[Adopted 7-23-2019 by Ord. No. 2332-19]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Township of Lawrence of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Lawrence, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 442 are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Lawrence," 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 Township 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 Township of Lawrence
by impressing thereon the Seal of the Township, as provided by law,
and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the
Clerk of the Township, 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 Township of Lawrence "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 Township of Lawrence,
pursuant to law, shall cause this Adopting Ordinance to be published,
in the manner required, in a newspaper of general circulation in the
Township. 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 Township.
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 Township of Lawrence 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 § 1-13, 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 Township of Lawrence 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 Township
Council of the Township of Lawrence has determined that the following
ordinances are no longer in effect and hereby specifically repeals
the following legislation:
(1)
Former Chapter 2, Administration, Article
VI, Other Committees, §§ 2-93 and 2-94, of the 1971 Code.
(2)
Former Chapter 2, Administration, Article
VIII, First Aid Squad, of the 1971 Code.
(3)
Former Chapter 4A, Anti-Discrimination,
of the 1971 Code.
(5)
Former Chapter 5, Building, Article IV,
of the 1971 Code.
(7)
Former Chapter 10A, Historic Landmarks,
of the 1971 Code.
(9)
Former Chapter 15, Offenses - Miscellaneous,
Articles II, III and IV, of the 1971 Code.
(10)
Former Chapter 17A, Pedestrian Walkways,
of the 1971 Code.
(11)
Former Chapter 20A, Soil Removal, Erosion
and Sedimentation Damage, of the 1971 Code.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-12 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 March
5, 2019.
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 Township'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.
N.
All currently effective land use ordinances
and amendments.
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
Township 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.)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-14B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 7-23-2019 by Ord. No. 2332-19." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Township offices.
