[Adopted 1-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC 2622 (Ch. 1, Art. III, of the 1981
Revised Code)]
A.
Except as hereinafter provided, whenever in the Revised Code or in
any other ordinance of the Town or in any rule, regulation or order
promulgated pursuant to such Revised Code or other ordinance of the
Town any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or
an offense, or whenever in such Code or in such other Town ordinance,
rule, regulation or order the doing of any act is required or the
failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense, where
no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such
provision of the Revised Code or of any other ordinance of the Town
or any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to such Code
or other Town ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$2,000 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment. In addition to the aforementioned
penalties, the court may impose as a condition of sentence a term
of community service not to exceed 90 days.
B.
Whenever any provision of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated limits
the authority of the Town to punish the violation of any particular
provision of the Revised Code or other Town ordinance or rule, regulation
or order promulgated pursuant thereto to a fine of less amount than
that provided in this section or imprisonment for a shorter term than
that provided in this section, then the violation of such particular
provision of the Revised Code or other Town ordinance, rule, regulation
or order shall be punished by the imposition of not more than the
maximum fine or imprisonment so authorized or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
C.
Each day any violation of the Revised Code or any other Town ordinance
or rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto shall continue
shall constitute a separate offense, unless otherwise provided.
D.
Whenever any such fine is imposed upon any corporation, such fine
and costs and charges incident thereto may be collected in an action
of debt or in such other manner as may be provided by law.
E.
The provisions of this section shall be applicable to the violation
of any ordinance adopted as an amendment of or addition to this chapter
and in which no other penalty provision is included.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original § 1-15F of the 1981 Revised Code, Minimum fine, added 9-8-1987 by Ord. No. MC 2835, as amended, which listed penalties for all sections throughout the Code, which previously followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). The penalties that previously appeared in § 1-15F have been relocated into the applicable chapters of the Township Code.
F.
The Municipal Council may suspend or revoke any license issued by
the Township of Irvington for a second or subsequent violation of
any of the provisions of the Revised Code of the Township of Irvington,
including, but not limited to, hours of operation. The licensee shall
be given notice of the violation and an opportunity to be heard by
the Municipal Council on the sole issue of why the license should
not be suspended or revoked. Notice shall be sent certified mail,
return receipt requested, to the address as set forth on the application
for the license. The suspension or revocation of the license shall
be in addition to any other penalties allowed by law.
[Added 9-9-2003 by Ord.
No. MC 3232]
