[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Hillside as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-21-2003]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Township of Hillside of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Hillside, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 295, together with Board of Health Legislation and Appendix A390 through A392, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Hillside:" 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, including the prior 1971 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.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form shall be filed in the Office of the Township Clerk and shall remain there for use and examination by the public and in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:49-4 and shall remain there until final action is taken on this ordinance, and when adopted, such copy shall be certified to by the Clerk of the Township of Hillside by impressing thereon the seal of the Township and such certified copy shall remain on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Township.
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 Hillside" 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 Township of Hillside shall cause to be published in the manner required, a copy of the Adopting Ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. In addition, the Clerk of the Township shall keep sufficient copies of the Code to be maintained by the Township Clerk for inspection by the public during regular office hours. The enactment and publication of the Adopting Ordinance coupled with the 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 herein 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 of the Code or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the Township of Hillside 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, 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 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 October 7, 1997.
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, 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 ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal 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 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. 
The following nomenclature changes shall be made throughout the Code:
(1) 
All references to "Building Inspector" or "Building Official" shall now read"Construction Official," and references to the "Building and Housing Department" shall read "Building Department."
(2) 
"Supervisor of Recreation" shall be changed to "Director of Recreation."
(3) 
"Municipal Court Clerk" shall now read "Municipal Court Administrator."
[During the process of codification, certain complete new ordinances were approved by the township for inclusion in the Code of the Township of Hillside. Such new ordinances are noted in the histories of individual chapters as "Adopted ...during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II." In accordance with recognized codification procedures, these new ordinances will be adopted separately and are presently proposed before the Township Council of the Township of Hillside for that purpose. Upon final adoption of such ordinances, a complete enumeration of all chapters and articles in the Code included in such ordinances will be printed in this article along with specific dates of adoption.]