[Adopted 10-6-2003 by Ord. No. 03-5]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the City of Bridgeton of a general and permanent nature adopted by the City Council of the City of Bridgeton, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters
1 through
370, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the City of Bridgeton," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede
all 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.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon passage and publication according to law.
[Amended 9-19-2017 by Ord. No. 17-20]
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form has been
filed in the office of the Municipal 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 City of Bridgeton by impressing
thereon the Seal of the City, as provided by law, and such certified
copy shall remain on file in the office of the Clerk of the City,
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, 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 City of Bridgeton" 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 said Code, as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the City of Bridgeton, pursuant
to law, shall cause this Adopting Ordinance to be published, in the
manner required, in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.
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 his or
her 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, or any chapter or portion
of it, may be purchased from the Clerk, or an authorized agent of
the Clerk, upon the payment of a fee to be set by the City Council.
The Clerk may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation
of the Code.
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 City of Bridgeton to be misrepresented
thereby. Anyone violating this section or any part of this ordinance
shall be subject, upon conviction, to one or more of the following:
a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 90
days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, 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
saved from repeal.
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 January 6, 2003.
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 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 City's indebtedness.
H. Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or
transfer of property or any lawful contract, agreement or obligation.
I. The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges
or the approval of the municipal budget.
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.
L. Any ordinance adopting or amending the Zoning Map.
M. Any legislation relating to or establishing a pension
plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
N. All vehicles and traffic legislation, including but
not limited to Chapter IX of the 1970 Revised General Ordinances and
any and all amendments thereto.
O. Ordinance No. 90-9 establishing the Solid Waste Utility.
P. Ordinance Nos. 02-4, 02-5 and 02-7.
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 City Council 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. Violations and penalties. The following sections have been amended (or added) to refer to the general penalty found in Chapter
1, Article
III, of the Code: §§
80-6,
98-11,
107-2,
112-6,
126-14,
135-3,
141-4,
167-8, 176-11,
189-10,
197-6, 200-15,
203-3,
203-20,
203-27,
212-4,
221-4,
226-5,
230-5,
238-6, 242-8,
247-5,
247-21,
251-10,
254-9,
254-17, 254-28,
260-6,
265-3,
265-6 (Section PM-106.2.1), 265-7H, 265-14, 265-22, 277-16, 277-22, 277-27, 277-39, 286-2, 294-4, 294-7C, 300-16, 300-28, 307-2, 307-17A, 321-14, 328-4, 334-22A, 370-35D and 370-87D(1).
C. Fees. In the following sections, fees have been moved to Chapter
149, Article
II, Schedule of Fees, and language added to refer to said chapter: §§
77-3C,
80-4A,
83-2E,
83-4M,
83-11E,
112-2A,
126-4,
126-6,
126-10,
126-11,
154-2,
162-7A,
162-8B,
189-3, 200-7,
203-24C, 242-4, 242-5, 242-6,
254-3,
254-14,
260-2,
277-12A, 277-20A,
277-35B(1),
307-15A and
B(1),
311-43J(2)(d)[1],
321-4H,
321-5A(2) and
E,
334-6,
334-15C,
334-16A,
360-38,
360-39,
360-40A,
360-41C,
360-69B, 370-83A, 370-86G(1) and 370-90A(5)(e).
D. Nomenclature changes. The following nomenclature changes
have been made throughout the Code.
(1) Department of Planning to Department of Development
and Planning.
(3) City Attorney to City Solicitor.
(4) Department of Housing and Inspections to Division
of Housing and Code Enforcement.
(5) Director of Police and Fire to Director of Public
Safety
(6) Department (Director) of Parks and Recreation to Department
(Director) of the Department of Recreation and Public Affairs
(7) Superintendent of Public Works to Director of Public
Works
E. Statutory references. Throughout the Code, wherever
references to the New Jersey Revised Statutes or New Jersey Statutes
Annotated appear, they have been updated to the current citation and/or
revised to include both the unconsolidated and consolidated reference.
References have been standardized to refer to "N.J.S.A."
F. In addition, the changes, amendments or revisions
as set forth below are made herewith, to become effective upon the
effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter and section number references
are to the ordinances as they have been renumbered and appear in the
Code.)