[Adopted 6-22-2021 by Ord. No. 21-11]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Borough of Glassboro of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Glassboro, as revised and codified and consisting of Chapters
1 through 525, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the Code of the Borough of Glassboro, hereinafter referred to as the "Code." The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of the ordinances in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments. This ordinance and the Code adopted hereby shall supersede and replace the Code of the Borough of Glassboro, adopted February 25, 2003, by Ord. No. 03-1, as amended and supplemented.
The Clerk of the Borough of Glassboro shall cause notice of the passage of this ordinance to be given in the manner required by law. The notice of passage of this ordinance coupled with filing of the Code in the office of the Borough Clerk as provided in §
1-2 shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
Each section of this ordinance and 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 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.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in §
1-5 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 23, 2021.
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 Borough'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 properly 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. Chapter
97, Personnel Policies and Procedures.
O. Chapter
107, Development Regulations and Zoning.
P. The Water and Sewer Manual (WSM).
It shall be unlawful for anyone to change, alter or tamper with the Code in any manner which will cause the laws of the Borough of Glassboro to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section shall be subject, upon conviction, to one or more of the following penalties: 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.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final passage and publication as provided by law.