Borough of Edgewater, NJ
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2022-11-21
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 20 Court, Municipal
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Article III Public Defender
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 10 Civil Service
- Ch 14 Claims Approval
- Ch 20 Court, Municipal
- Ch 20 Art III Public Defender
- § 20-18 Municipal Public Defender.
- § 20-19 Application fee for use of services of Municipal Public Defender.
- Ch 22 Credit Card Payments
- Ch 26 Emergency Management
- Ch 31 Eminent Domain
- Ch 37 Employment Benefits and Requirements
- Ch 41 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 45 Fire Department
- Ch 49 First-Aid Squad
- Ch 52 Fiscal Year
- Ch 55 Housing Authority
- Ch 65 Mayor and Council
- Ch 71 Officers and Employees
- Ch 77 Personnel Policies
- Ch 81 Police Department
- Ch 87 Public Works Department
- Ch 92 Recreation Department
- Ch 96 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 107 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 117 Alarm Devices
- Ch 121 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 125 Amusement Devices
- Ch 129 Animals
- Ch 134 Baby-Keep-Well Station
- Ch 147 Buildings, Dangerous
- Ch 151 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 157 Certificates, Licenses and Permits
- Ch 161 Charitable Donation Bins
- Ch 166 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 179 Demolition Regulations
- Ch 188 Filming
- Ch 192 Firearms
- Ch 196 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 200 Fire Lanes
- Ch 204 Fire Prevention
- Ch 210 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 221 Graffiti
- Ch 226 Hazardous Materials Cleanup
- Ch 235 Landfill Operations
- Ch 240 Land Use and Development
- Ch 244 Library
- Ch 248 Littering
- Ch 264 Minibikes and Go-Carts
- Ch 271 Noise
- Ch 282 Parking Lots
- Ch 287 Parking Restrictions
- Ch 293 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 305 Peddling, Soliciting and Advertising
- Ch 310 Portable Cooking Units
- Ch 314 Property Maintenance
- Ch 318 Public Records
- Ch 320 Public Property
- Ch 322 Public Safety Radio Coverage
- Ch 326 Public Utility Installations
- Ch 335 Rental Property
- Ch 339 Rent Control
- Ch 344 Secondhand Jewelry and Precious Metals
- Ch 347 Sewers
- Ch 353 Shopping Carts
- Ch 362 Soil Removal
- Ch 368 Solid Waste
- Ch 374 Stormwater Management
- Ch 380 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 386 Swimming Pools
- Ch 397 Taxation
- Ch 402 Taxicabs and Liveries
- Ch 410 Towing
- Ch 416 Trailers
- Ch 421 Trees
- Ch 427 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 432 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 438 Vending Machines
- Ch 444 Waterfront Regulations
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 450 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 454 Animals
- Ch 460 Barbershops, Beauty Parlors, Tanning Salons and Nail Salons
- Ch 461 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 466 Buildings, Heating of
- Ch 479 Fees
- Ch 483 Food and Beverage Handling
- Ch 490 Laundromats and Dry Cleaners
- Ch 494 Massage Establishments
- Ch 503 Nuisances
- Ch 507 Officers and Employees
- Ch 512 Pet Shops, Kennels, Shelters and Pounds
- Ch 523 Rental Property
- Ch 529 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 535 Swimming Pools
- Appendix
- Ch A550 Historical Documents of the Borough
- Ch A551 Bylaws of Mayor and Council
- Ch A552 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A553 Open Video Service Agreement
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 12-18-1984 by Ord. No. 800-84 (§§ 30-5.2
and 30-5.3 of the 1975 Code)]
A.
Creation of office. There is hereby created the office of Municipal
Public Defender of the Borough of Edgewater.
B.
Duties of Municipal Public Defender. The Municipal Public Defender
shall provide for the legal representation of any person charged with
a motor vehicle or disorderly persons offense or with the violation
of any law, ordinance or regulation of a penal nature where there
is a likelihood that the person so charged, if convicted, will be
subject to imprisonment or, in the opinion of the court, any other
consequence of magnitude, where such defendant is deemed to be indigent
and does not have the present financial ability to secure competent
legal representation as provided by law. The Judge of the Municipal
Court shall determine whether a defendant satisfies the criteria in
order to provide representation to be rendered by the Municipal Public
Defender.
C.
Appointment; term of office. The Municipal Public Defender shall
be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.
He shall serve for a term of one year and until his successor shall
have been appointed and qualified.
[Added 4-18-1994 by Ord. No. 1028-94; amended 2-18-1998 by Ord. No.
1116-98]
Any applicant applying for representation by the Municipal Public
Defender shall be required to pay an application fee of $200. Such
fee shall be required to be paid upon application or within the discretion
of the Municipal Court Judge over a period not to exceed four months.
The Municipal Court Judge shall have the right to waive the fee, or
part of the fee, only upon a clear and convincing showing that the
application fee represents an unreasonable burden on the person seeking
representation.
