[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Edgewater as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 1439-2010]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Borough of Edgewater of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Edgewater, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 306, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Borough of Edgewater," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede the 1975 Code of
the Borough of Edgewater and 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 Borough 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 Borough of Edgewater by impressing thereon the
Seal of the Borough, as provided by law, and such certified copy shall
remain on file in the office of the Clerk of the Borough, 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
Borough of Edgewater" 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 Borough of Edgewater, pursuant to law, shall
cause this Adopting Ordinance to be published, in the manner required,
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. 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 Borough. 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 Borough of Edgewater 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 June 14, 2010.
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 Borough'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.
N.
Ordinance Nos. 1420-2009, 1426-2009 and 1427-2010.
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 Mayor and Council 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.
Nomenclature. The following changes in nomenclature have been made
throughout the Code:
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Change
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To
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State Department of Health
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State Department of Health and Senior Services
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Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
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Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part
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Department of Conservation
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Department of Environmental Protection
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Construction Code Official and Building Inspector
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Construction Official
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Construction Department
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Building Department
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C.
Statutory references. Throughout the Code, statutory references have
been revised to consistently cite them in the following form: "N.J.S.A.
__________." If a reference was outdated or repealed, it was changed
to reflect the new statute. If a statutory reference appeared in a
footnote it was added to the section's text if appropriate.
D.
Violations and penalty sections. Throughout the Code, penalty sections have been amended (or added) to refer to the general penalty in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty. If no penalty section was present in the original ordinance a section reading as set forth below was added: §§ 107-5, 121-9, 121-12, 179-6, 188-5, 200-5, 210-6, 226-6, 235-16A, 264-3, 271-17, 293-27, 293-44, 293-47, 293-51, 310-4, 335-3, 335-15B, 335-19, 339-17, 339-38, 344-7, 362-19, 368-4, 368-9, 368-11, 374-17, 380-16, 380-32, 380-35, 386-8, 397-14E, 402-44, 410-10, 421-5, 432-23, 438-5, 444-9.
E.
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 § 1-14E, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 1439-2010." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Borough offices.
[Adopted 9-3-1975 by Ord. No. 580-75; amended in its entirety 9-20-2010 by Ord. No.
1439-2010]
Unless another penalty is otherwise specifically provided, any
person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of
any chapter or article of this Code, or of any standard code adopted
by such chapter or article and made a part thereof, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punishable by one or more of the following: by a fine
of not more than $2,000; by a prison term not to exceed 90 days; and/or
by a period of community service not to exceed 90 days, for each such
offense, in the discretion of the Judge. The continuation of such
violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense,
and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate
offense.
