Any person contemplating the acceptance of employment or a full-time
appointive position within the Township of Hampton shall first make
known to the Council or to the Secretary Manager of the Township any
relationship which falls within the aforesaid degrees of consanguinity
and shall execute an application for employment or appointment prior
to accepting any such position, which application shall contain a
notice to the prospective employee or appointee setting forth the
disqualifying degrees of consanguinity under this chapter and which
application shall require that such person certify that he or she
is not within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity stated aforesaid.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the
employment of persons on a part-time or seasonal basis, who would
otherwise be barred from permanent employment. "Part-time" or "seasonal"
employment shall be defined as employment for not more than 14 weeks
per calendar year, regardless of the number of hours per week the
part-time or seasonal employee works. For the purpose of this chapter,
a "part-time" or "seasonal" employee shall be deemed to have worked
an entire week if the employee works one hour during a given week.
Any employment not part-time or seasonal shall be deemed to be permanent
employment.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the
continued employment of any employee who, after already having been
employed, comes within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity because
of the marriage of said employee or a member of said employee's
family.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit or restrain the acceptance of any elective office within the Township of Hampton, notwithstanding the existence of prohibited degrees of consanguinity between the person seeking election of having been elected and any other person employed or enjoying an appointive office in the Township, nor shall any such person who has been employed by the Township or appointed to an appointive office be required to resign or to terminate employment because of the election of a person within the prohibited degree of consanguinity set out in §
37-1A and
B hereof, which election shall have taken place following the employment or appointment of such person.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, and, in particular, §
37-1C hereof, shall be subject to immediate dismissal from the position which such person holds.