[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Gloucester as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-20-1970 by Ord. No. 392]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Township
of Gloucester, of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Township
Committee of the Township of Gloucester, and accepted and adopted
by the Board of Health of the Township of Gloucester, as revised,
codified and consolidated by General Code Publishers Corp., are hereby
approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township
of Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New Jersey."
This ordinance shall supersede all other general and permanent
ordinances passed by the Township Committee of the Township of Gloucester
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 Gloucester, County
of Camden, State of 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 Township Committee of the Township of Gloucester and in force
on the date of the adoption of this ordinance, and not contained in
the Code of the Township of Gloucester, County of Camden, State of
New Jersey, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this adopting
ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in §
1-4 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. Any
right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative
provision of the Township Committee of the Township of Gloucester
prior to the effective date of this ordinance or any action or proceeding
brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
B. Any
offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this
ordinance in violation of any legislative provision of the Township
of Gloucester, or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may
result therefrom.
C. 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 of the Township of Gloucester.
D. Any
franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted
or conferred by the Township of Gloucester.
E. Any
ordinance of the Township of Gloucester providing for the laying out,
opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing
grade, changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way,
easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place within
the Township of Gloucester, or any portion thereof.
F. Any
ordinance or resolution of the Township of Gloucester appropriating
money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment
of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of the
Township of Gloucester or other instruments or evidence of the Township
of Gloucester's indebtedness.
G. Ordinances
authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property, or
any lawful contract or obligation.
H. The
levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
I. The
dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision
plots.
J. Ordinances
adopted by the Board of Health.
K. Any
ordinance of the Township of Gloucester adopted subsequent to June
30, 1969.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances of the Township of
Gloucester for adoption and revision as part of the Code of the Township
of Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New Jersey, 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 Committee of the Township of Gloucester that all such
changes be adopted as part of the Code of the Township of Gloucester,
County of Camden, State of 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 Gloucester, County of
Camden, State of New Jersey, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in
the office of the Township Clerk of the Township of Gloucester 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 Gloucester by impressing thereon the seal of the Township of Gloucester,
as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain on file in
the office of the Clerk of the Township of Gloucester 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 Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New Jersey,
when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the intention
of the Township Committee of the Township of Gloucester, to be a part
thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that
reference to the "Code of the Township of Gloucester, County of Camden,
State of 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 Gloucester, County of Camden, State
of 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 Gloucester,
County of Camden, State of 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
of the Township of Gloucester subsequent to the effective date of
this codification which the Township Committee of the Township of
Gloucester 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 Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New Jersey, may be purchased
from the Clerk of the Township of Gloucester upon the payment of a
fee to be set by resolution of the Township Committee of the Township
of Gloucester, who may also arrange, by resolution, for procedures
for the periodic supplementation thereof.
The Clerk of the Township of Gloucester, 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
Gloucester. Sufficient copies of the Code of the Township of Gloucester,
County of Camden, State of 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 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.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend,
by additions or deletions, any part or portion thereof, or to alter
or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever, which will cause
the law of the Township of Gloucester to be misrepresented thereby.
Anyone violating this section of this ordinance shall be subject,
upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for
not more than 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge imposing
the same.
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any provision
of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or
imprisonment as provided by law for not more than 90 days, or both,
in the discretion of the Judge imposing the same.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately after final approval
and publication, according to law.
[Adopted 11-10-1986 by Ord. No. O-86-35]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Township
of Gloucester, of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Township
Council of the Township of Gloucester, as revised, codified and consolidated
by the Township Clerk's Office of the Township of Gloucester., are
hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the
Township of Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New Jersey."
This ordinance shall supersede all other general and permanent
ordinances passed by the Township Council of the Township of Gloucester
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 Gloucester, County
of Camden, State of 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 Township Council of the Township of Gloucester and in force on
the date of the adoption of this ordinance, and not contained in the
Code of the Township of Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New
Jersey, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this adopting
ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in §
1-20 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any
legislative provision of the Township Council of the Township of Gloucester
prior to the effective date of this ordinance or any action or proceeding
brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
B. Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of
this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision of the Township
of Gloucester, or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may
result therefrom.
C. 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 of the Township of Gloucester.
D. Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted
or conferred by the Township of Gloucester.
E. Any ordinance of the Township of Gloucester providing for the laying
out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing
grade, changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way,
easement, street, road, highway, park, or other public place within
the Township of Gloucester, or any portion thereof.
F. Any ordinance or resolution of the Township of Gloucester appropriating
money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment
of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of the
Township of Gloucester or other instruments or evidence of the Township
of Gloucester's indebtedness.
G. Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property,
or any lawful contract or obligation.
H. The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
I. The dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision
plots.
J. Ordinances adopted by the Board of Health.
K. Any ordinance of the Township of Gloucester adopted subsequent to
June 30, 1969.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances of the Township of
Gloucester for adoption and revision as part of the Code of the Township
of Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New Jersey, pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, certain grammatical changes and other minor changes
where made in one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention
of the Township Council of the Township of Gloucester that all such
changes be adopted as part of the Code of the Township of Gloucester,
County of Camden, State of 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 Gloucester, County of
Camden, State of New Jersey, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in
the office of the Township Clerk of the Township of Gloucester 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 Gloucester by impressing thereon the seal of the Township of Gloucester,
as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain on file in
the office of the Clerk of the Township of Gloucester 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
of the Township of Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New Jersey,
when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the intention
of the Township Council of the Township of Gloucester, to be a part
thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that
reference to the "Code of the Township of Gloucester, County of Camden,
State of 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 Gloucester, County of Camden, State
of 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 Gloucester,
County of Camden, State of 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 Council of
the Township of Gloucester subsequent to the effective date of this
codification which the Township Council of the Township of Gloucester
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 Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New Jersey, may be purchased
from the Clerk of the Township of Gloucester upon the payment of a
fee to be set by resolution of the Township Council of the Township
of Gloucester, who may also arrange, by resolution, for procedure
for the periodic supplementation thereof.
The Clerk of the Township of Gloucester, 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
Gloucester. Sufficient copies of the Code of the Township of Gloucester,
County of Camden, State of 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 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.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend,
by additions or deletions, any part or portion thereof, or to alter
or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever, which will cause
the law of the Township of Gloucester to be misrepresented thereby.
Anyone violating this section of this ordinance shall be subject,
upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for
not more than 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge imposing
the same.
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any provision
of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or
imprisonment as provided by law for not more than 90 days, or both,
in the discretion of the Judge imposing the same.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately after final approval
and publication, according to law.