Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Township of Liberty of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Liberty, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters
1 through
105, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Liberty," 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.
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
Township of Liberty" 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.
[Amended 12-6-2012 by Ord. No. 12-04]
The Clerk of the Township of Liberty, 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 township. A
master copy of the Code book shall be kept in the office of the Clerk
and shall be made available for the use and examination of the public
during the regular business hours of the Clerk. The enactment and
publication of this adopting ordinance coupled with the availability
of the master copy of this 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.
[Amended 12-6-2012 by Ord. No. 12-04]
A. 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 that office for the use of the public as well as to periodically update the true copy of the Code published on the Internet as required by §
1-4. 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 in the Code 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. In addition, the Clerk shall, immediately upon adoption of a new ordinance, post a copy of the newly adopted ordinance on the Liberty Township website as required in §
1-4.
B. It shall be the policy of Liberty Township to have the printed supplements to the Code referenced in the preceding Subsection
A published once each year no later than March of the subsequent calendar year.
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 Township of Liberty to be misrepresented thereby.
Anyone violating this section or part of this ordinance shall be subject,
upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $1,000 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 October 6, 1986.
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 township'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. All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the rate and manner
of payment of salaries and compensation of officers and employees.
L. Any ordinance regulating vehicles and traffic in the Township of
Liberty.