Township of Franklin, NJ
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2023-12-26
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 30 Department of Law
- Act of Incorporation
- Ch AOI Act of Incorporation
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administrator, Township
- Ch 6 Agricultural Advisory Committee
- Ch 7 Alternate Members
- Ch 10 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 12 Architectural and Landscape Design Advisory Board
- Ch 15 Board of Recreation Commissioners
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 21 Claims Approval
- Ch 24 Communications Commission
- Ch 25 Contracts
- Ch 27 Cooperative Pricing
- Ch 28 Department of Code Enforcement and Land Use
- Ch 30 Department of Law
- § 30-1 Department established.
- § 30-2 Director of the Department of Law as Department Head; term; salary.
- § 30-3 Powers and duties of the Director of the Department of Law.
- Ch 32 Department of Public Works
- Ch 35 Deputy Municipal Clerk
- Ch 37 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 38 Emergency Management
- Ch 43 (Reserved)
- Ch 46 Engineer
- Ch 49 Environmental Commission
- Ch 53 Fire Districts and Commissioners
- Ch 55 Flex-Clerk
- Ch 58 Historical Advisory Committee
- Ch 62 Housing Authorities
- Ch 67 Industrial Commission
- Ch 69 Insurance Fund
- Ch 70 Intermunicipal Assistance
- Ch 81 Major Subdivision and Site Plan Review Advisory Committee
- Ch 83 Meetings
- Ch 85 Municipal Alliance Commission
- Ch 86 Municipal Court, Joint
- Ch 89 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 92 Personnel Policies
- Ch 94 Petty Cash Fund
- Ch 95 Planning and Zoning
- Ch 98 Police Department
- Ch 102 Public Defender
- Ch 106 Purchasing Agent
- Ch 110 Retirement
- Ch 114 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 117 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Secretary to Zoning Officer
- Ch 122 Senior Citizen Advisory Committee
- Ch 125 Tax Assessor
- Ch 131 Vital Statistics
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 138 Affordable Housing
- Ch 140 Alarm Systems
- Ch 143 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 147 Amusement Devices
- Ch 151 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 162 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 165 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 169 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 173 Campgrounds, Private
- Ch 178 Certificate of Occupancy Transfer
- Ch 182 Charitable Organizations
- Ch 185 Checks, Returned
- Ch 188 Community Center
- Ch 190 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 194 Criminal Registration
- Ch 198 Curfew
- Ch 202 Dangerous Substances
- Ch 207 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 210 Dump Site
- Ch 214 Exhaust Brakes
- Ch 218 Fire Prevention
- Ch 221 Fireworks
- Ch 226 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 230 Games of Chance
- Ch 235 Hawkers, Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors
- Ch 241 Insurance
- Ch 247 Junk and Junk Dealers
- Ch 253 Land Development
- Ch 257 (Reserved)
- Ch 261 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 262 Littering
- Ch 265 (Reserved)
- Ch 272 Noise
- Ch 275 Nuisances
- Ch 278 Parks
- Ch 284 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 287 Pinelands Protection Area
- Ch 290 Police Services, Use of
- Ch 292 Precious Metal Merchants
- Ch 295 Property Maintenance
- Ch 299 Public Exhibitions, Recreations and Dancing
- Ch 302 Public Health
- Ch 310 Road Damage
- Ch 314 Roadside Stands
- Ch 319 Sales and Auctions, Private
- Ch 322 (Reserved)
- Ch 323 Smoking
- Ch 325 Soil Removal
- Ch 329 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 333 Storm Sewers
- Ch 335 Stormwater Control Within and Outside Pineland Zones
- Ch 337 Street Openings and Excavations
- Ch 339 Street Vacation Requests
- Ch 341 Swimming, Boating and Fishing: Prohibited Areas
- Ch 346 Taxation
- Ch 350 Taxicabs
- Ch 356 Towing and Storage Services
- Ch 360 Trailer Courts and Coaches
- Ch 364 Trees
- Ch 368 Used Merchandise Sales
- Ch 373 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 375 Vehicles, Electric
- Ch 377 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 386 Water Pollution
- Ch 387 Water Utility
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 400 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 404 Rooming Houses and Tenement Houses
- Ch 408 Swine Code
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of he Township
of Franklin 1-26-2017 by Ord. No.
O-1-2017. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created and established within the Township
a Department of Law which shall be administered by the Director of
the Department of Law in the manner set forth in this chapter.
A.
There is hereby established the position of the head of the Department
of Law, known as the "Director of the Department of Law." The position
of the Director of the Department of Law shall be a part-time position.
B.
The Director of the Department of Law shall be appointed by the Township
Committee for a term not to exceed one year, expiring at the annual
reorganization meeting of the Township Committee held in January of
each year, and shall be paid an annual salary at the rate established
by the annual salary ordinance adopted by the Township Committee each
year.
The Director of the Department of Law shall have the following
powers, duties and responsibilities:
A.
To act as liaison between the Township Committee and the municipal
attorney regarding the preparation of ordinances, resolutions, contracts,
agreements, deeds, leases or other conveyances, obligations, bonds,
maps, reports and/or other such other legal matters as Township Committee
may require;
B.
To prepare resolutions and/or ordinances which are not otherwise
prepared by the Township Clerk or municipal attorney;
C.
To delegate matters to special counsel appointed by the Township
Committee when the municipal attorney has a conflict of interest or
otherwise cannot represent the Township on a particular matter;
D.
To maintain a record of all actions and suits which relate to the
Township's interests and file reports thereon, from time to time,
as the Township Committee may request;
E.
To preserve all papers, documents, memoranda, reports and other materials
relating to the administration of the Department of Law, which materials
shall be and shall remain the property of the Township, and to implement
recordkeeping procedures with respect to the filing and preservation
of same;
F.
To monitor and advise the Township Committee on the status of any
newly enacted legislation which could impact the operations or interests
of the Township;
G.
Upon expiration or termination of his/her service, to forthwith surrender
to his /her successor all papers, documents, memoranda, reports and
other materials relating to the administration of the Department of
Law which were compiled by and/or maintained by the Director of the
Department of Law as required in this chapter;
H.
To coordinate, review and make suggestions, where appropriate, regarding
matters within the scope of the duties set forth herein; and
I.
To perform such other duties, within the scope hereof, as may be
required by Township Committee.
