[Added 7-5-83 by Ord. No. 21-83[1]; amended 10-18-83 by Ord. No. 33-83]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was vetoed by the Mayor 7-12-83, which veto was overridden 8-2-83.
A. 
Except as provided in Subsection B, no municipal employee, official or appointee shall have the use of a municipally owned vehicle for purposes not directly related to official business.
B. 
Official use.
(1) 
Employees, officials or appointees to whom a municipally owned vehicle has been authorized shall not use such vehicle for purposes of commuting from place of residence to work, regardless of whether place of residence is within or without the City of Orange Township.
(2) 
Department directors and the Police Chief, who do not reside within the City of Orange Township, may use such vehicle as may be assigned for the purpose of commuting from place of residence to work.
[Amended 4-17-84 by Ord. No. 9-84]
(3) 
No municipally owned vehicle may be used for personal or private purposes, except as provided in Subsection B(2) above.
C. 
For the purposes of this section, except as provided in Subsection B(2), use of a municipally owned vehicle for purposes of commuting from place of residence to work is deemed not to be directly related to official business.
D. 
In case of an emergency and a municipal employee, official or appointee needs to respond in an official capacity to the City of Orange Township, the municipal employee, official or appointee shall respond in his own vehicle and, upon certification of the director of the appropriate department, shall receive reimbursement for mileage at a rate allowed by collective bargaining agreements.
E. 
Violation of this section by any municipal employee, official or appointee shall cause the employee, official or appointee to be subject to proper disciplinary action pursuant to Civil Service Law and other relevant provisions of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated.