[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Clayton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 5-28-2009 by Ord. No. 6-2009]
[Amended 5-13-2021 by Ord. No. 11-2021; 11-10-2021 by Ord. No. 25-2021; 4-13-2023 by Ord. No. 11-2023]
Unless otherwise regulated by statute or specifically identified
by a particular ordinance, article, or section contained therein,
the enforcing officers of the Borough Code shall be the Code Enforcement
Officer, the Zoning Officer, Construction Code Official, Occupancy
Administrator, Rental Unit Inspector, Director of Public Works and
any Clayton police officers.
[Added 5-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 9-2018]
Where no specific penalty is provided in the Code of the Borough
of Clayton or in any other ordinance of the Borough for the violation
of any provision thereof, the violation of any such provision shall
be punished by one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding
$2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days. Except as otherwise provided,
each day in which an ordinance violation shall exist shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Adopted 5-10-2018 by Ord. No. 9-2018]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Borough of Clayton of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Clayton, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 122 together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Borough of Clayton," 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 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 Clayton 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 Clayton" 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 Clayton, 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 Clayton 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 $2,000, 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 § 1-15, 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 Clayton 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 Clayton has determined that the following ordinances are no longer
in effect and hereby specifically repeals the following former chapters:
(1)
Chapter 15, Management Information Systems Officer (Ord. No. 89-4).
(3)
Chapter 34, Alcoholic Beverages, Article III, Consumption and Possession in Public (Ord. No. 79-6).
(5)
Chapter 72, Pool and Billiard Rooms (6-28-1945).
(6)
Chapter 118, Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual (2-11-1964).
(7)
Chapter 119, Solid Waste (7-10-1979).
(8)
Chapter 120, Swimming Pools (9-11-1979).
(9)
Chapter 121, Individual and Semipublic Water Supplies (7-10-1979).
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-14 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 July 13, 2017.
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 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. The following nomenclature changes are made:
(1)
"Zoning Official" and "Zoning Enforcement Officer" are changed to
"Zoning Officer."
(2)
"Code Enforcement Official" is changed to "Code Enforcement Officer."
(3)
"Environmental Committee" is changed to "Environmental Commission."
(4)
"Chairman" and "Chair" are changed to "Chairperson."
(5)
"Construction Code Official" are changed to "Construction Official."
(6)
"Water and Sewer Department," "Water Department" and "Sewer Department"
are changed to "Water and Sewer Utility."
(7)
"New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services" is changed
to "New Jersey Department of Health."
(8)
"New Jersey State Highway Department" is changed to "New Jersey State
Department of Transportation."
(9)
"Public Works Department Superintendent" and "Superintendent of Public
Works" are changed to "Director of Public Works."
(10)
"Soil Conservation Service" or "SCS" are changed to "Natural Resources
Conservation Service" or "NRCS."
(11)
"Department of Environmental Protection and Energy" is changed to
"Department of Environmental Protection."
(12)
Chapter 41 is amended to change instances of "Fire Protection Subcode Official" to "Fire Subcode Official."
(13)
Chapter 45 is amended to change instances of "Occupancy Permit Administrator" to "Occupancy Administrator."
(14)
Chapter 57 is amended to change instances of "Superintendent of Streets" and "Superintendent" to "Director of Public Works."
(15)
Chapter 59 is amended to change instances of "Bureau of Fire Prevention" and "Bureau of Fire Safety" to "Bureau of Fire Prevention and Safety."
