Township of Lebanon, NJ Article II General Penalty

[Adopted as Sec. 1-5 of the 1985 Revised General Ordinances]

§ 1-3 Maximum penalty.

[Amended 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-7]

For violation of any provision of this Code, or any other ordinance of the Township of Lebanon, unless a specific penalty is otherwise provided in connection with the provisions violated, the maximum penalty upon conviction of the violation shall be one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days, or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.

§ 1-4 Separate violations.

Except as otherwise provided, each and every day in which a violation of any provision of this Code or any other ordinance of the Township exists shall constitute a separate violation.

§ 1-5 Application of general penalty.

The maximum penalty stated in the general penalty clause of this article is not intended to state an appropriate penalty for each and every violation. Any lesser penalty, including a nominal penalty or no penalty at all, may be appropriate for a particular case or a particular violation.

§ 1-6 Minimum penalty.

[Amended 9-2-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-07]

The Township Committee may prescribe that, for the violation of any particular Code provision or ordinance, at least a minimum penalty shall be imposed which shall consist of a fine which may be fixed at an amount not less than $200 nor exceeding $1,000 for a first offense. The minimum penalty for a second violation of the same ordinance within five years of the first offense shall be $300 and the maximum shall be $2,000. The minimum penalty for a third violation within five years of the first offense shall be $500 and the maximum shall be $3,000.