As used in this chapter, except as the context
may otherwise require, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ADMINISTRATOR
The Business Administrator appointed pursuant to the Charter
and this chapter, or any assistant or acting administrator serving
in place of the Business Administrator pursuant to the Charter or
chapter.
CHARTER
Mayor-Council Plan E of Chapter 210 of the Laws of New Jersey
1950, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented, and
any and all statutory provisions of the State of New Jersey applicable
to the municipality.
DEPARTMENT
An organizational unit of the municipal government established
or designated by this Charter as a department and any agency or instrumentality
of the government not allocated or assigned to such an organizational
unit.
DIRECTOR
The administrative head of a department.
MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Marlboro, in the County of Monmouth, State
of New Jersey.
TERM OF OFFICE
Shall commence at 12:01 p.m. on January 1 unless otherwise
stated in the general law or this chapter.
All ordinances, including amendments and supplements
thereto, of the Township of Marlboro heretofore in existence as of
January 1, 1972, except such as may be inconsistent with any and all
provisions of the Optional Municipal Charters Law, including amendments
thereto, are hereby continued as the controlling local law of the
Township.
Whenever under the Administrative Code or any
other ordinance of the Township, or any rule, regulation or order,
duly promulgated by any officer or agency of the Township by authority
of law, any act or forbearance is prohibited or declared to be unlawful
or an offense or the doing of any act is required, and no specific
penalty is provided with respect thereto, the violation of any such
provisions of the ordinance, rule, regulation or order shall be punishable
by one or more of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or
in any place provided by the Township for the detention of prisoners
for any term not exceeding 90 days or by a fine not exceeding $2,000
or a period of community service not to exceed 90 days. In case of
a continuing violation, each day of the violation shall constitute
a separate offense. In the case of a fine imposed upon a corporation,
the fine and costs may be collected in a civil action in such manner
as may be prescribed by law.