Except as hereinafter provided, whenever in this Code or in any other ordinance of the Township or in any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to such Code or other ordinance of the Township any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code or in such other Township ordinance, rule, regulation or order the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or of any other ordinance of the Township or of any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to such Code or other Township ordinance shall be punished by one or more of the following: a minimum fine of $100 with said fine not exceeding $2,000; imprisonment for a period of not to exceed 90 days; a period of community service of not to exceed 90 days, except that any violation of Subsection L of § 260-6, Prohibited activities, and § 260-26, Trail use rules, that regulates vehicle operation shall be punished by a minimum fine of $500 with said fine not exceeding $2,000. In addition, any person under the age of 18 years who violates these sections shall be deemed to be a juvenile delinquent and shall be proceeded against as such.
[Amended 2-14-2006 by Ord. No. 3591; 6-13-2006 by Ord. No.
3615; 10-24-2006 by Ord. No. 3645; 2-24-2009 by Ord. No. 3803A]
Whenever any provision of the New Jersey Revised Statutes
limits the authority of the Township to punish the violation of any
particular provision of this Code or other Township ordinance or rule,
regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto to a fine of less
amount than that provided in this section or imprisonment for a shorter
term or for a shorter term of community service than that provided
in this section, then the violation of such particular provision of
this Code or other Township ordinance, rule, regulation or order shall
be punished by the imposition of not more than the maximum fine or
imprisonment or community service so authorized.
Each day any violation of this Code or any other Township
ordinance or rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto
shall continue shall constitute a separate offense, unless otherwise
provided.
Whenever any such fine is imposed upon any corporation,
such fine and costs and charges incident thereto may be collected
in an action of debt or in such other manner as may be provided by
law.