[Amended 5-17-1982 by Ord. No. 82-15]
A. Except as hereinafter provided, whenever in this Code
or in any other ordinance of the Borough or in any rule, regulation
or order promulgated pursuant to such Code or other ordinance of the
Borough any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful
or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code or in such
other Borough ordinance, rule, regulation or order the doing of any
act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful,
where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any
such provision of this Code or of any other ordinance of the Borough
or of any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to such Code
or other Borough ordinance shall be punished by one or more of the
following: a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a period
of not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days. (N.J.S.A. 40:49-5)
[Amended 9-15-1997 by Ord. No. 97-20]
B. Whenever any provision of the New Jersey Statutes
Annotated limits the authority of the Borough to punish the violation
of any particular provision of this Code or other Borough ordinance
or rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto to a fine
of less amount than that provided in this section or imprisonment
or community service for a shorter term than that provided in this
section, then the violation of such particular provision of this Code
or other Borough ordinance, rule, regulation or order shall be punished
by the imposition of not more than the maximum fine, imprisonment
or community service so authorized or by such fine, imprisonment or
community service.
[Amended 9-15-1997 by Ord. No. 97-20]
C. Each day any violation of this Code or any other Borough
ordinance or rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto
shall continue shall constitute a separate offense, unless otherwise
provided.
D. Whenever any such fine is imposed upon any corporation,
such fine and costs and charges incident thereto may be collected
in an action of debt or in such other manner as may be provided by
law.