[Adopted 12-15-1948 by Ord. No. 325]
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 264 of the Laws of 1948, as amended and
supplemented.
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]
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 appointment and until his successor is appointed
and qualified.
[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.
[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.
The governing body may by ordinance or resolution
at any time provide for a Clerk or other necessary assistants for
said Municipal Court and provide for their compensation. The governing
body may likewise designate by ordinance or resolution any officer
or employee of the municipality to serve as Clerk of the Municipal
Court with or without additional compensation.
[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]