[Adopted 9-2-71]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Township of Union of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Union as revised, codified and consolidated into titles, chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 75 through 80, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey."[1]
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Editor's Note: As the result of a referendum held in November 1976, the name of the Township of Union was changed to the Township of Barnegat. Therefore, any reference in this Code to the Township of Union shall mean the Township of Barnegat.
This ordinance shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances passed by the Board of Health of the Township of Union prior to the enactment of this Code, except such ordinances as are expressly saved from repeal or continued in force and effect, as shall hereafter be set forth by reference.
All provisions of the Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey, shall be in full force and effect on and after the effective date of this ordinance.
All ordinances of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Union and in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance, and not contained in the Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Adopting Ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
The repeal provided for in § 1-21 of this ordinance shall not affect:
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Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of this ordinance.
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Any prosecution, action, suit or other proceeding pending or any judgment rendered on or prior to the effective date of this ordinance.
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Any provision of an ordinance or resolution of the Board of Health of the Township of Union creating employments, positions or offices and fixing duties therefor which are not provided in the Code hereby adopted and which are not in conflict or inconsistent therewith.
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Any ordinances of the Township of Union adopted subsequent to November 2, 1950.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances of the Township of Union for adoption and revision as part of the Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, certain grammatical changes and other minor changes were made for one (1) or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of the Board of Health of the Township of Union that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey, as if the ordinances so changed had been previously formally amended to read as such.
A copy of the Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey, in loose-leaf form has been filed in the office of the Township Clerk of the Township of Union and shall remain there for the use and examination of 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 Township of Union by impressing thereon the seal of the Township of Union, as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the Clerk of the Township of Union to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while the said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements to the Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey, when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Board of Health to be a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments. Whenever such additions, amendments or supplements to the Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing the said Code, as amendments and supplements thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Township Clerk, or someone authorized and directed by the Township Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey, required to be filed in the office of the Township Clerk for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances adopted by the Township Committee subsequent to the effective date of this codification which the Township of Union shall adopt 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 book containing the Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey, may be purchased from the Clerk of the Township of Union upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Township Committee, who may also arrange by resolution for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.
The Clerk of the Township of Union, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published in the manner required, a copy of this adopting ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township of Union. Sufficient copies of the Code of the Township of Union, County of Ocean, New Jersey, shall be maintained in the office of the Township Clerk for inspection by the public at all times during regular office hours. The enactment and application 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.
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 section or part 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.
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any provision of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation, as provided by law.