[Adopted 6-13-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-13]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Borough of High Bridge of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of High Bridge, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters
1 through
411, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the “Code of the Borough of High Bridge,” hereinafter known and referred to as the “Code.”
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede the 2006 Code of
the Borough of High Bridge, adopted February 9, 2006, 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 High Bridge 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 High Bridge” 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 High Bridge, 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 High Bridge 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.
A. 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 High Bridge which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
B. Repeal of
specific ordinances. The Mayor and Council of the Borough of High
Bridge has determined that the following ordinances are no longer
in effect and hereby specifically repeals the following legislation:
(1) Former
§ 2-54, Board of Health, of the 2006 Code.
(2) Former
Chapter 17, Housing Authority, of the 2006 Code.
(3) Former
Chapter 18, Interlocal Agreements, of the 2006 Code.
(4) Former
Chapter 45, Curfew, of the 2006 Code.
(5) Former
Chapter 48, Loitering, of the 2006 Code.
(6) Former
Chapter 60, Bicycles, Including Motorized, Article I, Helmets, of
the 2006 Code.
(7) Former
Chapter 135, Storm Water Disposal, of the 2006 Code.
(8) Former
Chapter 137, Soil Erosion and Sedimentary Control, of the 2006 Code.
(9) Former
Chapter 169, Vehicles, Unattended, of the 2006 Code.
(10) Former
Chapter 205, Sanitation, of the 2006 Code.
(11) Former
Chapter 235, Containerized Yard Waste, of the 2006 Code.
(12) Former
Chapter 250, Retail Food Establishments, of the 2006 Code.
(13) Former Chapter 265, Dogs and Other Animals, Article
III, Animal Clean-Up, of the 2006 Code.
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 4-11-2013.
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. The Borough
Land Use and Development Ordinance and all amendments thereto, including
the Zoning Map and Zoning Map amendments.
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. 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. Nomenclature
changes:
(1) “Magistrate”
is hereby changed to “Judge.”
(2) “Zoning
Ordinance” is hereby changed to “Land Use and Development
Ordinance.”
(3) “Animal
Warden” is hereby changed to “Animal Control Officer.”
(4) “Hunterdon
County Board of Health” is hereby changed to “Hunterdon
County Health Department.”