Township of Union, NJ
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2024-01-23
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 171 Tax Assessment, Department of
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Administration, Department of
- Ch 19 Claims Approval
- Ch 24 Contracts
- Ch 29 Court, Municipal
- Ch 39 Economic Development
- Ch 43 Emergency Management
- Ch 48 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 50 (Reserved)
- Ch 57 Environmental Commission
- Ch 65 Flood Control Commissions
- Ch 72 Health, Board of
- Ch 76 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 91 Law, Department of
- Ch 98 Mayor's Alliance Against Drug Abuse
- Ch 102 Meetings
- Ch 107 Nepotism
- Ch 112 Officers and Employees
- Ch 122 Payroll
- Ch 127 Personnel Benefits
- Ch 131 Public Safety Department
- Ch 136 Public Works Department
- Ch 141 Purchasing
- Ch 151 Recreation, Department of
- Ch 156 Residency Requirements
- Ch 164 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 171 Tax Assessment, Department of
- § 171-1 Created; composition.
- § 171-2 Qualification of Tax Assessor.
- § 171-3 Qualifications and duties of Deputy Tax Assessor.
- § 171-4 Control of Department.
- § 171-5 Powers and duties of Tax Assessor.
- § 171-6 Salary.
- § 171-7 Terms of office.
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 190 Affordable Housing
- Ch 195 Alarms
- Ch 199 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 203 Amusements and Entertainment
- Ch 208 Animals
- Ch 213 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 226 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 231 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Leaves
- Ch 240 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 245 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 249 Business Operations
- Ch 252 Cannabis Business Permits
- Ch 256 Donation Bins
- Ch 261 Condominium and Cooperative Conversions
- Ch 266 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 270 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 274 Cranes
- Ch 279 Curfew
- Ch 287 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 294 Fees
- Ch 298 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 302 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 307 Fires and Fire Prevention
- Ch 316 Gasoline Stations and Garages
- Ch 321 Golf
- Ch 326 Graffiti
- Ch 337 Junk Dealers and Junkyards
- Ch 344 Liability Insurance
- Ch 346 Library
- Ch 351 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 356 Limousines
- Ch 361 Littering
- Ch 365 Locomotion Devices, Human-Powered
- Ch 371 Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles
- Ch 376 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 387 Newsracks
- Ch 392 Nuisances, Public
- Ch 403 Obscenity
- Ch 407 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 415 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 419 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 423 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 440 Property Maintenance
- Ch 447 Rental Property
- Ch 457 Sales and Outdoor Displays
- Ch 461 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 466 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 476 Shopping Carts
- Ch 481 Site Improvements
- Ch 486 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 491 Soil Removal
- Ch 496 Solid Waste
- Ch 501 Space Heaters, Liquid-Fuel-Burning
- Ch 505 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 520 Stormwater Management
- Ch 530 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 534 Sump Pits and Pumps
- Ch 550 Taxation
- Ch 554 Taxicabs
- Ch 559 Telephones, Public
- Ch 564 Theaters
- Ch 568 Towing
- Ch 573 Trailers and Tourist Camps
- Ch 577 Trees
- Ch 590 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Part III: Land Development
- Ch 170 Land Development
- Part IV: Board of Health
- Ch 650 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 660 Animals
- Ch 682 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 693 Fees, Board of Health
- Ch 697 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 708 Health Officers and Personnel
- Ch 713 Housing
- Ch 728 Laundries, Launderettes and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 735 Noise
- Ch 739 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 754 Recreational Bathing Places, Public
- Ch 761 Sanitary Standards
- Ch 766 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 781 Wells
- Appendix
- Ch A800 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Union 6-13-1989 by Ord. No. 4030 (Ch. 138 of the 2004
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created a Department of Tax
Assessment. Said office shall consist of one Tax Assessor, one Deputy
Tax Assessor and a number of support personnel to be designated by
the Township Committee. Composition may be changed from time to time,
as required by resolution of the Township Committee.
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842]
The Tax Assessor shall possess a valid tax assessor
certificate issued by the Director of the Division of Taxation of
the State of New Jersey as of the date of appointment.
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842]
The Deputy Tax Assessor shall possess a valid
tax assessor certificate issued by the Director of the Division of
Taxation of the State of New Jersey as of the date of appointment
and shall act under the direct supervision of the Tax Assessor. The
Deputy Tax Assessor shall assist the Tax Assessor in the fulfillment
of his or her legislatively prescribed duties.
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842]
The Assessor is accountable to the Director
of the Division of Taxation of the State of New Jersey as well as
the County Tax Administrator, under the control of the County Board
of Taxation. The Department of Tax Assessment shall be under the control
of the Tax Assessor subject to such appropriate administrative rules
and regulations that may, from time to time, be adopted by the Township
Committee by ordinance or resolution.
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842]
The Tax Assessor shall be responsible for the
fair assessment of all real property in the Township of Union in order
that the tax burden may be distributed equitably. The Tax Assessor
is subject to municipal control for maintaining regular office hours
during which he or she or a member of his or her staff is to be available
to the general public.
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842]
The annual salary for the Assessor shall be
established pursuant to the Township's Salary Ordinance as determined
by the Township Committee and in compliance with N.J.S.A. 40A:9-165
and any other pertinent state statutes.[1]
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:9-148, the Municipal
Tax Assessor and Deputy Assessor shall hold office for a term of four
years from the first day of July next following said appointment.
