[HISTORY: 1968 Code Chapter 23 §§ 23-1 —
23-10 as amended through 12-28-2015. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A Municipal Court for the Borough of Wildwood Crest, in the
County of Cape May, New Jersey, is established pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 293 of the Laws of 1933, as amended and supplemented.
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the Municipal Court
of the Borough of Wildwood Crest in the County of Cape May, New Jersey.
The Municipal Court shall have a seal which shall bear the impress
of the name of the court.
There shall be a Municipal Court Judge of the said Municipal
Court, who shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of said
Borough and who shall serve for a term of three years from the date
of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
The Municipal Court Judge shall receive an annual salary as
shall be determined by ordinance each year, to be paid in the same
manner as the salaries of other municipal officers are paid, and which
shall be in lieu of all fees, costs and any other allowances whatsoever.
Said Municipal Court and the Municipal Court Judge thereof shall
have, possess and exercise all the functions, powers, duties and jurisdiction
conferred by the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Laws of 1993, as
amended and supplemented, or by any other law.
There shall be a Municipal Court Administrator, who shall be
appointed by the Director of the Department of Public Safety and who
shall be subject to the Civil Service laws of the State of New Jersey.
Such Municipal Court Administrator shall receive the salary as established
by ordinance each year.
[Amended 9-26-2018 by Ord. No. 1288-2018]
The Municipal Court shall be held in the City of North Wildwood
Municipal Court, located at 901 Atlantic Avenue in the City of North
Wildwood, at such hour or hours as shall be designated by said Municipal
Court Judge and as is required to complete the court calendar, subject
to the rules applicable to municipal courts.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the
provisions of this ordinance are repealed.
This ordinance shall take effect when adopted and published
as required by law.