[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Deerfield
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-15-1984 by Ord.
No. 1984-1 (Ch. 1, Art. I, of the 1984 Code)]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Township of Deerfield of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Deerfield, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp. and consisting of Chapters 1 through 117, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Deerfield," 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.
All provisions of this ordinance and the Code shall be in full force
and effect in accordance with the applicable provisions provided by 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
Deerfield 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 the 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 Deerfield" 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
the said Code, as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the Township of Deerfield, 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. 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 the Clerk's 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 book containing the Code may be purchased from the
Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Township Committee,
which may also arrange, by resolution, for procedures for the periodic supplementation
thereof.
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 Deerfield 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.
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.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general and permanent nature
adopted and in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance and not
contained in the Code 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 § 1-12 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 the effective date
hereof.
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 or obligation.
I.
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
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.
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 Committee 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 following changes, amendments or revisions
are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. [1]
[Amended 7-15-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-3][2]
[1]
Editor's Note: A listing of the sections, articles and chapters which
were changed, amended and revised are set out in the copy of Ord. No. 1984-1
on file in the Clerk's office.
[2]
Editor's Note: A listing of the sections, articles and chapters which
were added or amended are set out in the copy of Ord. No. 1992-3 on file in
the Clerk's office.
[Added 7-15-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-3]
Whenever in the Code or other Township legislation there is a reference
to the "Police Department," it shall be deemed to refer to the New Jersey
State Police.
[Adopted 11-16-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-13]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the 1983 Code of the Township of Deerfield, as adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Deerfield on February 15, 1984, by Ordinance No. 1984-1 and subsequent ordinances of the Township of Deerfield of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and as renumbered to consist of Chapters 1 through 188, together with an Appendix, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Deerfield," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code," and the chapters of the 1983 Code shall be recodified as per the following Derivation Table showing the chapters of the 1983 Code and their location in the 2002 Code.
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Township of Deerfield
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Derivation Table of 1983 to 2002 Code
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Chapter/title from 1983 Code
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Location in 2002 Code
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Ch. 1, General Provisions
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Article I, Adoption of Code
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Ch. 5, Administration
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Ch. 5
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Ch. 9, Defense and Indemnification
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Ch. 13, Fire Department, Volunteer
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Ch. 11
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Ch. 16, Permanent Employees
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Ch. 17, Purchasing Procedures
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Ch. 25
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Ch. 21, Salaries and Compensation
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Ch. 29
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Ch. 29, Alcoholic Beverages
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Ch. 37
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Ch. 34, Brush, Grass and Weeds
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Ch. 52
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Ch. 36, Buildings, Numbering of
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Ch. 57
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Ch. 39, Construction Codes, Uniform
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Ch. 69
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Ch. 43, Curfew
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Ch. 73
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Ch. 47, Dogs and Other Animals
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Ch. 45
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Ch. 49, Drug-Free School Zones
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Ch. 79
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Ch. 51, Fire Insurance
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Article I, Payment of Claims
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Ch. 89
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Ch. 53, Fire Prevention
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Ch. 93
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Ch. 57, Floodplain Development
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Ch. 97
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Ch. 61, Games of Chance
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Ch. 101
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Ch. 65, Health Regulations, General
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Ch. 108
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Ch. 69, Housing Standards
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Ch. 112
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Ch. 77, Land Use
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Superseded by Ord. No. 2002-1. See Ch. 120
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Ch. 81, Licensing
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Article I, General Regulations
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Ch. 124
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Article II, Peddlers and Solicitors
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Article III, Junkyards
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Ch. 116
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Article IV, Pool and Billiard Parlors; Bowling Alleys
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Ch. 146
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Article V, Carnivals and Circuses
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Ch. 64
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Article VI, Mechanical Amusement Devices
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Ch. 41
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Article VII, Garage Sales and Other Casual Sales
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Article VII, Garage Sales and Other Casual Sales
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Ch. 84, Littering and Refuse Disposal
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Ch. 128
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Ch. 92, Noise
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Ch. 131
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Ch. 95, Obscene Materials
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Ch. 135
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Ch. 97, Parks
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Ch. 139
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Ch. 100, Smoke Detectors
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Ch. 163
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Ch. 103, Streets and Sidewalks
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Article I, Excavations in Streets
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Article II, Solicitations in Streets and Highways
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Ch. 108, Taxation
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Article I, Abatement for Commercial and Industrial Improvements and Projects
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Ch. 109, Taxicabs
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Ch. 178
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Ch. 114, Vehicles, Abandoned
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Ch. 184
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Ch. 117, Vehicles and Traffic
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Ch. 188
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