throughout.
(3) In Chapter
22, Alcoholic Beverages:
(a)
Sections
22-3A(1) and
(2) are amended to increase the license fee for a plenary retail consumption license from $600 to $720 per year and the license fee for plenary retail distribution license from $600 to $720 per year.
(b)
Sections
22-5 and
22-8 are amended to change the words "under the age of 21 years" to "under the age provided by law."
(4) In Chapter 29, Building Construction, § 29-10 is amended
to add the words "regulating building construction in the Borough
of Washington" after the word "adopted."
(5)
(a)
Section
35-7 is amended to delete the words "unless such dog be licensed under Section nine of this ordinance" from the end of Subsections
A and
B.
(b)
Former Sections 9 and 10, requiring licenses for kennels, pet
shops, shelters and pounds and establishing fees therefor, are hereby
repealed.
(c)
Section
35-10C is amended to change the words "$0.25" to "$0.50" (thus increasing the registration tag fee to the amount required by law).
(d)
Section
35-22 is amended to change the words "Recorder or Police Magistrate" and "Recorder or Magistrate" to "Judge."
(6) In Chapter 41, Fire Prevention:
(a)
Section 41-1A is amended to add at the end thereof the words
"and the October 1972 revision of Article 31, List of Standards and
Publications."
(b)
Section 41-5B is added to set the limits in which the construction
of new bulk plants is prohibited, and to allow new bulk plants in
the I Industrial Zone by permit.
(7) In Chapter
49, Handbills and Merchandise Samples:
(a)
Section
49-2 is amended to require payment of a permit fee of $5 per distribution.
(b)
Section
49-7 is amended to exempt political or religious literature from the requirements of this chapter.
(8) In Chapter
54, Licensed Occupations:
(a)
Section
54-1 is amended to repeal the definitions of "eating places" and "vehicles of transportation."
(b)
Section
54-2 is amended to delete the words "eating place, vehicle of transportation."
(c)
Section
54-5 is amended to delete eating places and vehicles of transportation from the table of fees for licenses.
(d)
Section
54-7 is amended to delete the words "and in case of vehicles of transportation a license plate must be displayed upon such vehicle."
(e)
Section
54-8A is amended to delete the words "or more than one vehicle of transportation is engaged in conducting such business defined under the said paragraphs herein mentioned in this Section of this ordinance" after the words "in any one such business."
(9) In Chapter
59, Nuisances, Public Health:
(a)
Section
59-1 is amended to add the words "hereto and made a part hereof without the inclusion of" after the word "annexed."
(b)
Section
59-2 is amended to refer to the 1953 Edition of the Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey.
(10) In Chapter
61, Numbering of Buildings, §
61-2 is added to provide a fine of not more than $50 for violations.
(11) In Chapter
64, Park, Borough:
(a)
Section 64-4A is amended to increase the maximum fine for a violation of §
64-1 (park hours) from $50 to $500.
(b)
Section 64-4B is amended to increase the maximum penalty for a violation of §
64-3 (damage to park property) to $500 or 90 days in jail, or both.
(c)
Section
64-6 is amended to provide that the maximum penalty for violating the provisions of the article on more than one occasion be raised to $500 or 90 days in jail, or both.
(12) In Chapter
73, Soil Removal, §
73-10C is amended to add the words "Board, in determining" ahead of the words "the rate upon which."
(13) In Chapter
75, Streets and Sidewalks:
(a)
Sections
75-1 through
75-8 are amended to delete the penalty for violation from each section.
(b)
Section
75-11 is amended to delete the penalty for a violation of that section.
(c)
Sections
75-14 and
75-15 are amended to delete the last sentence of each, which established the penalty for a violation of each section.
(d)
Section 75-37B is amended to change the word "applicant" to
"permittee."
(e)
Section
75-41 is amended to change the word "magistrate" to "Judge."
(14) In Chapter 77, Subdivision of Land:
(a)
Section 77-17G is amended to provide that grades of streets
comply with the standards of the Street Specification Ordinance.
(b)
Section 77-4, 77-5D, 77-6D, 77-8D, F and G, 77-11, 77-12A(7)
and (8), 77-16 and 77-28B are amended to add the words "as amended,
supplemented and in effect" after the statutory references contained
therein.
(15)
(a)
Section
80-5A is amended to change the word "and" to "or" after the word "turpitude."
(b)
Section
80-8D is amended to read "who for just cause is deemed by the Borough Council unfit to drive a taxicab."
(16) In Chapter
91, Weeds and Obnoxious Growths:
(a)
Section
91-2 is amended to add the words" of any property" after the word "occupant" and to change the words "by law" to "in this chapter" at the end.
(b)
Section
91-3 is amended to change the words "Section 2 (§
91-2) of this ordinance" to "§
91-5 of this chapter."
(c)
Section
91-5 is added, providing that any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $50.
(17)
(a)
Section
94-15 is amended to add the words "in a residential zone" after the word "premises."
(b)
Section
94-17 is amended to add the words "buildings on" after the words "provided, however."
(c)
Section 94-26B is amended to add the words "The owner of" at
the beginning.
(d)
Section
94-48C is amended by adding the word "width" after the word "minimum."
(18) In Chapter
A96, Cable Television Franchise:
(a)
Section A96-5A is amended to add the words "of the stockholders"
after the word "addresses."
(b)
Section
A96-12 is amended to raise the maximum fine for a violation to $500.
(c)
Section
A96-16 is amended to delete the words "except as to the provisions of Section 18" from the end.
(19) In the following sections, the violations and penalties provisions
are amended to provide that violators shall, upon conviction, be punishable
by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, the imposition
of such penalties being authorized by N.J.S.A. 40:49-5, as amended,
and to provide that continuing violations shall be separate offenses:
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(20) The following violations and penalties sections were added to provide
that violators shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine of
not more than $500 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, the imposition of such
penalties being authorized by N.J.S.A. 40:49-5, as amended, and to
provide that continuing violations shall be separate offenses:
(21) In the following sections, the minimum fine was increased from $2
to $5 and the maximum fine was increased from $100 to $500:
[Adopted 11-17-2008 by Ord. No. 13-2008]
Fees for licenses, permits, inspections and other regulatory
activity of the Borough shall be as set forth in the chapter of the
Borough Code that relates to the regulated activity.
Any person who uses a check to pay any fee to the Borough as
required by the provisions of the Borough Code shall be assessed a
returned check fee of $25 if the check used to pay the fee is not
honored by the bank or other financial institution on which the check
was drawn.
Any individual or business entity requiring a police vehicle
as an "active" traffic control device shall pay a flat fee of $20
per day or any portion thereof for use within the Borough.