[HISTORY: Adopted by the North Wildwood City Council as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-15-1948 by Ord. No. 325]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A Municipal Court for the City of North Wildwood, in the County of Cape May, is established as of January 1, 1949, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Laws of 1993, as amended and supplemented (N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1et seq.).
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the "Municipal Court of the City of North Wildwood, in the County of Cape May."
The Municipal Court shall have a seal which shall bear the impress of the name of the Court.
[Amended 6-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1299; 10-15-2024 by Ord. No. 1949]
There shall be a Municipal Judge of the said Municipal Court, who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of Council, and who shall serve for a term of three years from the date of his/her appointment and until his/her successor is appointed and qualified. Any appointment to fill a vacancy not caused by the expiration of term shall be made for the unexpired term only.
[Amended 6-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1299]
The Municipal Judge shall receive an annual salary as determined from time to time by the Mayor and City Council, to be paid in the same manner as the salaries of other municipal officers are paid, and which shall be in lieu of all fees, costs and any other allowances whatsoever.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 87, Salaries and Compensation.
[Amended 6-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1299]
The said Municipal Court and the Municipal Judge thereof shall have, possess and exercise all the functions, powers, duties and jurisdictions conferred by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented, and by any other applicable laws.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:12-10, there is hereby created and established in and for the City of North Wildwood the position of Municipal Court Administrator and Deputy Municipal Court Administrator. There may be other employees of the Municipal Court as the City Council may authorize. The Municipal Court Administrator shall perform such functions and duties as shall be prescribed by law, the rules applicable to municipal courts and by the Municipal Judge.
[Amended 6-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1299; 12-2-2014 by Ord. No. 1663]
The Municipal Court shall be held in the City of North Wildwood Municipal Court located at 901 Atlantic Avenue in the City of North Wildwood. The Municipal Judge shall sit on such dates and at such times as annually established by the Municipal Judge and shall continue to sit until the calendar is completed, and at such other times as the business of the Court may require, subject to the rules applicable to municipal courts.
[Adopted 2-15-1994 by Ord. No. 1163; amended 6-3-1998 by Ord. No. 1295]
A. 
The City of North Wildwood shall have at least one Public Defender for its Municipal Court, appointed by the governing body for a term of one year, and until the appointment of a successor. In the event two or more Public Defenders are appointed, one of them shall be designated "Chief Municipal Public Defender."
B. 
Applications for the Public Defender.
(1) 
An indigent defendant applying for representation by a Municipal Public Defender in the City of North Wildwood shall pay an application fee of $200.
(2) 
The Municipal Court Judge may waive the required application fee, in whole or in part, if the Judge determines, in his or her discretion, that the application fee represents an unreasonable burden on the person seeking representation.