[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-23-2011 by Ord. No. 03-2011]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters
1 through
353, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands," 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 Municipal 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 Atlantic Highlands 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 Atlantic Highlands" 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 Atlantic Highlands, 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 Atlantic Highlands 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 $1,250, 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.
Except as provided in §
1-13, Ordinances saved from repeal, below, all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
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 7-31-2010.
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.
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 Borough 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. 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.)
C. The following nomenclature changes are executed in the Code:
(1) "State Department of Health" is changed to "State Department of Health
and Senior Services."
(2) "Magistrate" is changed to "Judge."
(3) "Municipal Clerk" is changed to "Municipal Clerk."
D. Ratification of provisions included in the 1966 Code. The following
chapters/articles were included in the codification published in 1966.
In order to formally accept any substantive revisions that may have
been incorporated at the time of the 1966 codification, the Mayor
and Council hereby accepts and ratifies the following provisions,
as subsequently amended:
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Ch. 4, Alcoholic Beverages
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Art. I, Sale and License Fees (See now Ch. 85, Art. I)
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Art. III, Registration of Licensees and Employees of Licensees (See now Ch. 85, Art. II)
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Ch. 25, Brush, Weeds and Hedges
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Art. I, Brush, Plant Life, Etc., Abutting Roadways (See now Ch. 265, Art. I)
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Art. II, Removal of Brush and Other Debris from Lands (See now Ch. 265, Art. II)
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Ch. 27, Buildings - Occupancy Regulations
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Art. I, Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation (See now Ch. 200, Art. I)
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Art. II, Building Registration and Regulations (See now Ch. 272)
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Ch. 46, Excavations (See now Ch. 163, Art. I)
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Ch. 50, Firemen, Auxiliary (See now Ch. 28)
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Ch. 51, Fire Department (See now Ch. 24)
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Ch. 58, Harbor Use
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Art. I, Rules and Regulations (See now Ch. 196, Art. I)
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Ch. 59, Housing Code (See now Ch. 200)
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Ch. 72, Licensed Occupations
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Art. II, Signs and Advertisements (See now Ch. 211, Art. I)
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Ch. 79, Municipal Court (See now Ch. 15)
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Ch. 98, Public Health Nuisance Code (Board of Health) (See now Ch. 235)
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Ch. 100, Rent Control (See now Ch. 277)
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Ch. 112, Snow and Ice (See now Ch. 317, Art. I)
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Ch. 130, Taxicabs (See now Ch. 327)
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[Adopted 2-8-2006 by Ord. No. 03-2006]
For violation of any provision of this Code
or other ordinances of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands, unless a
specific penalty is otherwise provided in connection with the provision
violated, the maximum penalty upon conviction of the violation shall
be by one or more of the following: imprisonment in the County Jail
or in a place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners,
for any term not exceeding 90 days; or by a fine not exceeding $2,000;
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.