[Adopted 2-15-1977 by Ord. No. BH-1-77]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Board of Health of the Borough of Madison, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters
201 through
235, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Borough of Madison, Part III," which, together with the ordinances of the Mayor and Council adopted as the "Code of the Borough of Madison, Parts I and II," and an Appendix, shall hereafter be known and referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede
all other general and permanent ordinances of the Board of Health
enacted prior to the enactment of this Code, except such ordinances
as are expressly saved from repeal or continued in force and effect
hereinafter.
All provisions of this ordinance and the Code
shall be in full force and effect on and after March 1, 1977.
A copy of the Code in a loose-leaf form has
been filed in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Health 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 as provided by law, and such
certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the Secretary
of the Board of Health to be made available to persons desiring to
examine the same during all times while the said Code is in effect.
The Secretary of the Board of Health, 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 borough. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in
the office of the Secretary 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.
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements
to the Code, when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the
intent of the Board of Health to make them a part thereof, shall be
deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the
"Code of the Borough of Madison" 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.
All ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted subsequent to the date given to §
201-13A and/or prior to the date of adoption of this ordinance are hereby deemed to be a part of the Code and shall, upon being printed, be included therein. Attested copies of all such legislation shall be temporarily placed in the Code until printed supplements are included.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary, or someone
authorized and directed by him, to keep up-to-date the certified copy
of the book containing the Code required to be filed in his 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.
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 Board of Health to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties provided in §
201-14 of this ordinance.
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 section or parts thereof.
All ordinances of a general and permanent nature,
adopted by the Board of Health 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 §
201-12 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. Any ordinance of the Board of Health adopted subsequent
to December 18, 1973 (Ord. No. 73-1BH).
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. Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or
transfer of property, or any lawful contract or obligation.
G. Any provisions of an ordinance or resolution of the
Board of Health creating employment, positions or offices and fixing
duties therefor which are not provided in the Code hereby adopted
and which are not in conflict or inconsistent therewith, or any ordinance
pertaining to the salaries and compensation of Board of Health officers
and employees or personnel policies.
[Amended 4-11-1994 by Ord. No. 5-94; 11-21-2017 by Ord. No. BH 2017-4]
A. Unless a specific penalty is provided elsewhere in Part III of this
Code, in state law, or in other ordinances of the Board of Health
for a particular violation, any person, firm or corporation who or
which shall violate any provision of Part III of this Code or any
code or other regulation adopted by reference therein or any order
promulgated under such provision, code or regulation, by doing any
act prohibited or declared to be unlawful or a violation thereby,
or who shall engage in or exercise any business or occupation or do
anything for which a license or permit is required thereby without
having a valid license or permit therefor as required, or who shall
fail to do any act required by any such provision or when such provision
declares such failure to be unlawful or a violation, shall be punished
by a payable fine of not less than $75 for each offense; not less
than a payable fine of $200 for each second offense; and not less
than a payable fine of $500 for a third offense.
B. Any subsequent offense(s) within a twelve-month time frame shall
require a mandatory court appearance and a minimum fine of $750 or
imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days,
or both such fine and imprisonment, or be subject to a civil penalty,
not to exceed $500, which penalty shall be enforced or collected through
any court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the Penalty
Enforcement Law, N.J.S.A. 2A-58-1 et seq.
C. The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall
constitute a separate and distinct offense, and the person or persons
allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished
as provided above for each separate offense.