[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Village of Ridgefield Park as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 09-11]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Village of Ridgefield Park of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Village of Ridgefield Park, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 385, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Village of Ridgefield Park," 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.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and
publication according to law.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form has been filed in the
office of the Village 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 Village of Ridgefield Park by impressing thereon
the Seal of the Village, as provided by law, and such certified copy
shall remain on file in the office of the Clerk of the Village, 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
Village of Ridgefield Park" 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 Village of Ridgefield Park, pursuant to law,
shall cause this Adopting Ordinance to be published, in the manner
required, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village. 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 Village. 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 Village of Ridgefield Park 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 § 1-12 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 5-26-2009.
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 Village'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 Board of Commissioners 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 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]
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-14D, the chapters, parts and sections that were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. During routine supplementation, these footnotes will be replaced with the following history: [Amended (added, deleted) 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 09-11]. Schedule A, which contains a completed description of all changes, is on file in the Village offices.
C.
Nomenclature. The following nomenclature changes have been made throughout
the Code:
(1)
"Mayor and Council" to "Board of Commissioners."
(2)
"Dog Warden" and "Animal Control Authority" to "Animal Control Officer"
and "Animal Control Authority."
(3)
"Department of Building Inspection" to "Building Department."
(4)
"Building Inspector" or "Building Officer" to "Construction Official."
(5)
"Sanitary Code of the Village" to "State Sanitary Code."
(6)
"Magistrate" to "Judge."
(7)
"Magistrate's Court" to "Municipal Court."
[Adopted 3-26-1985 by Ord. No. 6-85 as
§ 1-15 of the 1985 Code]
A.
Whenever no specific penalty is provided in the Code
of the Village of Ridgefield Park or in any other ordinance of the
Village for the punishment of an act which is prohibited or which
is declared to be unlawful or an offense or for the nonperformance
of an act which is required to be done, the violation of any such
provision shall be punishable by one or more of the following: a fine
not exceeding $2,000, or imprisonment in the county jail or in any
place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners
for any term not exceeding 90 days, or by a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days; provided, however, that when the maximum penalty
fixed by an applicable state statute is less by force of said statute
or by judicial construction than any penalty fixed in the Code, then
the limitations of such state statute shall be applicable.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 09-11]
B.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each
day during or on which a violation of the Code or of any other ordinance
of the Village punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, occurs
or continues.
C.
The imposition of a fine or imprisonment as punishment
for a violation of the Code or of any other ordinances of the Village
shall not be deemed to be in lieu of any other provision therein providing
for revocation or suspension of any license or permit issued thereunder.
D.
The provisions of this section shall be applicable
to the violation of any ordinance adopted as an amendment of or addition
to the Code of the Village of Ridgefield Park and in which no other
penalty provision is included.
[Added 10-27-2009 by Ord.
No. 09-11]
If a fine in an amount greater than $1,250 is
imposed upon an owner for violations of housing or zoning codes, the
Village shall provide a thirty-day period in which the owner shall
be afforded the opportunity to cure or abate the condition, and the
owner shall also be afforded an opportunity for a hearing before a
court of competent jurisdiction for an independent determination concerning
the violation. Subsequent to the expiration of the thirty-day period,
a fine greater than $1,250 may be imposed if a court has not determined
otherwise or, upon reinspection of the property, it is determined
that the abatement has not been substantially completed.
