Township of Blairstown, NJ
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2023-12-27
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 1 General Provisions
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Article II General Penalty
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 1 Art II General Penalty
- § 1-5 General penalty established.
- § 1-6 Repealer.
- § 1-7 through § 1-8. (Reserved)
- Ch 5 Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 8 Claims
- Ch 11 Clerk and Deputy Clerk
- Ch 14 Cooperative Pricing
- Ch 17 Court, Joint Municipal
- Ch 19 Land Development
- Ch 23 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 26 Environmental Committee
- Ch 27 Fire Department
- Ch 28 Health, Board of
- Ch 29 Historic Preservation Committee
- Ch 33 Office Manager
- Ch 33A Open Space Committee
- Ch 34 Personnel Practices
- Ch 35 Police Department
- Ch 37 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 39 Purchasing
- Ch 42 Recreation Committee
- Ch 43 Recreation Trust Fund
- Ch 46 Sexual Harassment
- Ch 47 Shade Tree Committee
- Ch 49 Township Committee
- Ch 51 Trust Funds
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 55 Affordable Housing
- Ch 56 Alarms
- Ch 59 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 62 Animals
- Ch 69 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 73 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 76 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 80 Charitable Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 84 Concerts, Festivals and Outdoor Events
- Ch 87 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 92 Driveways
- Ch 95 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 99 Earth Removal
- Ch 104 Fees
- Ch 108 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 109 Fire Prevention
- Ch 112 Floodplain Management
- Ch 114 Flood Hazard Certifications
- Ch 116 Games of Chance
- Ch 118 Handicapped On-Street Parking
- Ch 118A Handicapped On-Street Parking Zones
- Ch 121 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 128 Littering
- Ch 131 (Reserved)
- Ch 132 Maintenance of Vacant/Abandoned Properties
- Ch 139 Parking
- Ch 142 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 143 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 145 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 147 Property Maintenance
- Ch 150 Public Records
- Ch 151 Registration of Rental Properties and Businesses
- Ch 153 Right to Farm
- Ch 156 (Reserved)
- Ch 159 Shooting Ranges
- Ch 162 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 166 Solid Waste
- Ch 168 Stormwater Management
- Ch 171 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 177 Towing
- Ch 180 Trailers and Trailers Camps
- Ch 184 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 186 Vehicles, Motorized
- Ch 190 Water
- Ch 193 Water Use
- Appendix
- Ch A197 Sanitary Sewer Agreement
- Ch A198 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted as Sec. 3-1 of the 1977 Revised
General Ordinances; amended in its entirety 6-28-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
A.Â
For
violation of any ordinance set forth in the Code of the Township of
Blairstown, the court before which any person is convicted of violating
any ordinance may impose a sentence of one or more of the following:
imprisonment in the county jail for any term not exceeding 90 days;
or by a fine not exceeding $2,000; or by a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days.
B.Â
Any
person convicted of violating an ordinance within one year of the
date of a previous violation of the same ordinance shall be sentenced
to an additional fine as a repeat offender of not less than $100,
in addition to any other sentence imposed by the court.
C.Â
The
minimum penalty for violating any solid waste disposal ordinance shall
have a minimum fine of $500 and a maximum fine of $10,000.
D.Â
The
minimum fine for the violation of any ordinance not relating to solid
waste disposal shall be $100, unless otherwise established with respect
to a specific ordinance.
E.Â
Prior
to imposing a fine for a housing or zoning code violation in an amount
greater than $1,250, the owner shall be provided a thirty-day period
within which to cure or abate the condition.
B.Â
All
other ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Township of Blairstown
heretofore adopted that establish a maximum fine inconsistent with
the fines established pursuant to this ordinance are hereby repealed
to the extent of the inconsistency.
